Elton Brand’s Not Really Leaving, Is He?
NBA July 8th. 2008, 6:19pm
Oddly, just a week after the Paper Clips acquired Baron Davis, and NBA fans wondered whether or not the Other Los Angeles team could win as many as 50 games … the buzz seems to be that Elton Brand could be on the move, possibly as soon as tomorrow.
The 76ers cleared a ton of cap room today in hopes of making a move on Brand, and he makes sense there alongside Dalembert. With him, they’re jockeying with Toronto and Orlando for homecourt advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Or does he stay in LA to play with Baron and Caveman? Or does he take $20 million more than what the Clippers are offering and jump to Golden State?
And for NBA fans, or number junkies in general, this is a damn cool site: The Arbitrarian. No idea if it’s old or new, but a friend forwarded us the link and there’s some neat stuff if you poke around.
16 Responses to “Elton Brand’s Not Really Leaving, Is He?”
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July 8th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
He’d be crazy to stay for less money… cause the Clippers STILL won’t make the playoffs and then he’ll be on a mediocre team making less money.
July 8th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
I’d love to see him go. Screw you Baron Davis!
July 8th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
I bet half the selling point for Baron going to the Clips was the chance to play with Brand. Baron has been holding his breath for the past three days, non stop
July 8th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
I think Brand was going to go back the whole time, but these offers (Philly, G State) are surprising him
July 8th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
THREAD JACK! BREAKING NEWS!
Cubs acquire Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin
July 8th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Please don’t leave so we don’t have to see and hear Bill Plaschke lisp another video begging you to stay.
http://www.latimes.com/video/?clipId=2655608&clipFormat=wmv&topVideoCatNo=71782
July 8th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
This may or may not mean anything:
In other news water may or may not be wet and sportsgal may or may not be on week 6 of that special time.
July 8th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
http://www.bergproperties.com/blog/basketball-star-elton-brand-places-his-5471-square-foot-house-in-los-angeles-hollywood-hills-back-on-the-market-for-49985m/4213/celebrities
July 8th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
As a Sixers fan, I hope they get one of Josh Smith or Elton Brand. I guess Brand would be the better addition? But Smith is younger and has so much potential. Obviously, can’t complain about Brand, though. Not like there were better uses of the money.
July 8th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
There goes the Spurs chances at getting Maggette. Damn.
July 8th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
I guess this means Brand can leave.
I could be mistaken, but isn’t AI2 a RFA this year? Don’t they need money to resign him as well?
July 8th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Iverson decided not to opt-out, so he’ll be an unrestricted Free Agent after next season going off of this.
July 8th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Sorry, I meant Iguodala, I just had no idea how to spell it without looking it up.
July 8th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Oh wow, yeah, sorry, I should have known by 2 after the AI, not sure why I was thinking Iverson.
Yeah, Iguodala is a RFA, from what I’ve read, they’ll still be able to match offers for him. I’m not sure on how everything works out with the numbers and what not, but I think they’ve got the money worked out to keep him as well. I saw something the other day that the Warriors might go after Iguodala if they missed on Brand.
July 8th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
The 4 letter word boards are going crazy over this. Am I the only one who doesn’t see this as a major impact? I like Iguodala but they still need a shooter. Not big on dalembert, Miller is a decent PG. I could be wrong but I still don’t see Philly being that big of a threat in the East.
July 9th, 2008 at 9:04 am
No player should ever take a discount. They have a short window to make a fortune and they should grab it. He can go for his ring the Karl Malone way when he is just about done.