The Philadelphia 76ers and forward Thaddeus Young, the 12th overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, are offering fans the chance to select Young's jersey number via an online poll at Sixers.com.

Fans will be given Young's final four choices - numbers 5, 21, 30 and 31 - and can cast their votes online starting Thursday, July 5, through Friday, July 27, at Sixers.com.   The winning number will be announced online on July 30, 2007.
 
A 6-foot-8, 210-pound guard/forward, Young was one of the top freshmen in the country last season while playing at Georgia Tech.  He scored a team-high tying 14.4 points per game while adding averages of 4.9 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.29 steals.  The 19-year-old also connected on 39 three-pointers on 41.9 percent shooting in 31 games played.

During predraft workouts, the 76ers never hid their affection for 6-foot-11 Chinese power forward Yi Jianlian. And on draft night, the team apparently made an all-out effort to acquire him.

Billy King, the Sixers' president and general manager, said after Thursday's draft that he was close to a deal with a team in the top seven. A source yesterday revealed that the team was Milwaukee. The player the Sixers were looking to move up to draft was Yi, who was taken at No. 6 by the Bucks.

King preferred not to address the issue yesterday, but on draft night, Bucks general manager Larry Harris acknowledged having talked with the Sixers.

"We had a lot of discussions with Philadelphia as well as other discussions," Harris said. "At the end of the day, we really felt like instead of moving back and doing some other things that this was the best decision for us."

The Sixers, according to a person familiar with the dealings, offered different scenarios - some with just draft picks, the 12th and 21st in the first round, and some with current players.

The Miami Heat announced today they have conveyed the draft rights to Jason Smith (the 20th pick in the 2007 NBA Draft) to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for the draft rights to Daequan Cook (the 21st pick in the 2007 NBA Draft) along with Philadelphia?s own 2009 second round pick and cash considerations.

Cook (6-5, 210-pounds), was named as the Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year by the league?s coaches and was named Honorable Mention All Big-Ten by the media in his only season with Ohio State. As a freshman, he appeared in 39 games (one start) for the Buckeyes and averaged 9.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.0 assists while shooting .445 percent from the field and shot a team-best .415 percent from three-point range.

The Sixers brought in Kansas' Julian Wright Tuesday -- but there's a fair chance he won't be in the mix when they make their first selection Thursday.

Two days before the draft, Sixers team president Billy King, who has a policy of not commenting on trade rumors, volunteered one.

After fielding questions on the draft in general, on Wright and about UCLA's Arron Afflalo, who made his second visit to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in three weeks, King told the local media that there was a report circulating on ESPN.com that the Sixers and Milwaukee Bucks have had talks about swapping picks.

According to the rumor, the trade involved the Sixers sending the No. 12 and No. 21 picks to the Bucks for the sixth overall pick.

Sean Williams, Glen Davis and Carl Landry will all workout with the Sixers on Wednesday.

Williams has been projected of being drafted in the late-teens to early-twenties, while Davis and Landry have both been making late charges up into the early second round, late first round.

Philadelphia will pick 12th, 21st and 30th.

Agent Buddy Baker tells RealGM that Philadelphia wanted Landry to come in for a workout on Monday, but that he had a prior commitment with Portland.  Dallas has also tried to get Landry to workout this week.

Sixers bos Billy King revealed that he and his staff had a telephone conversation Thursday with Tiago Splitter, the 6-11 Brazilian forward who had been an early entry in the draft the previous 3 years and withdrew each time.

Splitter, 22, has spent the last four seasons with Tau Ceramica Vitoria in Spain's top division. He has never averaged more than 11.2 points in Spain's ACB League and never more than 10.7 in Euroleague competition. Still, his existing contract includes a significant buyout clause.

King also said in an e-mail response to the Philadelphia Daily News that there was no truth to a DraftExpress.net rumor that had the Sixers trading up from No. 21 to select 6-11 Colorado State forward/center Jason Smith.

If they were to move up from No. 12, King said it would be "to make our chances better to get certain players. If we have eight players we like, then we would try to get in the top eight."

"That's what we're trying to get to now - when do we get to a point where we're comfortable?" he asked. "We're comfortable with No. 12, but if we can get to 8, 5 or 6, it makes it better. It makes the chances of making a mistake maybe not as great."

Shavlik Randolph hasn't been completely ready to exercise his basketball skills, but he was more than ready to exercise his contract option with the 76ers.

The 6-10 forward/center, still rehabbing from surgery to repair a fractured and dislocated left ankle, met yesterday's option deadline by sending a letter to president/general manager Billy King.

Guard Willie Green, who is entering his fifth season with the 76ers, had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee on Friday and is expected to be ready well before training camp begins in October.

Green missed most of the 2005-06 season after undergoing surgery on his left knee on Aug, 16, 2005. He had that operation after an injury playing summer basketball.

Spencer Hawes worked out Wednesday for the 76ers, but theirs weren?t the only eyes looking at him from the University of Washington.

Because Hawes, who just completed his freshman year, hasn?t hired an agent and may go back to school, he?s trying to limit the number of trips he takes. To that end, his camp asked if the Celtics could come watch this workout. President Billy King allowed it, and so Danny Ainge, Boston?s executive director of basketball operations, was on hand.

The Sixers have the 12th, 21st and 30th picks in the first round of the June 28 draft. Boston holds the fifth pick.

If he remains in the draft, he?s likely to be a lottery pick. The most recent consensus of mock drafts compiled by NBA.com rates Hawes as the No. 11 pick.

Junior forward Glen Davis might have lost some prestige by staying at Louisiana State for an extra year, but he says he's not losing any sleep about his decision. What he has lost is plenty of weight as he prepares for the June 28 NBA draft.

Davis was among four players who worked out yesterday for the 76ers, who will have the 12th, 21st and 30th picks in the first round and the 38th in the second. He could sneak into the end of the first round, and he could interest the Sixers.

The 6-foot, 9-inch Davis says he has lost 45 pounds and weighs 289.

"I think his body is pretty much unbelievable," Sixers coach Maurice Cheeks said. "And he moved extremely well for a guy his size."