Now that Darko Milicic appears to be available, are the Sixers interested?

The answer, senior vice president of basketball operations/assistant general manager Tony DiLeo confirmed yesterday, is that they will investigate, saying, "It's our job to be interested."

The level of the Sixers' interest would depend largely on Milicic's asking price, which is likely to be beyond their parameters

The Sixers have said that their initial priorities are to re-sign unrestricted free-agent forward Joe Smith and to sign Andre Iguodala to an extension. Smith has drawn interest from the Houston Rockets and the Chicago Bulls.