Link to Sixers' story::

http://www.phillyburbs.com/blogs/sports_columnists/tom_moore/hawes-absence-may-not-increase-trade-chances/article_8b2d3ad1-37e0-5cea-a445-95c3757d1603.html

Had a 15-minute chat with Rod Thorn today and wrote a story off of it (Sixers' practice was optional and there was no media availability).

My twitter handle is: @tmoorepburbs

Here is a portion of the story:

"We have several guys we play at center," said Thorn, referring primarily to rookies Nikola Vucevic, Lavoy Allen from Temple and starting power forward Elton Brand.

"Anybody we can possibly get, are they going to be better than guys we have? I don't think so unless we give up one of our top players. I don't see anything happening right now. That may change."