Sixers President Daryl Morey makes bizarre comment ahead of the NBA Draft Lottery

Here we are, days away from one of the most important NBA Draft Lotteries in recent Sixers history, and for whatever reason, Daryl Morey decided this was the perfect time to dust off a trade from 2020 and defend it like it’s still relevant.

No seriously — this man went out of his way to justify the Al Horford trade from five years ago while the Sixers are currently teetering on full-blown irrelevance. The same Sixers who just finished the season with the fifth-worst record in the NBA. The same Sixers who are praying to the basketball gods that their draft pick doesn’t get shipped off to OKC because of said Horford deal.

And yet, here’s Morey:

“First off, I feel very good about that trade because it put us in a great spot,” Morey told Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer. “It was before coach [Nick Nurse] was here, but we were the one-seed going into the playoffs. Usually, that gives you a 40-50% chance to make the finals. So I feel good that we got good value out of that trade.

Danny Green was great for us. Seth Curry was [acquired in] a different trade. But anyway, I feel good about that.”

What exactly are we doing here?

Listen, I understand the urge to defend past decisions. It’s part of the job. But now? Now? This is when Morey wants to defend the Horford trade? When the Sixers are a complete mess, Joel Embiid’s health is a total unknown, and this team was a total joke this year.

Morey has been practically missing in action during the most disastrous Sixers season in recent memory. The worst part about all of this is, there are actually quality players on the team and it just feels like as a fanbase, we are all collectively checked out.

It just screams out of touch. This city is starving for a direction, a vision, anything that resembles a plan. And we’re talking about Danny Green in 2021 like it’s going to make fans forget what we just watched this season?

On a Positive Sixers note

In slightly better news, the Sixers announced that rookie Jared McCain will represent the team during the NBA Draft Lottery.

guess who will be representing us at the draft lottery this year…👀 pic.twitter.com/hK3AeTK7Y3

— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) May 4, 2025

Maybe, just maybe, the basketball gods decide to throw us a bone. If the Sixers somehow land the No. 1 pick and get Cooper Flagg, all sins are forgiven. Lottery balls have done crazier things.

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