2004 NBA redraft has Sixers selecting Kevin Martin with 9th overall pick
The Philadelphia 76ers do not have a pick in the 2023 NBA draft, so it’s time to look back at previous drafts and re-do some picks the team made in the past.
The Sixers entered the 2004 draft following a disappointing 2003-04 season. Allen Iverson played in only 43 games due to injuries and coach Randy Ayers was fired after a 21-31 start. Interim coach Chris Ford finished the season 12-18.
With the ninth pick in the 2004 draft, the Sixers selected Andre Iguodala who went on to have a very solid career. He averaged 15.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 4.9 assists in his eight seasons with the Sixers which included an All-Star appearance in 2012.
In a 2004 redraft performed by HoopsHype, Iguodala goes No. 2 overall to the Charlotte Bobcats. In his place, the Sixers select Kevin Martin who originally went 26th in 2004:
Had Kevin Martin, a late bloomer as a basketball player, attended a bigger college than Western Carolina University, he probably wouldn’t have fallen to 26th in his draft class. Regardless, he wound up having a very solid NBA career, providing high-level scoring thanks to his quickness and off-the-dribble shooting, even with the funky release he had on his jumper.
Martin had a really underrated career. He averaged 17.4 points in 714 career games, averaged at least 20 points a game in six seasons, and he was productive everywhere he went. It is intriguing to wonder what his fit would have looked like next to Iverson.
