philly.com - 7/17/2008
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Samuel Dalembert still has the Canadian citizenship he so desperately wanted. But his place on his adopted country's national basketball team - just two victories away from qualifying for the Beijing Olympics - is gone. A source familiar with the situation said Dalembert had a major falling out with Canada coach Leo Rautins as the team was boarding the bus for yesterday's qualifying ...
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Get Some Rest, Sammy
Depressed Fan —
According to several reports, Sam Dalembert has been dismissed from the Canadian national team. Not much is being said about the circumstances of his dismissal, but it looks like he was ripped by the coach, Leo Rautins, which led to a confrontation. Dalembert had a frustrating game against Slovenia, going 1-8 in a loss, it was after this game that Rautins called him out to the press, "He never got on track offensively or defensively. I didn't see him
leave the floor to challenge people defensively, and on the offensive
end he struggled not only with his shooting but with ...
The Dalembeast got kicked off Team Canada?
Dime Magazine —
... time recruiting NBA players to play for them. Sam was a willing participant, becoming a citizen, playing last summer and this summer, coming off 82 games with the Sixers. If I have this right, he was there Day 1 of [Canada’s] training camp … Good luck to Canada getting another NBA player to run to sign up.” With the way Jason Smith is putting in work in the Vegas Summer League, The Dalembeast better get it together before he loses his starting NBA job, too. Read the whole story HERE .
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Talent aside and looking just at team morale instead, we're better off without him.
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realclearsports.com 7/17/2008 — Canada is currently playing in the FIBA Olympic qualifier in Greece, trying to qualify for the Bejing Olympics. Coming into the tournament, the biggest star on their roster, and only NBA player, was not Steve Nash, but rather Philadelphia 76ers center, Samuel Dalembert. Last year Dalembert took the steps needed to gain Canadian citizenship so that he could play for the national team.
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