In a one-on-one interview, (Samuel) Dalembert discussed at length his already long and trying season and how he fell from (former Bucks coach Scott) Skiles’ graces.

Why do you think Skiles’ attitude toward you changed?

SD: We had a talk briefly at a shootaround; I forgot where it was. I think it was in Boston. After that talk, everything went downhill.

Can you be more specific about what Skiles said that upset you?

SD: No, I really don’t want to go into detail. I don’t want to go into it because it really hurt me. I had to express myself. I had to let him know where I’m coming from, the root of who I am today, what is defining me. It’s my country defining me. I don’t know what happened between us. I’m not going to say that conversation was 100 percent the reason for what happened (not him being demoted) but for some reason there was nothing said to me again and everything went downhill. There was no explanation. There was no conversation. Nothing was said to me. He didn’t say, ‘Hey, this is what I want you to focus on or anything like that.’

via Gery Woelfel of the Journal Times