Philadelphia ? All-Star Chris Webber was traded from Sacramento to the Philadelphia 76ers late Wednesday night as part of a six-player deal.

The Sixers sent Brian Skinner, Kenny Thomas and Corliss Williamson to the Kings for Webber, Matt Barnes and Michael Bradley. The deal comes one day before the NBA trading deadline.

Sixers president Billy King was looking to make a deal to improve the Sixers frontcourt as they make their playoff push.

The Sixers are 26-27 and just a half game behind Boston for first place in the Atlantic Division.

Kings general manager Geoff Petrie had been shopping Webber, who has three years about $62 million left on his contract. The Kings are 34-20 going and are 71/2 games behind Phoenix in the Pacific Division.

King insisted he wouldn’t part with any of his prized nucleus of young players to make a deal, and he didn’t have to.

Thomas had fallen out of favor with first-year Sixers coach Jim O’Brien, while Skinner was a free-agent bust. Williamson was a valuable sixth man off the bench, but none of them have the pedigree of Webber.