Phil Jasner of the Daily News reports:
No, the 76ers have not traded their No. 16 pick in the first round of the NBA draft. No, the Sixers have not struck a deal with the Golden State Warriors. Yes, the Sixers are listening to any and all offers. Yes, they do that every year.

After an ESPN Insider report that claimed Philadelphia and Golden State may have already reached an agreement to trade the #16 pick, Sixers GM Billy King denied the reports.

"We have not agreed to trade our pick to Golden State or anybody else at this time," King said yesterday.

Insider reported the information was gathered from a "league source" and offerred the fact that the Sixers haven't even started working out potential draftees as potential evidence.

The Sixers can't trade their first round pick before the draft because they may have to trade next season's first round pick as a result of the Roshown McLeod/Jerome Moiso trade with Boston. By league rule, a team cannot go back-to-back years without a first round pick, and since the pick the Sixers owe the Celtics is lottery-protected, it cannot be traded in advance. Also, by league rule, a team can draft a player, then trade simply the player instead of the pick, but King said the Sixers "have no deals at this time."

In any case, Warriors general manager Garry St. Jean has declined all interview requests and has made no comments since last Sunday's lottery.