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The 76ers could end up with the first, sixth and 11th draft picks

Published May. 19, 2015 11:35 a.m. ET

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Tuesday night's NBA lottery is one of the most nerve-wracking times of the season for the 76ers. Philly didn't just tank the entire season so that it could gun for the first overall pick. It also made some major trades to steal other team's picks.

Philly has the third-best chance going first in the draft. It also has both the Lakers' and Heat's first-round selections, though both are protected. Tuesday, general manager Sam Hinkie and the rest of the organization finds out if they'll receive those assets this year.

The Lakers pick is top-five protected. That means if the pick falls to sixth worse, it goes to Philadelphia. 

The Miami one is top-10 protected. Same deal. If the Heat pick goes to 11th or worse, it gets shipped off to the Sixers.

The Lakers currently have the fourth-best lottery odds, and the Heat have the 10th-best, so Philly will need just a little bit of luck to end up with both of those selections, but it's certainly not implausible that the Sixers could end up with three lottery picks during next month's draft.

Actually, just the prospect of ending up with the first, sixth and 11th picks in the draft has started a popular Twitter hashtag.

The lottery will be held Tuesday evening at 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. 

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