The 76ers might not be done making trades.
Bryan Colangelo made that known a little more than an hour after trading up two spots to No. 1 in the NBA draft via a blockbuster trade with the Boston Celtics on Monday afternoon.
"I think whether we were selecting at No. 1 or staying at 3, there's been some talk about our interest in acquiring yet another pick," said Colangelo, the team's president of basketball operations. "I'm not going to give up those efforts because we moved up to No. 1.
"I always feel that future assets are future assets, but when you can look at a group of talent in this particular draft and know that you have a comfort level with those players who are there, grab them while you can."
Don't be surprised if the Sixers deal a player on the current roster and/or perhaps package couple of second-rounders or future picks in their quest to add another first-rounder in Thursday's draft.
On Monday, they sent some of their future assets to the Celtics. In addition to getting the third pick, Boston received a protected first-rounder from the Lakers in 2018, which the Sixers owned. The Celtics will get the pick if it falls in slots 2-5 in next summer's NBA draft lottery.
If it doesn't, Boston will receive either Sacramento's or the Sixers' first-round pick in 2019; the Celtics would take whichever is more favorable. But if either of those picks becomes the first overall, the Celtics will get the other one.
