NBA Draft 2007 On May 22, the Sixers were assigned the 12th overall selection in the
NBA draft lottery. On June 28, The Sixers then used that pick to select forward
Thaddeus Young from
Georgia Tech. The Sixers also held picks 21 and 30 of the first round that they received last season in a trade with the
Denver Nuggets for
Allen Iverson. They used these picks to select guard
Daequan Cook from
Ohio State and
Petteri Koponen from
Finland. In the second round the Sixers selected center
Kyrylo Fesenko with the 30th overall pick. During the draft, Daequan Cook was traded to the
Miami Heat for also recently drafted forward
Jason Smith. Petteri Koponen was traded to the
Portland Trail Blazers for swingman
Derrick Byars. Finally, Kyrylo Fesenko was traded to the
Utah Jazz for forward/center
Herbert Hill. ==Draft picks==