Raptors Jermaine O'Neal vs Sixers Elton Brand

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76ers Sign Two-time NBA All-star Elton Brand

Philadelphia, Pa. -- July 9, 2008-- Philadelphia 76ers President and General Manager Ed Stefanski announced today that the team has signed unrestricted free agent forward Elton Brand. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

"We are very excited about adding a player of Elton Brand's caliber," Stefanski said. "We fully believe that his considerable talent, wealth of experience and proven leadership will mesh very well with the style of play of this team and he will be valuable member of this organization for years to come."

"Elton Brand is the exact type of player we want playing for the Sixers," Comcast-Spectacor Chairman Ed Snider said. "He is a wonderful leader both on and off the court and the kind of gentleman who will have a tremendous and everlasting impact on our entire organization."

"(Sixers President) Ed Stefanski has done a terrific job of landing one of the premier players in the NBA,"Comcast-Spectacor President Peter Luukko said. "With the momentum we carried towards the end of last season and with the addition of Elton Brand, we have a very competitive team that is more than ready to vie for the Atlantic Division crown."

Brand (6-8, 254), a nine-year veteran, has appeared in 614 career games with 609 starts, averaging 20.3 points (50.5% FGs; 73.8% FTs), 10.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 2.10 blocks and 0.94 steals in 38.3 minutes per game. He joins Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and Shaquille O'Neal as the only active players to have career averages of 20+ points and 10+ rebounds. Brand also ranks seventh among active players in offensive rebounding and has averaged 3.9 orpg for his career.

The 29-year-old enjoyed his finest season in 2005-06, helping the Clippers end their eight-year postseason drought. Brand averaged a career-high 24.7 points per game, finished seventh in voting for the Most Valuable Player award, earned All-NBA Second Team honors and was named to his second All-Star team (first coming in 2002). During the Clippers run to the Western Conference Semifinals, Brand averaged 25.4 points, 10.3 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.58 blocks in 12 games played.

Originally the first overall pick in the 1999 NBA Draft by Chicago, Brand shared Rookie of the Year honors with Houston's Steve Francis. Following two seasons with the Bulls, Brand was traded on the night of the 2001 draft to the Clippers in exchange for Brian Skinner and the rights to Tyson Chandler, the second overall pick.

During an off-season workout last August, Brand suffered a ruptured left Achilles tendon which forced him to miss all but the final eight games of the 2007-08 season. In his first game back on April 2, Brand scored 19 points and averaged 17.6 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.88 blocks for the season. From 2004-05 through 2006-07, Brand appeared in 240 of a possible 246 games and has played 80+ games in four of his nine seasons.

A native of Peekskill, N.Y., Brand was named a McDonald's All-American following his senior year of high school and attended Duke University. In his second and final season at Duke, Brand helped the Blue Devils reach the NCAA Championship game while also earning consensus National Player of the Year honors.

An active member in the community throughout his NBA career, Brand established the Elton Brand Foundation in the spring of 2000 and donated $235,000 to open a reading and learning center in his hometown in 2004. Brand won the NBA Sportsmanship Award in 2006 and was a divisional winner in both 2004 and 2007. In 2003-04, he was named to the NBA All-Interview team and was named second-team in 2001-02.

Brand is also a founding member and president of Gibraltar Films, a company engaged in film investment, acquisition, production, and distribution of motion pictures. One of his company's first projects was 2007's Rescue Dawn, an action-adventure film about prisoners of war in Vietnam, which starred Christian Bale. Brand was listed in the movie's credits as a producer.

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[jebgfmhg]

ok so sixers9823 sixers have imrpoved But raptors r a better overal team. philly may have the big 2 punch with brand and dalmbert in the middle but remeber toronto has shoooters. we got anothony parker and the 3 point champ. raptors have the best shooting ( percnetage) in the league. with the trade we nvr lost that. we justlost a Pg. But i her droco ukic is good as well and is similar to calderon. O ye, and hwo can forgot Jerminae o'neil. Toronto will be a better team then philli.

[Fitplayer66]

Toronto has a top point gaurd in the league in Calderon who averaged 15/10 in 33 games as a starter last season (runner up for all east all star). They have 2 legit all-stars in Bosh and O'neil (who solves the rebounding and inside defensive presence problem). They still have the top 3 point shooters in the league in Parker and Kapono. Jamario Moon had a solid rookie year and will improve. Bargnani is poised for a breakout season + he can open the court being a 7 footer with 3 point range.

