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Dalembert Suffers Setback, Out Two Weeks
"It’s not a good thing," Sixers coach Maurice Cheeks said. "We thought we had been pretty safe in trying to keep him out and off the court ’til he got ready to play. Then he played on Tuesday and practiced on Wednesday and we thought everything was OK. He re-injured it in the warmups, but we’ll have to make do." Dalembert originally strained the muscle before training camp started, then tweaked it during his first scrimmage at Duke University. He returned to practice last Sunday and played in Tuesday night’s game against the Knicks without incident. "It was healing, actually," Dalembert said. "The MRI (Friday) showed it was healing. What happened, some fibers split, set me back a couple of weeks." While Dalembert said he can tolerate the pain, he doesn’t want the injury to turn into a season-long problem. This time, he’s reconsidering his approach to rehab. "Now I think I just need to stay off of it," he said. "What I was trying to do, I was trying to come back sooner, do a little bit and as I’m feeling good, it’s healing. I should’ve just stayed off of it, not doing anything at all and let it heal completely and then come back. I think that’s the approach we’re going to take now." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets 76ers Waive Two PlayersPhiladelphia 76ers President Billy King announced today that the team has waived center Steve Castleberry and guard Olu Famutimi. With the roster moves, the Sixers roster now stands at 15 players. Castleberry, a 7-foot, 225-pound center out of Rider University, appeared in six games this preseason and averaged 1.0 rebound in 6.7 minutes per game. Famutimi, a 6-5, 220-pound guard from the University of Arkansas, averaged 4.5 points and 2.0 rebounds in 15.0 minutes per game over four contests. Both Castleberry and Famutimi were signed by the Sixers as free agents on Oct. 3, prior to the beginning of training camp. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Iverson To Miss Preseason Finale With Sore Knee
Iverson has missed three preseason games, including a loss to New York on Tuesday night. The 76ers will open the regular season Tuesday night against Milwaukee. Iverson did practice Wednesday, and said he had no intention of playing in the last two games exhibition. "It probably was a fall and it swelled up on me," Iverson said. "I kept playing on it. ... My doctors just said rest it as much as possible." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Sixers Oct 2005 Archive
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Just when the 76ers thought it was all coming together, a key piece of the puzzle has fallen out of place. Samuel Dalembert, the team’s starting center, will be sidelined 10 to 14 days after aggravating his strained right quadriceps Thursday night in San Antonio. 
Allen Iverson will not play in the 76ers' preseason finale in San Antonio on Thursday night because of soreness in his right knee.