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
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.
teams top
We want to be one of the top teams in the West, and we think we are.
ahead behind catch golden hovering state stay teams
Golden State is hovering right about .500 and they're behind us in the Pacific, so it's very instrumental. We're in there, so we have to stay ahead of the teams that are behind us and catch some of the upper-echelon teams.
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.
beat playing quality teams win
Granted, they're playing without Shaq, but they beat some quality teams without Shaq. It's a big win for us.
tried
We tried to take them out early. This was a must-win for us.
benefit coming energy game run speed spent tried
We tried to speed up the game and do some things that would benefit us. There was a lot of energy spent coming back from the first-quarter run they had.
opportunity stretch taking tough victory
We just had a tough stretch there where we couldn't make anything. Taking them to OT, that's one thing, but we had an opportunity for a victory here.
difference field goals last wins
We were last in three-point field goals, and that makes a big difference in wins and losses,
box cut
We have to cut our turnovers down and box out. It's that simple.
built came fights-and-fighting kept
We had them. We built a 20-point lead, but they kept fighting. It's a lesson-learned. Overall, we came out with a victory.
sam
We will not be overconfident. Sam and I will not let that happen.
decided good stops
We got some good stops once we decided to play defense,
sloppy
We got sloppy at the end, but we accomplished what we wanted to.