Elton Brand To Be Amnestied By 76ers

[Ace]

The 76ers have elected to use their amnesty clause on Elton Brand, according to sources.Brand has one season at $18 million left on his contract, which will come off Philadelphia's cap.The 76ers must wait until July 11th to officially amnesty Brand.Brand will go on waivers and become an unrestricted free agent if he goes unclaimed.Read more:http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/222121/Elton_Brand_To_Be_Amnestied_By_76ers#ixzz1zrDcWL6s

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

:lol if the He:lolt get a p:lolst sc:lolrer

[Ace]

:lol if the He:lolt get a p:lolst sc:lolrer

Doubtful he clears waivers :(

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Hey Jerry, what do you think the Heat are gonna do about luxury tax and shit? Does Arison just not give a shit about paying it? IMO Miller, Haslem, Anthony and James Jones are all overpaid and Miami should try to get rid of them. The big 3, Chalmers, and the rest of the roster as some combo of veterans ring chasing, rookie contracts, and role players who they can get cheaply.

[lefty]

David Aldridge ‏@daldridgetnt (https://twitter.com/daldridgetnt) Source says Nets will definitely have interest in Brand if he clears waivers after amnesty.

[Dex]

Being lazy here, but what teams are eligible to claim players off of waivers this year?

[Mel_13]

David Aldridge ‏@daldridgetnt
Teams under cap get first chance to bid on amnestied players. Bobcats, Hornets, Rockets, Cavs, Mavs, Suns, Blazers among those w/room.

[Nathan89]

David Aldridge ‏@daldridgetnt
Teams under cap get first chance to bid on amnestied players. Bobcats, Hornets, Rockets, Cavs, Mavs, Suns, Blazers among those w/room.

Good chance the Suns go after Brand.

[Clipper Nation]

:lol Tired Old ShitBrand

[Mel_13]

Good chance the Suns go after Brand.

The Mavs will get him.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Good chance the Suns go after Brand.
Why would they do that?

[Ace]

Hey Jerry, what do you think the Heat are gonna do about luxury tax and shit? Does Arison just not give a shit about paying it? IMO Miller, Haslem, Anthony and James Jones are all overpaid and Miami should try to get rid of them. The big 3, Chalmers, and the rest of the roster as some combo of veterans ring chasing, rookie contracts, and role players who they can get cheaply.

Of the four, Miller is the only one likely to be gone. Haslem is overpaid but still valuable. Jones needs more playing time imo. Anthony has a low trade value and it's likely the amnesty is used on Miller. Battier and Cole should definitely stay but I wouldn't hesitate to package Cole in a trade. Riley met up with Allen last night and they're making a strong push to sign him, but also not a good move imo


Arison just lost millions, the Heat made questionable moves on draft day and Heat beat writers know next to nothing, so it's hard to tell what they're doing. Trading their pick and passing on talent that was available was a bad move. Would've been a great way to start getting younger and bigger.

[Kai]

Clippers should call him and Maggette up :lol

[pass1st]

Rockets should bite, let's see how an all PF team fairs

[Ace]

David Aldridge ‏@daldridgetnt
Teams under cap get first chance to bid on amnestied players. Bobcats, Hornets, Rockets, Cavs, Mavs, Suns, Blazers among those w/room.

Rockets, Mavs and Blazers will be all over this.

[Dex]

David Aldridge ‏@daldridgetnt
Teams under cap get first chance to bid on amnestied players. Bobcats, Hornets, Rockets, Cavs, Mavs, Suns, Blazers among those w/room.

Thanks, Mel.

[Venti Quattro]

Arison just lost millions

How's that ship accident in Italy affecting him so far?

[Ace]

How's that ship accident in Italy affecting him so far?

500 million :wow

[bus driver]

he sucks

[CubanMustGo]

If he knows what's good for him, he'll stay away from the Blazers and their big man curse.

[DPG21920]

With Batum's offer and Hibberts, POR should be out of the discussion, right?

[benefactor]

the mavs will get him.
:tu

[angelbelow]

David Aldridge ‏@daldridgetnt
Teams under cap get first chance to bid on amnestied players. Bobcats, Hornets, Rockets, Cavs, Mavs, Suns, Blazers among those w/room.

Was wondering about this as well.

Hornets, Rockets, Cavs, Suns should all be thinking about tanking/developing their young guys. None of those teams would even make the playoffs with Brand anyways. That leaves the Mavericks and the Blazers.

Objectively the Mavericks should tank as well. They'll have a ton of space in 2013 and a high lottery pick to use as trade bait. Ofcousre, wasting a year of Dirk is a tough pill to swallow.

[Kai]

Ken Berger ‏@KBergCBS

League executives believe Dallas, a rare big-market team with cap room, is the odds-on favorite to pluck Elton Brand off the amnesty wire.

[Spurs da champs]

Ken Berger ‏@KBergCBS

League executives believe Dallas, a rare big-market team with cap room, is the odds-on favorite to pluck Elton Brand off the amnesty wire.

:lol Cuban with one of the worst fails of all time.