The 2020 NBA Draft is going to be much different for the Philadelphia 76ers due to the global coronavirus pandemic. The league has said that nobody can conduct in-person workouts and that everything has to be done manually.
So, the Sixers will have to adjust.
They do hold four second-round picks in this upcoming draft which will now take place on October 15 due to everything being pushed back and the team will have some decisions to make with those picks. They have appeared to already begin the draft process as they have looked at a freshman big man from Arizona.
Zeke Nnaji, the Pac-12 Rookie of the Year, conducted an interview virtually with Philadelphia from Las Vegas where he is working out in preparation for the draft. He averaged 16.1 points and 8.6 rebounds for the Wildcats and he shot 57.0% from the floor.
Former Hopkins HS and Arizona star Zeke Nnaji is in Vegas now to work with well-known NBA trainer Joe Abunassar. He'll be there throughout the pre-draft process. After today, he'll have knocked out virtual interviews this week with the #Bulls, #Sixers, and #Nuggets. pic.twitter.com/xbGdpgePuF
— Darren Wolfson (@DWolfsonKSTP) June 4, 2020
Nnaji does not have much of a jump shot, but in today’s game, that can be developed. He can be a legitimate second-round sleeper for Philadelphia and fill a need off their bench to backup Joel Embiid and Al Horford. [lawrence-related id=32721,32704,32712]