Jordan likes to remind people that Haywood flourished in his system. Others like to remind Jordan that Dalembert was frequently unhappy and moody last season (last several seasons?). Good Sam, an excellent runner, is among the league's better shot-blockers and rebounders. Bad Sam is grumpy, looking for reasons to be unhappy (not enough touches). It's not a secret that the Sixers tried to trade him, but 2 expensive years remaining on his contract and a 15 percent trade kicker (to be paid within 30 days of joining a new team) made that impossible. It's also not a secret that he can be an important piece in the transition process.
Phil Jasner: Examining some issues as Sixers camp opens
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Jrue Holiday is all of 19, with one season at UCLA, playing mostly out of position as a shooting guard. Sixers president/general manager Ed Stefanski said from the start that if Holiday were to earn minutes right away, it would have to be with his work on the defensive end. Early reports indicate that he was doing just that in the pre-camp pickup games at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Let's see what happens as he progresses through camp, the preseason and the real games.
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