Apparently Bill King wasn't on vacation

Well shiver me timbers....the Sixers made not a minor trade when they essentially traded Steven Hunter for Reggie Evans. They also signed Calvin Booth.

You've heard of Reggie Evans but don't know much about him? Basically, he rebounds. A lot. More than anyone the Sixers have in their frontcourt now. Offense you ask? Not his forte. About a 1.5 turnovers in 17 minutes a night last year.

Calvin Booth blocks shots and that's it.

"He is an accomplished rebounder that we feel will make an immediate impact and will exemplify our commitment to hard work, rebounding and defense," 76ers general manager Billy King told AP. Sanchez's rights were acquired by the Nuggets along with the draft rights to Linas Kleiza in exchange for the draft rights to Jarrett Jack in a draft-day deal in 2005. "At 6-11, Ricky Sanchez is a young prospect that has potential and we will continue to monitor his development as he plays overseas," King told AP. The Sixers weren't finished, agreeing to terms with free agent Calvin Booth. The 6-foot-11 center played in 44 games with Washington last season, averaging 1.6 points and 1.8 rebounds. Booth has a career average of 3.5 points and 2.9 rebounds in eight seasons.

Uh Oh

Sorry its been a while - with Michigan losing and absolutely nothing going on in the Association while the players and execs are on vacation, there's not much to say. So I'm not saying it.

Training camp starts in 3 weeks (Oct. 2)...and this was not a good report this morning by Phil J. in the people paper about Sam Dalembert's left foot having a stress fracture.


Here are some other headlines we might see in the coming weeks and months:

• "Dalembert struggling with conditioning"
• "Dalembert continues to have left foot trouble"
• "Dalembert suffers hamstring injury"
• "'I'm shutting it down': Dalmebert"
• "Dalembert has microfracture surgury on ailing left foot, status for 2008 uncertain"

I hope Sammy stays well and doesn't push himself until he's ready (and the staff doesn't let him play...a note to Billy and Mo - guys...please don't hurt Sammy to the point where his contract strangles the cap and the team - if he has to sit out all year to be healthy, so be it!!!!).

I'm not going to lie to you either - I'm excited to see what Young and Williams are going to look like in training camp...to quote Ken Hitchcock, it'd be great if they took a "bigger bite" out of the team than we expect.