Free-agent center Samuel Dalembert has agreed to a two-year deal with the Rockets, a source confirmed to SI.com.
One day after the Houston Rockets came painfully close to landing Lakers forward Pau Gasol, they're going hard after his brother.
The Mavericks are exploring a sign-and-trade for free agent center Samuel Dalembert, a source close to the situation confirmed.
Nene and Tyson Chandler have more in common than being the top-tier big men in this year's NBA free-agent class: They both had their feelings hurt by their former team.
Samuel Dalembert is known as the charitable sort.
The Kings have traded small forward Omri Casspi and a future first-round pick to the Cavaliers for forward J.J. Hickson.
As the mania from the LeBron James circus finally begins to abate, we can snap back from the soap opera and remember the basketball. Instead of feverishly chasing the latest rundown on how and when which billionaire was stooping to kiss the still-nonexistent ring of the King, we can take a broader look around the NBA and see that Miami has some company when it comes to shrewd front offices that have done a noteworthy job with their resources this summer.
On January 12, I went to basketball practice and then spent time with a kids' basketball league. The whole time my phone was in the car. When I finally looked at it, I had about 50 messages saying, "Have you been watching the news about Haiti?"
The Philadelphia 76ers have agreed to trade center Samuel Dalembert to the Sacramento Kings for forward Andres Nocioni and center Spencer Hawes, SI.com has confirmed.
MERION, Pa. -- Reporters who attended the 76ers' practice Wednesday walked into a full scrimmage, a rarity considering the media normally are allowed to view only the last few minutes as a workout winds down. After about an hour -- and more than three hours since practice began -- the visibly tired players left the floor.
As the NBA prepares to celebrate its best, let's take a moment to recognize a few of those who made it possible. No, not the coaches and fans who selected the teams for Sunday's All-Star Game in Phoenix. Rather, the players who make the All-Stars look even better by comparison -- the Anti-All-Stars.
Eighty percent of success is showing up, or so said Woody Allen. What you do in that remaining 20 percent, though, determines whether you get to keep showing up in the NBA. Almost as important, a player's productivity also determines how much he gets to show up.
SI.com will analyze each of the NBA's 30 teams as regular-season tip-off approaches. For a complete list of team-by-team breakdowns, click here. The information in the "Go figure" category below is provided by Roland Beech of 82games.com.
I'm thinking that the shadow of Larry Brown had something to do with the surprising move the 76ers made Tuesday to replace Billy King with Ed Stefanski, the new president and general manager in Philadelphia.
The United States should win every basketball tournament it plays. Period. Putting aside potential continuity issues, when the Americans send their "A" team, the talent gap is that wide.
SI.com: Rise and shineupdated: Wed Mar 28 2007 14:16:00
In Philadelphia, AI is all the rage.
SI.com: Forward movementupdated: Thu Jan 11 2007 13:48:00
Now we're getting somewhere.
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