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Saturday, November 7, 2009
Sam's Still Here

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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Posted 02:31 PM, 11/07/2009
Pat c
Thank you Billy King. This contract is the reason you are still changing diapers and not a GM for another team somewhere.
Posted 03:54 PM, 11/07/2009
ashemnat99
they can stink with him or stink without him. Sam has many happy moments. I remember one time a few years back when he and his agent laughed their behinds off when Billy King told them how much the contract was that the sixers were offering..Needless to say they took the deal...
Posted 04:05 PM, 11/07/2009
dasher
Get off Sam's back; he abused Brook Lopez for two points last night!
Posted 04:31 PM, 11/07/2009
dpcoz
we know he's untradeable, thats why he should finish his contracct at the end of the bench.
Posted 04:46 PM, 11/07/2009
stronghold
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.
Posted 05:27 PM, 11/07/2009
fuller11
Phil, When does Mareese start at center?
Posted 06:17 PM, 11/07/2009
fatdarren
he's been absolutely terrible. again foul trouble is killing him.
Posted 06:27 PM, 11/07/2009
PhillyTrue
Dalembert is a back up center talent wise but is being paid like a starter.
Posted 06:46 PM, 11/07/2009
Living_Legend
Come on Phil..We've been down this road before, stop whackin the hornets nest.
Posted 07:48 PM, 11/07/2009
SJW
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.
Posted 01:41 AM, 11/08/2009
hopefloats00
Oh yeah... Thanks for turning off those annoying videos!!!
Posted 11:01 AM, 11/08/2009
PuPuMan
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...
Posted 11:33 AM, 11/08/2009
FKD215
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.
Posted 12:43 PM, 11/08/2009
Todd Pratt
Worst contract in the history of sports.
About Sixerville Blog
Phil Jasner joined the staff of the Daily News in 1972. He has covered the 76ers and the NBA on a full-time basis since 1981. He won the 2004 Curt Gowdy Media Award, presented by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame for outstanding contributions to the sport during his career; he was a finalist for the award in 2001, when he also received a lifetime achievement award from the Professional Basketball Writers Association during the NBA Finals. He is a past president of the Professional Basketball Writers Association and the Philadelphia College Basketball Writers Association. Along the way, he has covered high school sports, the Big 5, the Eagles and the NFL, the World Football League, the North American Soccer League and what was then the Major Indoor Soccer League. He is a proud graduate of Temple University, and spent his early professional days at the Pottstown (Pa.) Mercury, Montgomery Newspapers (Fort Washington, Pa.), the Norristown (Pa.) Times-Herald and the Trentonian.

Bob Cooney has been at the Daily News for almost 20 years, working in the sports department the past 12 years. This is his first season on the Sixers beat. He has covered just about everything, but mostly college basketball, where he has been the La Salle beat writer for the past six seasons.

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