Dalembert would play for Canada again, but not head coach Rautins

Dalembert would play for Canada again, but not head coach Rautins By: Lori Ewing, THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Samuel Dalembert hasn't closed the door on playing basketball for Canada but says he won't don a Canadian jersey so long as Leo Rautins is coaching. The six-foot-11 centre was in town Sunday as his Philadelphia 76ers faced the Toronto Raptors in an NBA pre-season game, just three months removed from his falling out with Rautins at the Olympic qualifying tournament in Athens, Greece. "I think it would be very immature to just let one person ruin the great things that we have here," Dalembert said. But asked if he would consider playing for Rautins, Canada's head coach, Dalembert said, "No. If you have one slap, you never know when you're going to get another slap." Rautins dropped Dalembert from the team after a loss... [read full story]