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SOAD
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 Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:32 am Post subject: Elton Brand agrees to go to the 76ers |
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Elton Brand has reached a verbal agreement to sign a multiyear contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, according to an NBA source who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak on player movements.
The deal is believed to be in the $80-million range and expected to span five years.
Brand opted out of the final season of his Clippers contract last week to become a free agent. He was due $16.4 million had he stayed in the contract.
The deal cannot be finalized until the league's moratorium period ends at midnight EDT on Tuesday.
In another deal today, former Clipper Corey Maggette reached agreement to join the Golden State Warriors in a five-year deal worth about $50 million, according to NBA sources who requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak about player movements. Maggette also opted out of the last year of his Clippers contract last week.
The 76ers were the latest team to join the bidding frenzy for Brand, joining the Clippers and Golden State Warriors, who have already made five-year offers for Brand, according to the sources.
The 76ers cleared salary cap space Tuesday when they traded forwards Rodney Carney and Calvin Booth and a future No. 1 pick to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a deal that has yet to be officially announced but was first reported by Yahoo.com.
Brand has not been reached for comment since he opted out of the final season of his Clippers contract last week. He flew to Washington, D.C., to meet with Falk last week and had a medical checkup with Dr. Craig Morgan in Wilmington, Del., the sources said.
Brand missed all but eight games last season with the Clippers because of a ruptured Achilles tendon.
"If somebody asked me whether he'd be healthy or had any ongoing fears, I would say no," it's not a problem, Morgan said Tuesday.
When Brand opted out of the final year of his Clippers' contract, he said Philadelphia would be one of the desirable alternatives. The move would put him back on the East Coast, where he grew up and went to college, with a team that has a strong nucleus of young players. |
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If it becomes official I'll lose respect for one of my favourite players in the league.
But man it would be such a Clipper moment 
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LaLaKeRz4LiFe
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Snake Eyes
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I have the exact same thoughts as SOAD. I like Brand but if he jumps ship after he said he plans to return to the Clips, that isn't cool at all.
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Snake Eyes
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Its official. I guess it is the Clippers fault too. The owner said he didn't care if Brand came back or not and Brand was insulted (as he should be). I mean if you devouted a large part of your career to the Clips just to have the owner say "eh, whatever" I would be like screw you i'm taking a hike. I wonder why Brand chose the 76ers though...
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blue_summer
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| Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Its official. I guess it is the Clippers fault too. The owner said he didn't care if Brand came back or not and Brand was insulted (as he should be). I mean if you devouted a large part of your career to the Clips just to have the owner say "eh, whatever" I would be like screw you i'm taking a hike. I wonder why Brand chose the 76ers though... |
Because he wanted to get out of the same division as Kobe Bryant 
No, but probably because of the perception that the East is wide open with the exception of Boston and Detroit, so anything can happen. |
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DarthRekal
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Brand is a sucka  |
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