Final mock draft roundup for Sixers with 22nd pick
Дата публикации: 23-06-2026 11:20:09
We’ve reached Day 1 of the 2026 NBA draft.
Before the first round begins at 8 p.m. ET, here’s a final mock draft roundup for the Sixers, who hold the 22nd pick:
The Athletic’s Sam Vecenie
Chris Cenac Jr., Houston
Vecenie: “Cenac has been an exceptionally difficult prospect to find a home for. The consensus seems to be that he’s going to go somewhere in the top 20, and he was among the second batch of players invited to the green room. However, the feedback I get from teams is that he’s more like a late first-rounder. He’s seen as a high-upside swing for teams that can afford to be patient and wait for him to improve his feel for the game.
“The 76ers need another big, and Cenac could potentially slide to the four at times if his feel for the game improves. But he is more of a project than some of the other players the 76ers could take. This is a very difficult team to mock right now, as sources around the league are still trying to figure out what new head of basketball operations Mike Gansey’s type will be.”
Vecenie describes Cenac as a “total feast-or-famine profile” in his draft guide. If the Sixers drafted the 19-year-old, it would indicate that they believe his physical tools, character and willingness to fire jumpers will coalesce into a productive NBA player down the line.
Bleacher Report’s Jonathan Wasserman
Chris Cenac Jr., Houston
ESPN’s Jeremy Woo
Daily Swain, Texas
Woo: “The 76ers brought in a range of candidates for this pick last week and can go best available at this spot in new president Mike Gansey’s first draft at the helm.”
Swain had a breakout year as a junior at Texas, averaging 17.3 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.6 assists. He may very well be off the board by No. 22.
Yahoo Sports’ Kevin O’Connor
Henri Veesaar, North Carolina
O’Connor: “Veesaar is an agile big with real shooting touch, connective playmaking, and baseline big skills with the ability to set screens and catch lobs. He also offers rim protection and is a locked-in help defender. He could even play next to (Joel) Embiid. In all three of his collegiate seasons, he made a massive leap in production each year. The Sixers would need that ascent to continue.”
Veesaar has major offensive talent for a center prospect. The 22-year-old Estonian posted 17.0 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game last year at UNC.
The Ringer’s J. Kyle Mann
Koa Peat, Arizona
Mann: “The Sixers are in the unique situation of having a dominant center who likes to score near the rim sometimes and doesn’t have an appetite for the grittier work in the paint. So I get the sense that they are looking for a convergence of exceptional physicality, the ability to create offense in the paint and near the rim, and skill and versatility at the 4. Luckily, there are a number of candidates who can help them with that at this stage of the draft. Peat has an unusual cross section of lateral quickness and brute strength on the defensive end, and he’s also a pretty terrific passer once he’s caught the ball on the move inside the arc.”
Along with the basketball traits Mann outlines, Gansey’s front office certainly seems like it could be on board with the intangible impression that Peat is a winning, hard-nosed player.
CBS Sports’ Cameron Salerno
Isaiah Evans, Duke
Salerno: “Peat is someone who has been connected to the 76ers throughout the draft cycle. If he’s off the board, I see the 76ers going BPA. Evans went from almost strictly a pure catch-and-shoot 3-point specialist at Duke during his freshman year to a legit No. 2 scoring option on the No. 1 overall seed in college basketball. Evans almost doubled the amount of 3-pointers he took from this year to last and still knocked them down at a 36.1% clip.”
USA Today Sports’ Bryan Kalbrosky
Labaron Philon Jr., Alabama
Kalbrosky: “Even though the All-SEC guard was not playing at 100 percent during March Madness due to injury issues, he played well in the tournament, recording 35 points during a loss against Michigan. He also notched 29 points in his first-round game and 12 assists in his second. The guard averaged 22.0 points per game this season, and he improved his 3-point shooting from 31.5 percent as a freshman to 39.9 percent as a sophomore, while also managing 5.0 assists per game in the process.”
Philon would be an interesting fit for the Sixers as a smaller guard; he was the lightest projected first-round pick at the NBA draft combine, weighing in at 176 pounds. The hope would be that his bucket-getting abilities translate to the NBA.
NBC Sports’ John Fanta
Cameron Carr, Baylor
Carr’s stock rose when he scored 30 points and knocked down six three-pointers in a combine scrimmage. He averaged 18.9 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists as a junior. Carr would be the second straight Baylor first-round pick by the Sixers, who took VJ Edgecombe at No. 3 last draft.
SB Nation’s Ricky O’Donnell
Allen Graves, Santa Clara
Graves emerged as an NBA prospect in his redshirt freshman season. The 19-year-old forward was a major help in the possession game on both sides of the floor.
Sixers draft profiles
Dailyn Swain has a knack for driving
Will Chris Cenac Jr. put it all together in the NBA?
Isaiah Evans fires away from long range
Allen Graves is a unique one-and-done prospect
Christian Anderson has big-time offensive talent
Bennett Stirtz is a polished, battle-tested guard
Morez Johnson Jr. brings tons of defensive tools to the table
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