The 2021 NBA draft is approaching quickly and the Philadelphia 76ers need to identify a few different options that can help them. Due to their terrific regular season, the Sixers will have the 28th pick in the draft. It’s a tough spot to find a rotational player, but there are options.
To help Sixers Wire evaluate some potential options, former Sixers scout Michael VandeGarde sat down to discuss some options. VandeGarde worked in the NBA for 20 years and spent 18 of them with the Sixers, and is now working as a part-owner and advisor for Coach Tube helping to develop younger talent.
Sixers Wire: With Coach Tube, just explain to everybody out there that doesn’t really know what it’s all about.
VandeGarde: Coach Tube is a platform for anybody to get videos and the ability to learn any sport, not just basketball. We have videos from NBA people, we have videos from college coaches, NFL coaches, and it runs the gamut from basketball, football, wrestling, badminton, and it’s just a way for people to learn the sports that they love from all over the world and it brings, I think, something special in the COVID area but it’s been around for many years now and it just gets bigger and bigger every year and some of the biggest names in the business are on the platform. I think it’s something that everybody should check out if they have time.
With VandeGarde’s background covered, let’s get into the college prospects that he’s looking at for Philadelphia at 28:
Please note this interview was minorly edited in its transcript for clarity.