Right now, the safe bet is the Sixers will stick at No. 17, select a perimeter player - North Carolina's Ty Lawson, Virginia Commonwealth's Eric Maynor, or perhaps UNC's Wayne Ellington - and head into free agency looking to re-sign point guard Andre Miller and plug whatever other holes exist on the roster.
But don't be shocked if that changes.
"If a trade screws it up, things could change," Stefanski said on Tuesday.
An NBA source has confirmed that Stefanski has shopped power forward Elton Brand, last off-season's blockbuster acquisition. That same source indicated Brand is unlikely to be traded because he has four years and $65 million left on his deal and has health concerns because his last two seasons ended in injury.
On Tuesday, Stefanski said he has inquired about moving up in the draft, but that the price has been too steep, with most teams wanting "an integral piece from our team."
Stefanski named his young guys - Marreese Speights, Thaddeus Young, Lou Williams, and Jason Smith - as players other teams wanted in exchange.
"We're exploring moving up and moving back," Stefanski said, adding that "unless the demands get less, we won't be doing that."
Stefanski had said at the end of the season that nobody on the roster is untradeable, but it seems unlikely Stefanski will trade a core piece from last season's team to improve the Sixers' position in a draft most NBA experts are calling weak.
Also, the Sixers need a guard, and this is a guard-heavy draft, meaning it's likely one of the guards the Sixers want is still on the board at 17.
It's even possible that a guard such as Brandon Jennings, once predicted as a lottery pick, a player who wouldn't work out for teams in the Sixers' range because he believed he would be long gone by the 17th pick, could still be on the board.
