Frustrated Webber wants out of Philadelphia
By Scott Howard-Cooper - Bee Staff Writer
Last Updated 1:15 pm PST Thursday, November 16, 2006
Chris Webber, frustrated by an increasingly reduced role, says he wants to be traded by the Philadelphia 76ers rather than continue as a second-half bit player.
"I'm not going to keep playing like this," Webber said after scoring six points in 23 minutes in Philadelphia's 96-90 victory Wednesday night in Seattle.
Webber said he has talked to 76ers management and made his feelings clear.
"I don't like this role," he said. "So, you can take that however you want."
The former Kings All-Star power forward, traded from Sacramento to Philadelphia in February 2005, is averaging just 30.6 minutes, a drop from the 38.6 in his first season with the 76ers. Spending the entire fourth quarter the bench on a 4-3 team has become common place.
Webber is especially frustrated because he feels he has made great strides in recovering from the knee injury that shadowed the end of his time with the Kings.
He said during training camp, that he was in his best shape since the surgery, only to get off to a very slow start of shooting 37.4 percent the first seven games.
Said 76ers coach Maurice Cheeks when asked if Webber is having a tough adjustment: "I'm sure. But this is a team game and we're trying to treat it as such. We're not trying to put a lot of individual things on what we're trying to do. I certainly understand it's hard. It's a difficult situation. But we're trying to do this as a team and not break it down."
I HATE WEBBER
....AND I HOPE THEY SEND HIM ON ABOUT HIS MERRY WAY.....I HOPE WE GET SOMETHING A LITTLE DECENT FOR HIM....I KNOW ITS A LONG SHOT GETTING ANYTHING FOR HIM BUT, I GOT MY FINGERS CROSSED.
Webber WANTS OUT
