Brand Could Make Decision Very Soon
Jul 07, 2008 9:21 AM EST
Elton Brand could make a decision on his future within the "next 24 to 48 hours", according to a report by ESPN.com's Marc Stein.
Many around the league expect Brand to verbally commit to returning to the Clippers, allowing him to play alongside buddy Baron Davis.
Brand can earn more money in Golden State but could show his loyalty to Los Angeles by taking less to remain in town
I don't understand why Brand would want to play in Nellie's Run and Gun offense, I dont think that style would fit him.
$CHA-CHING$
I'm not sold on Brand and Davis being a threat. They both get hurt. And its the CLIPPERS!
As a Warrior fan, Im not sure I want brand for the price we will be paying for him. It would be sweet to sign him in spite of Bdiddy and his collusion with the clipps, but I really don't know. I think he would make us relevant this season, as he will replace barons lost 20 pts a night, but I feel the Warriors could do the same thing for the same price but with 2 younger players like a Iguodala and JSmith or something like that...plus why not stick with the theme of building a good young team, that has championship potential. We already saw Baron DAvis at his best with this team and it was nowhere near championship calliber....I dunno, if brand comes to the Bay we will welcome him with open arms, if not then our frotn office still has a ton of decisions to make with around 40 mil to do so.
If Im Brand, Im staying with the Clippers and playing with Davis.
Or Im signing with the Spurs for the LLE.
Brand is loving the media attention from keeping everyone in suspense...
Artest 2.0
It might not be big of a threat to anybody, but they're certainly dangerous enough to exposed the spurs.
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Sixers trying to get in position to lure Brand from West Coast
By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
(Archive)
Updated: July 8, 2008, 12:31 AM ET
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It's starting to look as though the biggest threat to the Los Angeles Clippers re-signing franchise forward Elton Brand can be found much further east than Oakland.
NBA front-office sources told ESPN.com on Monday night that the Philadelphia 76ers are again "actively involved" in the Brand hunt after initially fearing that they couldn't compete financially with the Clippers and Golden State Warriors.
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Although the leaguewide consensus remains that Brand will return to Hollywood to form a new partnership with Clipper-to-be Baron Davis, sources said the Sixers are growing increasingly confident in their ability to create additional salary-cap space by finding a new home via trade for swingman Rodney Carney and then make a sufficiently rich offer to Brand.
Dealing away Carney -- with Memphis and Minnesota quickly emerging as possible destinations -- would shed nearly $1.7 million from the Sixers' payroll next season as long as the trade doesn't require new GM Ed Stefanski to take any salary back.
The Sixers are already expecting to have at least $11 million in salary-cap space to spend when the league announces next season's cap figure to all 30 teams Tuesday night. If the cap ceiling for the 2008-09 season comes in higher than the widely projected estimate of $58-to-59 million -- and if the Sixers can indeed move Carney and/or center Calvin Booth -- Philadelphia could have the flexibility to start a five-year offer to Brand at a first-year salary in the $14 million range.
Sources said that the Sixers remain highly interested in Atlanta Hawks restricted free agent Josh Smith, but it appears that Philly will give itself every chance to emerge as the unlikely winner of the Brand sweepstakes before deciding whether to sign Smith to an offer sheet that the Hawks would have seven days to match.
If Philadelphia can indeed manufacture a first-year salary of at least $14 million, that would be in the same ballpark as the Clippers, who must preserve enough cap space in retaining Brand to formally sign Davis to the five-year, $65 million deal which the former Golden State point guard verbally agreed to last week.
The Warriors can still outbid L.A. and Philadelphia for Brand thanks to Davis' defection. If next season's salary cap is announced at $59 million or thereabouts, as expected, Golden State should have the wherewithal to offer Brand a five-year deal worth just over $95 million.
Sources close to the process told ESPN.com on Monday that the Warriors continue to have dialogue with the Brand camp and have not abandoned hope of luring the 29-year-old to Northern California.
Yet separate sources suggested Monday that Brand -- if he's ultimately drawn away from his Face of the Franchise status with the Clippers -- would be more inclined to jump to Philadelphia than Golden State, given the Sixers' residence in a conference with far fewer contenders than the West and the opportunity to join a young Philly nucleus (Andre Miller, Andre Iguodala and the considerable wingspan of center Samuel Dalembert) that won many admirers as last season progressed.
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