<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class="bi">Byars Backlash</div> <div> <span style="font-style: italic">Oct 24</span> - The response to the news that the 76ers have waived Derrick Byars has been a little bit surprising.</p> </p> While Byars was an excellent college player, it wasn't as if the Sixers cut Charles Barkley in his prime.</p> </p> Even if he made the team, Byars would have probably done most of his playing in the NBDL.</p> </p> Given the choices they had, unless they wanted to cut a player with a guaranteed contract, or cut Herbert Hill, the best choice was to waive Byars. -- <font color="#000000">Philadelphia Inquirer</font></p> </p> </p> [*]Indications were that the just-waived Derrick Byars could land with a team in Cologne, Germany, where Stefan Beck, a long-ago Sixers free-agent guard candidate, is the general manager. </p> Former Villanova star Curtis Sumpter was listed on the Cologne roster earlier, but has since left the team. -- <font color="#000000">Philadelphia Daily News</font></p></div> </div>
