Sixers trade talk quiets down before draft

With only hours remaining until Thursday night's 2011 NBA draft, the trade talk that last week encircled the Sixers seems to have died down.

One source said things were "very quiet" around the team.

The Sixers hold the Nos. 16 and 50 picks in the draft, to be held at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

In recent weeks, the Sixers have discussed trades involving swingman Andre Iguodala with both the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers, along with various other teams, but have yet to find a deal they deem worthy of execution.

Two factors seem to be slowing the Sixers' willingness to deal Iguodala: the impending change in ownership and the impending lockout.

A little more than two weeks ago, news broke that Comcast-Spectacor was in serious discussions to sell the team to a group led by New York investor Joshua Harris. Although the deal is not yet official, many league sources have conveyed the belief that the Sixers front office is in a bit of a holding pattern until the new ownership officially takes the reins.

During a meeting with reporters after Tuesday's final predraft workout at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Sixers president Rod Thorn said it's business as usual for the basketball side, although Thorn also said that nothing was imminent with any trades.

"We've had conversations with everyone over the course of the last three weeks," Thorn said. "And we've had some what I would call meaningful conversations, and then some not so meaningful. But as of right now, we don't have anything imminent. But we keep having conversations, so we'll just have to see."