"By next Thursday, 76ers coach Doug Collins will have criss-crossed the country, meeting with every player on the team in advance of the potential NBA lockout that could begin as soon as July 1.

Collins' last day of meetings will be in Los Angeles with Andre Iguodala. One of the subjects he plans to talk about is the trade rumors that have popped up over the last several weeks involving the Sixers' swingman.

He plans to tell Iguodala that the Sixers aren't shopping him.

"We want him back," Collins said. "He got nicked up last year. He was hurt. We think Dre is one of the reasons why we were a really good defensive team. I want to sit down with him. I want to talk to him. I want to see what his thoughts are. More importantly -- and I've shared this with his agent, Rob Pelinka -- no one is out there shopping Dre."

That doesn't mean that Iguodala's name hasn't come up in trade talks.

Sixers president Rod Thorn admitted Tuesday that Iguodala's name has been mentioned a lot, and that he even initiated some of those discussions.

There reportedly were talks with Golden State about Warriors shooting guard Monta Ellis, who averaged 24.1 points per game last season. There also were reports that the Sixers and Los Angeles Clippers were talking about a deal for center Chris Kaman."