Philadelphia 76ers: Allen Iverson and Chris Webber each had an MRI on his leg, and neither has a serious injury.
Iverson is listed as day-to-day with a sore right knee, the 76er said Monday. His status for Philadelphia's preseason game against the Knicks on Tuesday will be determined after shootaround.
Webber is nursing a right quad strain. His MRI indicated the injury is healing. He has been limited in practice and is not expected to play against New York.
Sixers' Big Men Struggling With Injuries
16th October, 2005 - 11:21 pm
Philly Burbs - The bigger they are, the harder they fall, and the Philadelphia 76ers find themselves with not many big men due to all the post players who have fallen to the injury list.
With four post players out for Friday's 100-98 preseason win over the Cleveland Cavaliers , the Sixers went with Steven Hunter as the starting center and James Thomas at power forward.
Not exactly the lineup coach Maurice Cheeks is planning on using all season, but it was what he had to work with under the circumstances.
Neither center Samuel Dalembert nor forward Chris Webber, the projected starters, have played in any of the Sixers three preseason games, as both have a strain of the right quad muscle.
In addition, 6-foot-10 rookie forward Shavlik Randolph, who has a partially guaranteed contract, has been out with a broken left foot since the first day of training camp and is expected to miss a couple more weeks.
The one bright spot in the blizzard of big-men injuries was the opportunity it gave to 6-10 forward Michael Bradley. A journeyman since leaving Villanova four years ago, Bradley had been playing well and scored seven points in the Sixers' first preseason game against San Antonio.
However on Friday, Bradley had surgery for a torn right meniscus in his knee and is projected to be out for 4-6 weeks.
Sixers general manager Billy King said that since none of the injuries are long-term, he is not actively seeking to add more post players to the roster. [READ]
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Positive news on the injury front for Sixers
By STUART LONDON
phillyBurbs.com
PHILADELPHIA - Two welcome sights greeted the Sixers when they held their first practice after a five-day road trip on Sunday.
Samuel Dalembert and Chris Webber, the projected starting center and power forward, respectively, were there at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine to participate in the practice, albeit with some restrictions.
Neither had made the trip as both are suffering from contusions of the right thigh. Webber is further along in the healing process, while for Dalembert it was the first time he could be part of a practice since the opening day of training camp on Oct. 4.
There is even an outside chance Webber could play in the Sixers' next preseason game on Tuesday at the New York Knicks, although the feeling is there is no reason to push the veteran into playing until he is over the injury.
"I'm feeling pretty good," Webber said. "I just don't want to rush it and risk injuring it again. You don't want something like this to linger into the [regular] season. That's the important thing."
Sixers head coach Maurice Cheeks is fine with Webber sitting out until he feels ready.
"We'll see how he feels [today], that's the main thing and make that decision," Cheeks said. "He'll tell me when he can play."
Webber, at 6-10, has always been known as a great passer for his size. Cheeks expects to use that ability plenty whether Webber is in the low or high post on offense when he is ready to go.
"One of the main things we want to do is put the ball in his hands and have the other guys cut and move off him," Cheeks said. "With his ability to pass and score, we have to put the ball in his hands. He can score in the low post, he can score on the high post, you just get a lot of movement with the ball in his hands."
For Dalembert, Sunday was the beginning in the process of his return to action.
He suffered the injury while running a month ago and aggravated it trying to play in training camp. His upper thigh (where the quad muscle is) is still discolored, but he was able to do some shooting and walk through some drills at practice.
"I felt good," Dalembert said. "I had a minor setback, but I'm coming back and feeling good. The main thing is to start practicing because practices are harder than games and see how I feel."
If all goes according to plan, Dalembert will be allowed to have contact in practice by next week and hopes to play in the Sixers' final two preseason games, Oct. 25 vs. New York and Oct. 27 against San Antonio.
Until then, he can just do what he is allowed to in practice and rehab at the PCOM facilities.
Notes
Maybe the guy given the least chance to make the team on the preseason roster going in was rookie center Steve Castleberry, a 2000 graduate of Solebury School.
The Mullica Hill, N.J., native averaged just 8.3 points and 4.1 rebounds his senior year at Rider University and was added to the roster right before training camp. But he has had some impressive moments, including a 3-for-5 shooting performance against Cleveland on Friday.
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