The 16 best 16-round picks in NBA draft history are listed by NBC Sports Philadelphia
The NBA Draft is scheduled for next Wednesday and Thursday, with the Sixers holding the 16th and 41st overall picks.
After looking back at the best 41st pick in NBA history, here are the 16 best players ever to have been selected at No. 16 (in no particular order).
John Stockton
Stockton played 19 straight seasons with the Jazz after four years at Gonzaga University. He is the NBA's all-time leader in both steals and assists.
Metta Sandiford Artist
The 2003-04 Defensive Player of the Year was known as Ron Artest when the Bulls drafted him 15th overall behind Elton Brand, and while it was never a steady, smooth career, Artest was a great defender, had unforgettable character and was an NBA champion.
Dana Barros
Until Tyrese Maxey joined the team, Barros was the only Sixers player to be named Most Valuable Player. The 5-foot-11 Boston College graduate shot 41.1 percent from three-point range in his career, including nine in a game against the Suns on Jan. 27, 1995. Danny Green and Maxey subsequently tied the franchise record.
Brevin Knight
Knight, another sub-6-foot guard who led the league in total steals as a rookie, played for nine teams in 12 seasons.
Nikola Vucevic
The 76ers drafted Vucevic with the second pick behind Kawhi Leonard in the 2011 draft. The big man struggled to break into Doug Collins' playoff rotation as a rookie and was traded to the Magic for Andrew Bynum, where he eventually became a two-time All-Star.
Tony Delk
Delk was picked between Steve Nash and Jermaine O'Neal in a surprising draft pick in 1996. He played 545 games in the NBA across eight teams and recorded a 53-point game on Jan. 2, 2001.
Jim Price
Price began his career as a point guard alongside Jerry West and Wilt Chamberlain for the defending champion Lakers, making an All-Star game in 1974-75 and averaging 16.1 points, 5.7 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game.
Hed Turkoglu
The NBA's first Turkish-born player was a highly skilled 6'10″ forward who was happy to have the ball in his hands when it mattered. Turkoglu was named the NBA's Most Improved Player of the Year in 2007-08 and played a key role in the Magic winning the Eastern Conference the following year.
Alperen Shenggun
The Turkish big man took a big step forward last year in his third NBA season, showcasing his deft fakery, footwork and touch to help him average 21.1 points, 9.3 rebounds and 5.0 assists for the Rockets.
Swen Nutter
Nater's impressive resume included a stint at Cypress College before he played as Bill Walton's backup at UCLA and won the ABA Rookie of the Year award. The Dutch center led the NBA with 15.0 rebounds per game in the 1979-80 season.
“Scary Terry” Rozier was benched for the first 164 games of his NBA career before recording a triple-double in his first start. Rozier averaged 20 points per game in four and a half seasons with the Hornets and is now with his third team, the Heat.
Terry Mills
Mills was one of the original stretch fours during his prime with the Pistons and shot 38.4 percent from the 3-point line for his career.
Ricky Green
Known as “The Fastest Guy in the Game,” Green was an All-Star in the 1983-84 season and led the NBA with 2.7 steals per game. The 36-year-old Green was the Sixers' starting point guard in the 1990-91 season.
Ricky Sobers
As a rookie, Sobers starred for the 1975-76 Western Conference champion Suns (and faced off against Warriors superstar Rick Barry early in Game 7 of the West Finals), and the “Super Sub” averaged 13.3 points and 4.3 assists in 821 NBA games.
Chris Gatling
Gatling is an NBA veteran and was an All-Star in 1997. The 6-foot-11 left-handed player played in 85 games during the 1999-2000 season, 45 with the Magic and 40 with the Nuggets.
Denver acquired Nurkic in a draft-day trade in 2014, along with fellow big man Nikola Jokic, who was selected 41st overall. Nurkic led the NBA in total rebounding last year in his first season with the Suns.