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DeClercq Unlikely To Return To Magic

Jul 26, 2005 9:22 AM EST

Free agent center Andrew Declercq and the Orlando Magic are likely to call it quits after five seasons together.

The team has not offered him a contract and his agent believes Declercq, who is coming off of knee surgery, will be playing elsewhere next season.

"He won't be returning to Orlando, but there are various other options we're sorting through," said Joel Bell, DeClercq's agent on Monday. "He'll be in the league."

Otis Smith, Magic co-general manager, said Monday that the team has been monitoring DeClercq's rehab, but he would not say for certain that DeClercq's career with the Magic was over.

A possible option for Declercq is the Philadelphia Sixers who have been interested in Declercq now and in the past.

Via Orlando Sentinel

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Sixers Interested In Hunter, DeClercq; Plan To Sign Undrafted Players

Jul 25, 2005 11:28 AM EST

Now that the Philadelphia Sixers have re-signed their starting center Samuel Dalembert, they will now turn their attention to getting a backup for him.

"The Sixers have contacted 7-foot unrestricted free agent Steven Hunter, who appeared in 76 games with the Phoenix Suns last season, and 6-10 unrestricted free agent Andrew DeClerq, a 10-year veteran who spent the last 5 seasons with the Orlando Magic. DeClerq appeared in just eight games last season after undergoing knee surgery; he made 53 starts for the Magic in '03-04.

The Sixers have been interested in Declercq before when he was a free agent a few years back.

In other news, the Sixers are expected to sign Duke forward Shavlik Randolph and Fairfield star Deng Gai sometime after the NBA lifts it's moratorium on signings.

Via Philadelphia Daily News

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Dalembert, 76ers Agree To New Deal

Jul 24, 2005 5:08 PM EST

The Philadelphia 76ers agreed to a six-year contract late Saturday with restricted free agent center Samuel Dalembert, his agent Marc Cornstein told SI.com. Salary figures were not immediately available.

Dalembert had been scheduled to interview Monday with the Atlanta Hawks, who possessed enough cap space to make him a maximum offer.

With this agreement, the 76ers have made good on their promise to re-sign free agents Dalembert, Willie Green and Kyle Korver. They also now have one of the highest payrolls in the NBA.

Via Sports Illustrated

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Sixers Jul 2005 Archive

  • Dalembert, Sixers Make No Progress

    Philadelphia Daily News | Jul 22, 2005

    The 76ers remain in limbo with restricted free-agent center Samuel Dalembert, but it isn't because of a lack of effort.

  • Chris Crawford Wants To Play For The Sixers

    Philadelphia Daily News | Jul 21, 2005

    Chris Crawford made it as far as Class A minor league Baseball with a 90-mph fastball, however, basketball has always been his sport.

  • Korver, Green Re-Sign With Sixers

    ESPN | Jul 20, 2005

    Kyle Korver and Willie Green are staying put with the Philadelphia Sixers according to ESPN Insider Chad Ford and other sources.

  • King Says Trio Of Free Agents Will Return

    Philadelphia Inquirer | Jul 19, 2005

    Sixers President Billy King has no plans of letting restricted free agents Samuel Dalembert, Kyle Korver, and Willie Green get away in free agency.

  • Dalembert To Visit Hawks

    ESPN | Jul 18, 2005

    It looks like negotiations between the Philadelphia 76ers and restricted free agent Samuel Dalembert took a turn for the worse on Monday according to ESPN correspondant Chad Ford.

  • Dalembert To Re-Sign For $75 Million Dollars?

    RealGM | Jul 14, 2005

    Reports are coming into RealGM.com that Samuel Dalembert has reached a verbal agreement to re-sign with the Sixers.

  • Sixers Will Make Dalembert Their #1 Priorty

    Dan Fox/RealGM | Jul 9, 2005

    In what could be the most pivotal off-season for the Philadelphia 76ers since the drafting of Allen Iverson, Billy King is faced with two great challenges.

  • Sixers Begin Mulling Potential Additions

    Philadelphia Daily News | Jul 6, 2005

    While re-signing their own free agents Samuel Dalembert, Kyle Korver and Willie Green remains the team's priority, the Phil Jasner of the Philadelphia Daily News writes that the team is hoping for some new additions as well.

  • Jazz Eyeing Willie Green; Loyer To Join Staff

    Philadelphia Daily News | Jul 5, 2005

    Willie Green, the 76ers' restricted free-agent guard, has drawn interest from the Utah Jazz, which is seeking a replacement for Raja Bell, the former Sixer who has an agreement in principle to join the Phoenix Suns.

  • Dalembert, Ilgauskas, Curry, Round Out The Top Of Hawks Big Man Search

    Patrick Austin/RealGM | Jul 2, 2005

    This offseason is going to feature a plethora of extremely talented free agent centers.

  • Bradley And Sixers Agree To Extend Deadline

    Bulrington County Times | Jul 1, 2005

    Philadelphia 76ers general manager Billy King and Michael Bradley have come to a mutual agreement to extend the deadline to pick up his player option to July 22.