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
bounce great knock shoot
It's disappointing, but we'll bounce back. I'm very optimistic. As a team, we didn't shoot well. Personally, I got great looks, but just didn't knock them down.
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.
attack extra five free gets hard knew knock line middle position throws win
They're aggressive, so we wanted to go hard at them, get to the line and knock down our free throws so that we'd be in a position to win the game. I knew Ostertag had five fouls, so I really wanted to attack him because he clogs that middle up, gets those tip-ins and gets extra possessions for them.
against break defense help hurt knocked open pulled screens shot terrible time tried
His long-range shot really hurt us. His 3-bombs were devastating. Every time we scored and tried to make a run, he pulled up on the break and knocked one down. And that put it out of reach. But the defense was terrible against Miller. We didn't help out enough on the screens and he was getting open looks. It was disappointing, because we know he's a shooter.
best good job nba
The NBA is the best job in the world, ... and you have to look good in business.
city learning longer statement
It's no longer a city thing. It's a playoff-seeding thing. No more statement games. No more learning from losses.
behind finish memphis sixth
I'm not going to try to lose. But if we finish behind Memphis with the sixth seed, we're better off.
early great position teammates tone tried
It was a great win. I tried to set a tone early and my teammates put me in a great position to score.
time win
It was pretty, and then it got ugly. It was a long time coming, and it was an important win for the organization.
doubling finding guys hard kept mind positions score sharing
I wanted to set a tone, I really wanted this game. They kept finding me in positions I could score and once they started doubling me really hard on the catch, there were other guys open. I didn't mind sharing the rock.
adding bench coming defense entire great guys holding lead playing
It's been great having that bench threat. We haven't had that the entire season, so to have all those guys coming off the bench - not only holding a lead but sometimes adding to a lead and playing defense - it's great for the starters.
feels position tough
It's been tough over the years, so to be here in this position feels good, but we have a lot more to accomplish.
eliminate guess might ourselves teams
That might have been for the past, for teams that weren't winning. I guess Chauncey and I might have to eliminate ourselves from that poll.
tried
We tried to take them out early. This was a must-win for us.