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King Will Resume Trade Talks With Lottery Over

Billy King once again said that nobody on the Sixers' roster is untouchable but qualified it by saying that it is "a responsibility of mine to make sure we do what's right for the franchise."

He said the Sixers have had "numerous conversations with different teams, just trying to figure out if there's something we can do.

"Some teams say, 'Let's wait and see where we're picking. Let's wait until after the lottery and we'll talk again.' Some of those people were here tonight and I said to them, 'Let's definitely talk tomorrow.'"

Via Philadelphia Inquirer


Iverson To Minnesota Or Atlanta?

The two latest trade rumors for Allen Iverson, according to Sam Smith, have him going to Minnesota for their lottery pick and players or to Atlanta in a sign-and-trade for Al Harrington and one of Atlanta's young forwards.

Via Chicago Tribune


Magic, Michael And Charles To Own A Team Together?

Magic Johnson envisions a situation in the future where he would purchase an NBA franchise with his friends Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley.

"If the right franchise became available, trust me, I'd make the calls," Johnson said.

"What better situation for us than to do it together?"

In this scenario, Jordan would run the basketball operations, while Magic would be in charge of the business side of things and Charles would be Charles.

"Charles could handle the sponsors and dealing with people," Johnson said in an off-the-air conversation while working as an analyst for TNT this week.

"And if we needed somebody to talk harsh to the team, he could do that."

"If I owned a team, I'd have to get somebody with Michael's skills to run the basketball side," Johnson said. "If he bought into a team, he would have to find somebody like me to make the company profitable. It would be the perfect marriage."

"What a message it would send," Johnson said.

"It would be unbelievable. I really think we can do it."

Via Chicago Tribune


Sixers May 2006 Archive

  • Judge Forces Iverson To Travel To Give Testimony

    Allen Iverson lost his appeal on Thursday to give testimony about an incident in a nightclub in Philadelphia instead of Washington, D.

  • Rumor: Iverson To Minnesota For Davis?

    Charley Watters of the Pioneer Press wrote on Wednesday that there was a "Trade Rumor: Ricky Davis as part of a Timberwolves package to the 76ers for Allen Iverson.