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76ers holding audition for guards

After traveling to Southern California to see 6-foot-11 Chinese forward Yi Jianlian in a private workout on Tuesday, the 76ers will resume predraft workouts today, bringing in four guards to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

After traveling to Southern California to see 6-foot-11 Chinese forward Yi Jianlian in a private workout on Tuesday, the 76ers will resume predraft workouts today, bringing in four guards to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Scheduled to appear are Oregon's Aaron Brooks, Texas A&M's Acie Law IV, Boise State's Coby Karl, and Chinese guard Sun Yue. Karl, the son of Denver Nuggets coach George Karl, had an impressive pre-draft camp in Orlando, Fla., averaging 12.3 points in three games.

Of the four, Law is considered the only one with a realistic chance to be in the lottery. With four picks - 12, 21 and 30 in the first round and 38 in the second round - the Sixers might have interest in the other three guards with their second-round pick.

Law is coming off a workout Wednesday at which he was paired in Atlanta with Georgia Tech's Javaris Crittenton. Law and Crittenton are considered two of the top three point guards in the draft, along with Ohio State's Mike Conley Jr.

The workouts leading to Thursday's draft will continue Monday when the Sixers bring in two Atlantic Coast Conference forwards, Al Thornton of Florida State and Josh McRoberts of Duke. Thornton was scheduled to work out last Monday, but had to postpone his visit because of a sprained ankle.

Sixers president and general manager Billy King has said there will be a player at No. 12 whom the Sixers will be sure to like. If the Sixers make a move, whether it's trading up or down in the draft, King said that it would not likely happen until Thursday.

Moving on. Media resident Steve Rosenberry was relieved of his duties as head scout for the Seattle SuperSonics on Wednesday as new general manager Sam Presti also fired director of basketball operations David Pendergraft.

Rosenberry, who had been with the Sonics for 19 years, has a contract through September 2008.

"It's a new GM, and he has a right to bring in his people," Rosenberry said. "Now I will move on."