Posted: Saturday, November 7, 2009, 1:11 PM | 14 comments |
 

Sam's Still Here
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There was a note the other day on Yahoo! Sports saying that an anonymous general manager in the NBA said that the 76ers called Golden State to see whether there was any interest in center Samuel Dalembert.

Well, they did.

Months ago.

A source familiar with the Sixers' situation said there was a call made during the summer, and that the Warriors had no interest. (For what it's worth, the source also said the Sixers have no interest in acquiring unhappy Stephen Jackson.)

But let's be real here. The Sixers are perfectly aware of the degree of difficulty in trying to move Dalembert. The source said that, to this point, president/general manager Ed Stefanski has, over time, gone 0-for-29 around the league.

Two huge reasons: Even if Dalembert is playing well and is attractive to a team performance-wise, there's the matter of his contract. He is owed $12 million-plus this season and $13 million-plus next season. And . . . a team acquiring him must pay a 15 percent trade kicker, with the money due within 30 days.

That's a lot for a team to swallow, particularly in tough economic times.

Sounds to me as if Dalembert--and he has been ''Happy Sam'' through the first five games of the season--is staying.

 
Posted by Phil Jasner @ 1:11 PM  Permalink | 14 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:31 PM, 11/07/2009
    Thank you Billy King. This contract is the reason you are still changing diapers and not a GM for another team somewhere.
    — Pat c
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:05 PM, 11/07/2009
    Get off Sam's back; he abused Brook Lopez for two points last night!
    — dasher
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:31 PM, 11/07/2009
    we know he's untradeable, thats why he should finish his contracct at the end of the bench.
    — dpcoz
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:46 PM, 11/07/2009
    Their are 8 teams in the eastern conference that are better than the sixers. Cleveland, Boston, Orlando, Miami, Atlanta,Detroit, Washington, Toronto, and believe it or not New Jersey. So I guess that's 9 teams in the eastern conference that's better than the sixers. I put Jersey in their cause the sixers barely beat a Jersey squad that had alot of injuries. So don't be impressed by that win. Andre Iguldala said the smartest thing I ever heard him say in his entire NBA career. He said and I quote, the difference between good NBA teams and bad ones is the good ones defend the entire basketball court. In other words, Iggy is saying the sixers aren't a good NBA team. For that one moment, I saw Iggy as a true basketball player.
    — stronghold
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:27 PM, 11/07/2009
    Phil, When does Mareese start at center?
    — fuller11
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:17 PM, 11/07/2009
    he's been absolutely terrible. again foul trouble is killing him.
    — fatdarren
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:46 PM, 11/07/2009
    Come on Phil..We've been down this road before, stop whackin the hornets nest.
    — Living_Legend
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:48 PM, 11/07/2009
    Phil, We have spoken in the past about the fact that this guy should have been on the same train we shipped "The Answer" out of town on years ago....again you will probably defend Sammy "D" by bringing up some ridiculous / useless NBA stats (like the Double/Double). Can't we just "C.Web" this Guy...Sammy and C Web must send the King family some fantastic X-Mas presents.
    — SJW
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:41 AM, 11/08/2009
    Oh yeah... Thanks for turning off those annoying videos!!!
    — hopefloats00
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:01 AM, 11/08/2009
    Don't blame Sammy for signing a terrible, bloated contract offered by Billy King. There aren't too many other big men in the East who can play at his level defensively anyway...
    — PuPuMan
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:33 AM, 11/08/2009
    Next year, when his bloated contract becomes a bloated expiring contract, he'll be a valuable trade commodity for some team looking to get under the cap. We can get another piece for him then.
    — FKD215
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Bob Cooney has been at the Daily News for more than 20 years, working in the sports department for the past 15. This is his third season on the Sixers beat. He has covered just about everything, but mostly college basketball, where he was the La Salle beat writer for six seasons. E-mail Bob at cooneyb@phillynews.com and follow him on Twitter.

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