Every Sixer fan throughout the Delaware Valley must have let out an audible sigh after the Los Angeles Lakers took D’Angelo Russell with the second pick in Thursday’s NBA Draft, but the Sixers got a decent consolation prize in 6-foot-10, 275-pound Jahlil Okafor with the third overall pick.

How the Okafor will fit with fellow Sixer bigs Nerlens Noel and Joel Embiid is anyone’s guess.

In 32 games, Okafor was named ACC Player of the Year as a freshman, after averaging 17.3 points, 8.5 rebounds

The Minnesota Timberwolves selected Kentucky’s Karl-Anthony Towns with the first pick in the NBA draft on Thursday night, the first of three straight freshmen chosen.

The Timberwolves went for the center in their first time owning the No. 1 pick. They can add him to a young roster featuring Rookie of the Year Andrew Wiggins, who was picked first last year by Cleveland and later dealt to Minnesota in the Kevin Love trade.

The Los Angeles Lakers then took guard D’Angelo Russell of Ohio State,