{"id":1184391,"date":"2026-06-24T08:47:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=1184391"},"modified":"2026-06-24T08:47:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:47:44","slug":"mobile-native-and-former-alabama-star-labaron-philon-drafted-in-first-round-to-76ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/mobile-native-and-former-alabama-star-labaron-philon-drafted-in-first-round-to-76ers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Native and Former Alabama Star Labaron Philon Drafted in First Round to 76ers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Alabama Crimson Tide men\u2019s basketball\u00a0program under\u00a0Nate Oats\u00a0has been a factory of sending players to the next level, and Oats has now had his seventh player drafted throughout his time in Tuscaloosa on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>With the No. 22 overall selection in the first round of the NBA Draft, the Philadelphia 76ers selected former Crimson Tide superstar and Mobile native\u00a0Labaron Philon Jr.\u00a0coming off a stellar two-year career in Tuscaloosa.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The City of Brotherly Love is getting a good one!<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/RollTide?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RollTide<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/BlueCollarBasketball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlueCollarBasketball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ehiblEOGBa\">pic.twitter.com\/ehiblEOGBa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alabama Men\u2019s Basketball (@AlabamaMBB) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlabamaMBB\/status\/2069613400036905201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">message from your newest Sixer! \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jm03X7xYGF\">pic.twitter.com\/jm03X7xYGF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sixers\/status\/2069621987312296056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">the perfect fit. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ROCRHQ4A2R\">pic.twitter.com\/ROCRHQ4A2R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alabama Men\u2019s Basketball (@AlabamaMBB) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlabamaMBB\/status\/2069763169413636259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Philon was extremely emotional when his name was called, and now he heads to a 76ers team that made the playoffs last season and could become the final piece they need to get over the hump in the Eastern Conference and break through.<\/p>\n<p>In his post-draft press conference, Philon \u2014 who returned for his sophomore season after flirting with the NBA last year and likely would have been drafted \u2014 was asked about the state of the Alabama program and what it has become under Oats, and the former Baker High School standout gave a glowing review for why future elite players should come play for the Crimson Tide.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;It was a dream of mine to go play for Alabama for two years.&#8221; &#8211; Labaron Philon after being selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 22nd pick in the first round of the NBA Draft<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sixers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sixers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlabamaMBB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlabamaMBB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6LiAkc3OnG\">pic.twitter.com\/6LiAkc3OnG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Next Round (@NextRoundLive) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NextRoundLive\/status\/2069758956050829597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNate Oats is a great coach, I trusted him with my career,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was a dream of mine to go play for Alabama for two years\u2026I credit [the entire coaching staff], the people they put around me, the ability to have that trust with me\u2026Being able to be there for two years was really special.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Alabama Crimson Tide men\u2019s basketball\u00a0program under\u00a0Nate Oats\u00a0has been a factory of sending players to the next level, and Oats has now had his seventh <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/mobile-native-and-former-alabama-star-labaron-philon-drafted-in-first-round-to-76ers\/\" title=\"Mobile Native and Former Alabama Star Labaron Philon Drafted in First Round to 76ers\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4874,"featured_media":1184392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,91,147],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1184391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-al-basketball","8":"category-alabama","9":"category-featured-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ccr2603034110_bama_v_uga.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1184391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1184393,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184391\/revisions\/1184393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1184392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1184391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1184391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1184391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}