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Alex Kennedy: The Los Angeles Lakers have expressed interest in unrestricted free agent Jodie Meeks, according to sources close to the situation. Twitter

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But in making the qualifying offer to Allen, Sixers team president confirmed that the team has not made a qualifying offer to Jodie Meeks, Sam Young or Xavier Silas. CSNPhilly.com

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Meeks started at shooting guard for much of the season before coming off the bench and serving as the team’s ninth man for the final 12 postseason games. Asked if the Sixers plan to re-sign Allen and Meeks for the 2012-13 season, Thorn replied via email, “We are formulating our plans now.” Allen, 23, earned the first-year minimum of $474,000. The Sixers are believed to possess a $937,000 qualifying offer on the 6- foot-10, 255-pounder. As for Meeks, he made the third-year minimum of $884,000 in 2011-12. phillyburbs.com

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Tom Moore: Asked if #Sixers plan to re-sign restricted FA Lavoy Allen & Jodie Meeks, team president Rod Thorn: "We are formulating our plans now." Twitter

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The NBA has not announced who the contestants will be in the three-point contest, but Sixers guard Jodie Meeks has his hand raised, if they’re looking for people. “I’ve never really practiced (shooting) off the rack, so I’d have to practice that,” he said. “I’m used to watching them go in. It’s a little different.” Philadelphia Inquirer

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Last season Meeks led the Sixers with 138 three-pointers, shooting at a 39.7 percent clip. That total was 14th-best in the NBA and Meeks was the first Sixer to make more than 130 three-pointers since Kyle Korver made 132 in 2006-07. So if asked, Meeks will cancel whatever plans he has and head to Orlando. “I’d love to do it, so we’ll see what happens,” Meeks said. CSNPhilly.com

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Williams takes online classes during the season and has spent the past several offseasons working toward his degree. Meeks is majoring in Marketing at the University of Kentucky, and has just 12 hours remaining until he can graduate. "I've taken classes the past few summers," Meeks said. "I just want to finish up. Even without the lockout, I still would have been taking classes. When I was making my decision to leave school after my junior year, I had a talk with my parents and they told me that they wanted me to go back and finish. They had a lot of influence, but I wanted to do it as well. I'm so close, I figured why not? I've been in all of this hard work over three years, I might as well finish up." In May, Meeks enrolled in an 'Economy and Statistics' class. Unlike Williams, he had to attend class on campus because Kentucky doesn't offer online courses for upper-division business requirements. HoopsWorld

Philadelphia 76ers, Lockout, Jodie Meeks 

Philadelphia 76ers player Jodie Meeks, a former Kentucky guard, has returned to the university to finish his degree after his second season in the NBA. The marketing major told WKYT-TV that both his parents have degrees in business, so he wanted to get his degree since he was so close to finishing. He's taking just one class right now, but he said going back to school has been an adjustment. Delaware County Daily Times

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The Sixers will exercise their $884,000 team option on starting guard Jodie Meeks, according to Thorn. Meeks provided a much-needed perimeter threat. His 138 made 3 -pointers was the most by a Sixer since Kyle Korver hit 184 in 2005-06. phillyburbs.com

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