Rights To Ricky Sanchez: The Sixers Podcast

In this episode, we talk about NBA Free-Agency, the signing of Jerryd Bayless and the Sixers activity, the decision to renew Hollis Thompson, but send Isaiah Canaan packing, the hiring of Jim O'Brien, and we talk to ESPN's Jordan Brenner (@JordanBrenner) about his article about Sam Hinkie, and why he didn't say the name of our podcast.

Now that we've had 60 hours to digest it, we revisit the draft and and to appropriately grade the job Bryan Colangelo has done. We address the Sixers prospects in free-agency, and the (still) present glut of big men.

A bittersweet draft, for sure. We got everything we wanted, Ben Simmons, Timothe Luwawu and Furkan Korkmaz. But we wish Sam Hinkie was here to have it with us. We discuss the draft, the flurry of trade rumor activity beforehand, and the roster construction for the Sixers moving forward.

We discuss the new pictures and video of our savior Joel Embiid, figure out what teams would want Jahlil Okafor, and talk to NBA Scout Elan Vinokurov for some final thoughts on the NBA Draft.

Dario's maybe not coming! We might not have any more information than we did a week ago, but we've got to talk about the prospects of Dario Saric maybe not coming over this year. We also take some questions from the BRAND NEW Rights To Ricky Sanchez Facebook page. Finally, The Ringer's (and The Watch podcast, and After The Thrones) Chris Ryan (@ChrisRyan77) joins us, to tell us if he secretly hates Andrew Sharp, if Bill Simmons is trolling us, and whether he's back being a Sixers fan.

Thank you rumor mill! If there's anything that screams "Sam Hinkie is gone," loud and from the rooftops, it's a rumor that the Sixers are considering trading Nerlens Noel for a year of Jeff Teague. We break down the trade rumors, speak with SB Nation's Ricky O'Donnell about his thoughts on the draft and what the Sixers should do, celebrate the YouTube Big Board's influence on the draft (hi Marquese Chriss!) and talk about a process moment with a big-time musician.

It's Big Board season! Spike debuts his YouTube Big Board for 2016, Mike waxes poetically about Timothe Luwawu, and Derek Bodner joins the show to talk about who the Sixers should take at #1, who they should take if they get another top-five pick, and who may be available with the 24th and 26th picks. We also talk about which big man the team should trade (Noel or Okafor). And of course a long, heartfelt farewell to Mike D'Antoni.

It's the weekend, and we still have the #1 pick. We talk about basking in the glow of the victory, the media coverage of the party, the persistent rumors about Mike D'Antoni, Simmons vs. Ingram (get ready for a month of this!) and our schedule leading up to the draft.

We did it. Then we did a podcast. 

It's finally here, the Rights To Ricky Sanchez / Liberty Ballers 2016 Lottery Party at XFINITY Live! We've seen the numbers, and there are going to be a heckuvalotta people there. We want to see you. We talk about the party, the week's news, and whatever other nonsense we think of.