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Samuel Dalembert: A 'Glue Guy'
Samuel Dalembert: A 'Glue Guy'
The fine people of Empty The Bench -- despite their continual use of the horrid nickname "Bert" for Sammy D. -- have compiled a nice list of the NBA's best "glue guys."  What's a glue guy you ask? First, players who are among their team’s top two scorers were not considered. Those are the team’s stars. Second, the glue player must be solid defensively, so no ...
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Nope, No “Glue Guys” Here!
WaitingForNextYear — Glue Guy?…At least per Empty the Bench .  But not that I can disagree with their assessment, based on their own criteria.  Enrico over at The 700 Level led me to the original post, as the Sixers have Samuel Dalembert holding things together over in Philly.  The typical cast of “role players” also got the nod, including (but not limited to) Bruce Bowen and Shane Battier.  No big surprises there.  However, my first reaction, after reading the list of players, was “wait, no Zydrunas Ilgauskas?”  He’s been through everything with this team.  If Big Z misses a game, it just seems like a different squad out there.  And then I decided ...

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waitingfornextyear.com 4/2/2008 — …At least per Empty the Bench. But not that I can disagree with their assessment, based on their own criteria. Enrico over at The 700 Level led me to the original post, as the Sixers have Samuel Dalembert holding things together over in Philly. The typical cast of “role players” also got the nod...
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