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
league
This isn't our fault. We're not doing anything wrong, but the league has put us in this position.
absolutely advance again beat confidence definitely hard team worked
This is absolutely satisfying. It's like vindication because we worked so hard and this organization didn't give up. We definitely have the confidence to go out there, advance again and keep going. We feel we can beat every team out there.
competition course direct help taking talking wanting
After practice, you see him talking to him, going through drills, taking shots. Of course that's his direct competition, but you see him wanting to help the young guy.
college somebody
Somebody said he did it in college. They had tape.
win
Once we win and get to the playoffs, it's all going to change.
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.
hitting last sam side year
Sam was out there on their side last year hitting big shots, and now he's on ours.
easy gets hits hot sam shots
Sam really got hot and it's easy to find him when he is like that, he gets unconscious and hits big shots for us.
deal great last led seemed steal three
If we had led all the way and let them steal it at the end, it would have seemed like some of last year's woes, ... You don't want to make a big deal out of three games, but it is a great start.
confidence gave great guys helps ok plays score spark
If they want to double-team, that's OK because we've got guys who can score all over the place. Wilcox gave us a great spark off the bench, and that's what we look for him to do every night. We have a lot of confidence in him because of what he does in practice. And when he plays like this, it really helps us out a lot.
best definitely teams
My '99 squad, that was one of the best teams we had in a while over there. We could definitely take this year's team. We'd get after those guys.
box gather
But we just didn't gather up the ball. We didn't box out.
brings coming memphis mike miller rebound shoot
Mike Miller brings a lot. He can shoot the ball, rebound well. The intangibles are there for Memphis with him coming off the bench.
changing minds position sam
We've never been in this position before; we're changing a lot of people's minds about what the Clippers are about, and no doubt, Sam is a big, big part of that.