[TheCroatiaKid]

gayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[wink2873]

wtf is the point of this? Elton Brand cant do shit except write his name on the injured list and Oneal is a whiney little bitch.

[Ousvec]

error on court!!! and the moves in nba live 08 isn't realistic

[z4ng3tsu1ch1g0]

Song name?

[thug4lifetc]

this is extactly what would happen

[plus77mann]

LMAO man i forgot i even i wrote all that shit...yes the raptors do suck lol this shit is funny...maybe next season they'll b better...bargnani is improving and they might trade JO for Shawn Marion so well see how things work out LOL...im just fuckin with you guys man i know they suck i was just sticking up for my team...they're damned near last in the east right now lol. they overachieved 2 seasons ago when they won 47 games and they're underachieving so far this season...lmao my bad ppl

[ggs5008]

haha look now u stupid fuck. sixers are 2nd in the division and will end up 4th or 5th in the east...write it down. i already predicted how shitty ur team will be and how stupid getting oneil was too even predicted his stats this year, scroll down for ur enjoyment. Miller is def a better PG than calderon. he maye not be a better shooter but hes better at being a pure pg and at every other thing than him. So suck a dick. Raptors are stupid and wont make the playoffs.

[IvetMeans]

lol perfect prediction

[IvetMeans]

aahahahah raps suck

[IvetMeans]

lol i was right...u were wrong..your inteligence falls waaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy below average ahahha whats torontos record??? ha u r a fucking idiot.

[IvetMeans]

lol remember me?..dont u feel like an idiot..GO RAPS hahaa bright future

[Devega33]

lmao just because raptors lose to lakerz just this past preseason game doesnt mean that they cant beat lakerz..

preseason men... its just preseason no1 has to try hard.. play would be better to try hard

[desiboy201]

fuck u go suck kobe's dick u whore

[Persianidol]

Raptors are awesome but kobe bryant took the lakers to the finals by himself last year so i respect his ability he is a all star no doubt.And king james can suck my dick cause kobe can destroy Lebron in a one on one game number 24 Is the shit GO RAPTORS AND FUCK ALL THE KOBE HATERS.

[IvetMeans]

you think raptors have a chance vs lakers?...i hope your under 9

[panjam]

Lol, man you should really take that back. Your lack of logical basketball analysis, simplistic vocabulary and rhetoric mixed with a butchering of nearly every other word you type makes it quite obvious that your intelligence falls well below the average. Honestly, I hope your under 12 for your own sake and you just haven't developed any kind of maturity or intellect yet.

[IvetMeans]

kobe > bosh

bynum > oneal

gasol > jose

odam > ?

simple

[plus77mann]

first of all u bitch ass, it aint even cold out here right now, second of all, wen da raptors beat da lakers, you'll see wuts poppin, and this "ice cold shivered canadian dic" is up inside yo fuckin moms right now hommie...im gonna post da sex tape on you tube real soon so y'all watch out for that shit...dont get to lovin kobe too much cuz he might be hittin your mom too

[IvetMeans]

your brain must be even tinier than your ice cold shrivled canaidian dic

[plus77mann]

yea i do n we'll see wen da season starts u bitch...jus tell kobe not to rape any white girls wen he's here in toronto KATLYN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[vasileicedog123]

jo will get 15, 10 and thats all we need cuz bosh will be getting 20/10 hate more elton brand is garbage hes a 6.8 pf

[IvetMeans]

raptors are in a fag country with a buncha soft bitch ass shooters, a pf that gets injured 20 times a year and a center that is soft thin...lol do you realy think the raptors have any chance vs the lakers?

[plus77mann]

shut tha fuck up u fuckin faggot da lakers aint got shit on the raptors...y'all got an old ass faggot for a pg, a rapist for a sg, a baldin overated cry baby for a sf, a soft ass unathletic (even though ppl say he is) hairy, complaining to the refs after call pf, and a inury prone, ugly, baby from the show dinosaurs lookin ass center...fuck da lakers and oh yea...kobe, tell me how my ass taste LMAO bitch ass!!!

[indyballa4life]

Let me say one thing for all you JO Haters out there.. *NEWS FLASH* He has been playin with a torn ligament in his knee for two years to help Indy, yeah, when a man is injured, hes gonna struggle! The raptors got a healthy and well rested JO6.. for all you haters, just watch what the raps do this year.