Former Ohio State guard D'Angelo Russell worked out for the Sixers on Wednesday and said it went "great," according to the Philadelphia Inquirer's Keith Pompey. After cancelling his original workout this past weekend due to illness, the Big Ten freshman of the year worked out for the Sixers at the team's practice facility. - See more at: http://www.csnphilly.com/basketball...dangelo-russell-says-sixers-workout-was-great
Jonathan Givony @DraftExpress Contrary to reports, I'm told D'Angelo Russell would be thrilled to be play for Philadelphia. He says he had a great workout there this week
"Growing Consensus" Sixers Will Take Russell With about 24 hours to go until NBA Draft time, there's no shortage of rumors to sink our teeth into. The first comes from DraftExpress frontman Jonathan Givony. This would jive with CBS Sports' Ken Berger's report from yesterday, which also indicated that Philly's after the Ohio State combo guard. Berger echoed some of those sentiments again today, with more interesting buzz from around the league: While the Sixers have targeted D'Angelo Russell and are willing to trade up to avoid losing him to the Lakers, league sources say GM Sam Hinkie also has not closed the door on teams looking to trade up to No. 3. The price of doing such business? An unprotected future first-round pick, said a person who has been in contract with the Philadelphia front office. With the third and fourth picks, respectively, the Sixers and Knicks are the two teams in the lottery whose intentions are proving to be most difficult for rival teams to handicap. It's rare to have teams picking back-to-back in the top five that could pick a player at any position and not duplicate a position that's solidified in their starting lineup. (This is true of the Knicks, since Carmelo Anthony can play either small or power forward.) I'll reiterate what I said before: let's keep in mind that posturing season is upon us. Frankly, there's more information out there than we could possibly digest. But these are two incredibly reliable sources - Givony even had Embiid going to Philly in DX's final pre-draft mock last year - and it'd be irresponsible to ignore two adjacent messages from a couple of the most trusted outlets in basketball . - See more at: http://www.libertyballers.com/2015/6/24/8841547/nba-draft-rumors-sixers-dangelo-russell-pick
