The Philadelphia 76ers have agreed to swap Samuel Dalembert to the Sacramento Kings for Andres Nocioni and Spencer Hawes, two league sources told ESPN.com. The deal was agreed to on Tuesday night and the two teams have been working out details Thursday morning. Barring some last-minute hitch the trade should be completed as early as Thursday afternoon, according to the sources. ~ ESPN Just caught wind of this.  Need to look into some stuff and think about whether I like this move or not (I … [Read more...]

So Sammy is talking - already! I just had a quick conversation with Pete about this.  I'll just come right out and say it, Pete and anyone else that jumps on Sammy because of these comments are dead wrong - period. Like I told Pete, Sam is right. You can't openly call him the "X-factor" and then not play him.  That makes no sense at all and if I was in his shoes I would feel the same way.  Did you listen to what he said? Or did you just see he was talking about minutes and your … [Read more...]

I just want to drive right into the off-season with this because it's a quick hitter. Trade Samuel Dalembert. Everyone wants it, so let's play a game this off-season and propose some deals to make it happen.  And I am not talking about silliness that has no real possibility of happening.  We can't give him away for just a pick, it's just not financially possible for most teams and that type of deal is typically reserved for moves involving a highly coveted player under contract going to a team … [Read more...]

Here is a bit of Sixers-related news... Samuel Dalembert has apparently been booted from the Canadian National Team. Philadelphia 76ers center Samuel Dalembert was released from the team after Tuesday's defeat to Slovenia. "Without going into too much detail, it's a situation that we decided to move forward with the players who have the passion and desire to play for Canada," Head coach Leo Rautins said. "It's disappointing for sure, but I think you have to have players who are a 100% … [Read more...]

Samuel Dalembert 2007 Season Review Stats: 33.2 MPG / 10.5 PPG / 51.3% FG / 70.7% FT / 10.4 RPG / 0.5 APG / 0.49 SPG / 2.34 BPG / 1.9 TOV I was happy (not satisfied) with Sammy's production at center this season. He played all 82 games for the second straight season while logging the most minutes per game of his career. Can you say durable? He also fouled out less (3) and had 26 double doubles, both career bests. Defensively Dalembert did a good job of controlling the paint and even had … [Read more...]