76ers waive Dionte Christmas, Bowman
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76ers waive Dionte Christmas, Bowman
This morning, the 76ers waived shooting guard Dionte Christmas and forward Brandon Bowman.
Bowman's dismissal was expected, but Christmas, the former Temple star, looked to -- possibly -- have a shot at making the team. Here was Christmas' line during the pre-season: 4 games played (of 7 possible). 7.5 minutes a game, 12.5 percent shooting from the field, 33.3 percent from three, 66.7 percent from the line, 1.8 points a game.
Just left Sixers practice at PCOM. Sixers GM Ed Stefanski spoke about the decision to cut Christmas. He said Christmas might be someone they look at down the line, but that right now they'd prefer to go with 13 and have a possible spot available for someone more able to immediately contribute.
The Sixers roster now stands at 13 players, all of whom have guaranteed contracts for this season.
--Kate
That's a shame the Sixers got rid of the local kid.... speaking of local kids.... Is Malik Rose's run in the NBA over? Did anyone pick him up? Anyone need a rebounder off the bench?— joeolive
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but yet we hang on to willie green. amazing- Willie Green has gauranteed money left on his contract. The Sixers have possibly 2 of the worse regular rotation players in the NBA, Willie G. and Dalembust, both have garuanteed contracts. THANKS ALOT BILLIE KING!!! Your legacy still lives here in Sixerville.— phong60073
- Christmas not making the team is a shame, I would have liked to gone to a few games this year to see him play.— looper121
- i agree, dalembert(and ernie) has to go. he is a bakup's backup at best. how bout we try to bring in amare st.!!! all four home teams will be contenders this year.— hugrad02
- I will never understand how they kept Willie Green over him.. Terrible.— gallen024
- Stupid move. But stupid moves seem to be all this team can do.— cuso20
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- Who cares? You guys are in a minority that keeps getting smaller. No one really cares about the NBA anymore. College basketball is 100 times better...where there's a longer shot clock, which makes it almost an entirely different game.— chrissmith
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I just want to know if they are going to play with 13? As for green and dalembert, yeah I would like to see the money come off the books, but I have no real beef with dalembert. He d's other big guys fairly well and if the other 4 guys can score 76ers can absorb his lack of O. I like the fact that he can run the floor unlike most other big men. I just want to see consistency from dalembert's play. Green would not be bad coming off the bench 10-15 min a game.- it's not why are we keeping lou and willie - why are we keeping rodney carney? christmas is a better shooter, maybe not as agile - but we already have guys who can run...— chriszak
- To all those people who say they don't care, or that they make you zzzzzzzz, why did you click on the link to read this update? If you don't care, shouldn't you be reading something else?— sixers_610
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John Mitchell is in his second year covering the 76ers for the Inquirer after joining the paper in November 2011. He covered the Washington Wizards for the Washington Times from 1998 to 2008. He's also worked at the Philadelphia Tribune, the Wilmington News Journal, Courier-Post, Trenton Times and Elmira Star-Gazette.Born and raised in West Philadelphia - not too far from Will Smith - he graduated from Overbrook High School the same year the 76ers won their last championship. He's a proud graduate of Howard University and the proud father of two sons, Jared and Jordan.
ABOUT MARC NARDUCCI
Marc Narducci has served in a variety of roles with the Inquirer since beginning in 1983. He has covered the 76ers as a backup and a beat writer. In addition, Narducci has covered everything from the Super Bowl to the World Series and a lot in between. Narducci also has a true passion for South Jersey scholastic sports, which he has covered for many years.
