Team officials will meet with former Dallas head coach Avery Johnson on Monday, a source told the Daily News.

Johnson, who is working as an NBA analyst for ESPN, also has had preliminary contacts with the New Orleans Hornets for their head-coaching vacancy, according to the Times-Picayune.

according to a source, the Sixers contacted John Langel, the agent and attorney for Doug Collins, an NBA analyst for TNT.

Other possibilities to be interviewed include Mavericks assistant Dwane Casey, Boston Celtics associate coach Tom Thibodeau, San Antonio Spurs assistant Mike Budenholzer, former Toronto Raptors coach Sam Mitchell and NBA television analysts Jeff Van Gundy and Mike Fratello.

76ers general manager and president Ed Stefanski contacted the agent for Doug Collins on Wednesday, a source confirmed to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

The team wants to know if Collins is interested in their vacant head coaching job.

Philadelphia fired coach Eddie Jordan on April 15 after a 27-55 season.

The 76ers will soon contact Larry Brown about their coaching vacancy, but they have little interest in giving him a front-office position, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Brown, 69, just finished his second season with the Bobcats and has said several times that Charlotte will be his last coaching stop.

Philadelphia is currently run by president and general manager Ed Stefanski, but his job has not been guaranteed.

Brown's family still lives in Philadelphia from his stint as the 76ers coach years ago.

76ers chairman Ed Snider says that the organization has had no contact with current Bobcats coach Larry Brown or any of his representatives.

Snider also denied reports that the team has made overtures to former Philadelphia guard, and current TNT announcer, Doug Collins.

Reports by both Yahoo! and the Philadelphia Inquirer have linked the 76ers to Brown.

"I don't know where this stuff comes from," Snider said Monday night. "I keep reading that [new Bobcats owner] Michael Jordan has said it'd be OK for Brown to leave [under certain circumstances]. But it's not coming from us. Nothing is coming from us."

Brown also denied the rumors following his team's elimination from the postseason on Monday night.

The Hawks are pooling resources to offer a maximum-salary contract to Joe Johnson on July 1.  If they are able to do so, Johnson is likely to re-sign with Atlanta.

Sources tell Adrian Wojnarowski that the Hawks are willing to sell their first-round pick for $3 million, to help pay for Johnson's salary.

For the same reason, Atlanta will likely offer no more than a three-year contract between $1.8 million to $2 million per season to a possible successor to head coach Mike Woodson.  

Woodson could leave to take the Sixers' job if Larry Brown becomes team president in Philadelphia.  Brown would also look to hire Wizards' executive Milt Newton as his GM, according to sources.

Bobcats coach Larry Brown is refuting a report in the Philadelphia Inquirer that he'll soon leave the team for the 76ers.

The report claimed that Brown would leave Charlotte once the team was eliminated from the postseason. The Magic completed a four-game sweep of the Bobcats on Monday night.

Brown was first linked to the 76ers back in March and a Yahoo! report on Monday linked him to the franchise as well.

"I think I've answered that for the last two months," Brown said when asked to comment on the reports. "I'm not coaching anywhere but Charlotte."

He went on to say that he'll discuss his future with his family after the season.

"Now, am I going to talk to my family and talk to Michael? Absolutely," said Brown. "But I'm not coaching anywhere but for Michael if he'll have me."

The 76ers are expected to contact Larry Brown once the Bobcats are eliminated from the postseason, multiple sources have told the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Brown, who led Charlotte to its first-ever playoff appearance, will likely be contacted about Philadelphia's vacant head coaching position.

However, according to the same sources, it's possible that he could be offered a front office position.

Ed Stefanski is currently serving as president and general manager, but his position isn't believed to be secure.

Samuel Dalembert of the Philadelphia 76ers is the 2009-10 recipient of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award presented annually by the Professional Basketball Writers Association. The award is named for the second commissioner of the league and honors an NBA player or coach for outstanding service and dedication to the community.

Dalembert, an eight-year NBA veteran, has worked tirelessly to provide relief to victims of a devastating earthquake in his native Haiti since Jan. 12, 2010. In addition to making a personal donation of $100,000 to UNICEF, he visited the stricken country twice and raised awareness of the need for relief.

His Samuel Dalembert Foundation, founded in 2007, teams with UNICEF, the Red Cross and Feed the Children to assist relief efforts in Haiti. Dalembert has also been active in helping to build a training facility and a school in Haiti called the Dalembert Academy.

?What Samuel has done should be a model for all professional athletes. He saw a crying need for help and worked tirelessly to give whatever aid he could while spurring others to act and contribute as well,? said Doug Smith of the Toronto Star, president of the PBWA.

The PBWA represents approximately 150 writers for newspapers, magazines and Internet services who cover the NBA on a regular basis. Members nominate players and vote for the award. The finalists this season were Dalembert, Charlie Villanueva of the Detroit Pistons, Ronny Turiaf of the Golden State Warriors and Adonal Foyle of the Orlando Magic.

76ers president Ed Stefanski has the confidence of his players despite firing coach Eddie Jordan after just one season with the club.

"I think, as players, we have to continue to have trust in him because he has trust in us," Andre Iguodala said. "He believes in me. I believe in him. We have dialogue about basketball. I think the most important thing for me to do is just let him do his job and just prepare myself as best as possible."

Stefanski has said that he'll consider all types of candidates to fill the team's coaching vacancy.

"I know he's going to work tirelessly to do it," Elton Brand said. "I know he really wants to right the ship for us, for ownership and for the city."

Eddie Jordan didn't issue fines during his season as the head coach of the 76ers, which upset his roster.

Philadelphia center Samuel Dalembert was routinely late to practice and was benched once in March against Toronto.

However, Dalembert was routinely late without incurring any type of fine.

A team source told the Philadelphia Inquirer that Jordan's decision to go without fines cost him credibility within the locker room, where players discussed instituting their own fines.