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
energy good plugging
We wanted to get off to a good start, come out with some good energy and fire. We did that and they got behind, and we just wanted to keep plugging away.
court finishing great home sixth
Finishing sixth is a great thing. You want as much home court as possible.
forward hurting looking
We're hurting all around, offensively and defensively. We're looking forward to getting him back.
continue hoping late momentum overtime waited
We waited a little to late to play with a sense of urgency, with intensity. I was just hoping that we could get it into overtime and continue the momentum that we had going.
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.
everybody felt people
There are a lot of multicultural people at Duke, and everybody felt that way, not just the athletes.
against came chance close good positives though
We had a good chance to win. We don't take any positives from this, even though we came close against a good team.
answer left scoring trying
He was unstoppable. We were just trying to get him the ball. He was scoring at will down there, left hand, right hand. They had no answer for him tonight.
coming confident game lose playing
We didn't really lose our swagger. We just didn't play well defensively in some games. We feel confident coming into every game and we've been playing well as of late.
best
We're 5-1 but we're not happy. We didn't play to the best of our ability.
check compete feels glad highest learn pieces record winning
We have a winning record and that is a big thing for us. It feels good, but we still have a lot more to accomplish. It is a milestone we want to check off. I am just glad the organization has put the pieces around us so that we can learn and compete at the highest level.
four goal less minutes playoff points slip
Our goal was to clinch a playoff spot. To be up four points with less than two minutes is disappointing to see it slip away.
games great lately needed proud tough win
It is a great milestone for us to win 45 games. I am proud to be with the organization. It is important that we got this win. We had some tough games lately so we needed to get this win.
games gives road shows tight win
It gives us a lot of confidence. That we can go on the road and win those tough, tight games shows a lot about our character.