Elton Brand
Elton Brand
Elton Tyron Brandis an American professional basketball player who last played for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association. After playing college basketball for Duke, he was selected with the first overall pick in the 1999 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls, and later played for the 76ers, the Los Angeles Clippers, Dallas Mavericks and Atlanta Hawks...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth11 March 1979
CityCortlandt Manor, NY
deal road
Being at .500 on the road is a big deal for us.
front joke valet
Sometimes, I used to make a joke how in restaurants in L.A., the Lakers' valet was in the front and we had the valet out in the back.
knock matter shooting shot
At that time, it doesn't matter what he's shooting - 0-for-10, 0-for-20 - he's going to knock down a big shot for us.
realistic win
We wanted to go undefeated, but it's not realistic to win every game,
complete doubling game good guys open road share tone trying win
That was the most complete road win of the year. I was trying to set a tone for this game right from the start. Once they started doubling me, guys were open and I was able to share the rock. This was a good win for us.
goes mean
That would mean a lot. All the hoopla about who's better goes out the window. It's right there on the court.
averaged best davis east expect fourth indiana learned nine rookie second team time whatever
That's the way it should be. I learned that my rookie year. I averaged 20 and 10, while Dale Davis averaged nine and eight. He was on Indiana and they were in second place in the East or whatever and he got the All-Star nod. This time we're the fourth best team in the West, I expect to be there.
next whoever
Whoever we get in the next round, we'll be ready, definitely.
check compete enable feels glad guys highest pieces win
It feels good, but we still have a lot more to accomplish. But it's a milestone we want to check off. I'm just glad the organization put the pieces around guys to enable us to win and compete at the highest level.
coming defense
We were No. 1 in field-goal defense coming in, but I don't know about now.
bandwagon came confident doubt goes jump left level sam somebody soon swagger talking trash
Without a doubt, the swagger level goes up, ... Sam Cassell has been talking trash as soon as he came here. That's what we need. We need somebody that's confident like that, saying, hey, jump on our bandwagon or get left behind. We haven't had that.
game played start urgency
We have to play the way we played at the end of the game. We've got to start the game off with a sense of urgency and intensity.
funny great might
I thought he might be a little standoffish and not want to be here. He's a great guy, he's funny and he's got your back, 100 percent.
funny great might
I thought he might be a little standoffish and not want to be here, ... He's a great guy, he's funny and he's got your back, 100 percent.