<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">THE 76ERS, the story goes, acquired Chris Webber - a five-time NBA All-Star, the Western Conference Player of the Month in January - at the trade deadline last month. They're not certain they've seen him yet. Worse, a 19-point performance in Wednesday's victory over Detroit notwithstanding, he knows they're right. It hurts him as much as it puzzles them. There's a 6-10 Sixer wearing Webber's familiar No. 4 jersey, the same number he wore for more than six seasons with the Sacramento Kings. He's even in the starting lineup. But he's not in his element. He knows that, too. He's fighting to change it, but it has been a battle steeped in disappointment and frustration. It was time to talk about all of it, because after the Sixers face Toronto tonight and visit the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night, they'll be in - of all places - Sacramento the following evening. Webber, introspective and thoughtful, has tried to block it out of his consciousness. He was jolted back to reality when a friend called and said it was time to order however many tickets he needed for Monday's game. "Let some people say I've lost every piece of confidence, which is hilarious," Webber said in an interview with the Daily News. "I just think it's a new environment. People have to trust me to be me. I've done a lot in the past to make people question my character. I've grown up in front of everybody, in the toughest times of life in front of the camera. "But my work has always been my work. I've always put 100 percent into it. If you brought me here for the reasons you brought me here for, then put me in an environment that allows me to do it." The Sixers are 7-5 in games in which Webber has played since joining them Feb. 26. He's not tilting at windmills. He's trying to be what he has always been - a versatile, consistent, unselfish player, averaging nearly 22 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in his 12 seasons.</div> Source
