<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class="bi">No Better, No Worse</div> <div> <span style="font-style: italic">Oct 23</span> - Samuel Dalembert has been sidelined since leaving practice Oct. 11 with pain from a stress fracture in his left foot.</p> </p> Yesterday, Dalembert had a boot put back on the leg, and coach Maurice Cheeks said the veteran would not be available to practice until Saturday at the earliest.</p> </p> "I had an MRI, and the foot is no better or no worse," Dalembert said. "Basically, there hasn't been a lot of progress, and I am frustrated."</p> </p> If Dalembert cannot start on opening night, all signs point toward rookie Jason Smith as his replacement. -- <font color="#000000">Philadelphia Inquirer</font></p></div></div>
