Dionte Christmas News

Temple's Lavoy Allen and Ryan Brooks have been extensively preparing to lead this season's edition of Fran Dunphy's team.

The 76ers practiced today at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. They're taking tomorrow off, then they'll be back in the gym Monday and Tuesday before flying to Orlando on Tuesday afternoon for Wednesday's season opener against the Magic.

So what do we know about the Atlantic 10, aside from the fact that it will now, for whatever reasons, be headquartered in Newport News, Va.? Well, Dayton has been picked as the team to beat in men's basketball , having received 33 of a possible 57 first-place votes.

What's Next For Christmas? There was a theory circulating that, if the 76ers were going to carry a 14th man, Dionte Christmas might fit the bill.

Former Temple University basketball star Dionte Christmas was arrested on Thursday night during a traffic stop in North Philadelphia, less than two days after the shooting guard was cut by the Philadelphia 76ers.

Philadelphia police say former Temple University basketball star Dionte Christmas, who was cut by the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday, has been arrested on firearms charges.

Dionte Christmas, the former Temple University basketball star whom the 76ers cut from their roster Wednesday, was arrested in North Philadelphia tonight, police officials told the Daily News.

Dionte Christmas' hopes of making his hometown team ended yesterday when the former Temple scorer was one of two free agents waived by the 76ers.

On October, 10th2009 All-Star forward Elton Brand headed down north Broad Street to Girard College high school to hand out his brand new Converse EB2a s to kids from many neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia.A Usually the only time Girard College high school is in the news is when highly rated senior guard and University of Pittsburgh commit John ...

Could the 76ers be celebrating Christmas early this year? Dionte Christmas , a former Temple standout, remained on the roster as of Wednesday as the Sixers continued to roll through the preseason.

The 76ers waived two players Monday - former Penn Charter guard Sean Singletary and big man Stromile Swift - trimming their roster to 15.

HE IS SO COMFORTABLE in his own skin that if his dream job is taken away within the next couple of weeks, you'd half expect Dionte Christmas to shrug it off and move on with his life.

Sean Singletary got a taste of the NBA in his rookie season. Singletary, a 6-foot point guard from Penn Charter in Philadelphia and the University of Virginia, appeared in 37 games last year - 23 of them with the Bobcats - starting twice, including once with the Suns, after the Kings made him the 42nd pick in the 2008 draft.

Semaj Inge spent most of last summer working on his game with hopes of landing an opportunity to play professional basketball overseas.

With the 76ers set to begin training camp today at St. Joseph's University, four free agents were officially added to the team's roster to bring it to 17 players.

By Kevin Tatum Inquirer Staff Writer After spending three seasons as the go-to guy for the Temple basketball team, Dionte Christmas is now racking the balls when practice is over and making late-night runs to the store for veteran teammates.

Jrue Holiday walked slowly off the practice floor the other day with ice bags around each knee.

When Dionte Christmas heard Eddie Jordan, Philadelphia 76ers head coach, mention he had a legitimate shot of making the team, that quickly got his attention.

Dionte Christmas expected to be selected in last spring's NBA draft. The former Temple University guard had a hard time dealing with his disappointment when he wasn't. 'Not getting drafted kind of opened my eyes a little bit,' he said.

The 76ers have invited four free-agent prospects to attend their training camp, which begins Sept.