Sammy D Says Goodbye, Eh

Oh no! The Sixers’ Samuel Dalembert, who actually became a Canadian citizen to play for the national basketball team, has left the team, just a few weeks before the Olympics.

The team’s coach wouldn’t comment on Sammy D’s status, saying he was only no longer with the team.

The Sports Network of Canada reported that Dalembert had a confrontation with a Canadian team official.[...]

After an 86-70 loss to Slovenia on Tuesday, [ex-76ers first round bust and Canadian coach Leo] Rautins criticized Dalembert’s effort in the postgame news conference, saying: “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 decision-making behind the shots.”

Hey! We say that kind of stuff about Sammy all the time! I guess the idea this time is that he just couldn’t take it when it was coming from a Canadian.

Either that, or he just didn’t like hockey enough.

Dalembert parts ways with Canadian team [Daily News]