<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#000000">The Philadelphia 76ers took steps to improve their rebounding by acquiring Reggie Evans in a trade with Denver.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#000000">The 76ers also acquired the rights to forward Ricky Sanchez from the Nuggets for forward-centre Steven Hunter and forward Bobby Jones.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#000000">The six-foot-eight Evans led the NBA when he averaged 7.2 rebounds in just 17.1 minutes per game last season, but he didn't play at all during Denver's first-round playoff series against the San Antonio Spurs.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#000000">"I was just happy that there was an organization that just wanted me," said Evans, who played his first five seasons with the Seattle SuperSonics and Nuggets.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman">Philadelphia finished 24th out of 30 teams in rebounding last season. In each of the last four seasons, Evans has ranked in the top 10 in rebounds per minute. Rebounding, he said, is all about attitude.</font></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#000000">"It's just being determined, just being willing, just being greedy," Evans said. "That's a phase of the game where you can be selfish."</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#000000">Evans was not selected in the 2002 NBA draft and signed with Seattle as a free agent. Entering his sixth season, he could be a starter by the time the Sixers open the season.</font></p> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#000000">"This is a great opportunity," Evans said. "I'm looking forward to it."</font></span></div></p><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana"><font color="#800080"><a href="http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iuoMllvA21CJjY2ZO7xhf1C6os6Q" target="_blank">http://canadianpress.google.com/article/AL...Y2ZO7xhf1C6os6Q</font></a></span>
