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
win
Once we win and get to the playoffs, it's all going to change.
league
This isn't our fault. We're not doing anything wrong, but the league has put us in this position.
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.
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.
deal focus team
That's something they have to deal with. My focus is on our team right now.
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.
college somebody
Somebody said he did it in college. They had tape.
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.
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.
close practice time
In a close game, I think we're going to try to win. I think we need practice at that. There's no better time than now.
bring contend expect
If we want to contend with the upper-echelon teams, then we have to play well (Wednesday) and expect to win. They're going to be revved up at home, so we got to bring it.
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.
hitting last sam side year
Sam was out there on their side last year hitting big shots, and now he's on ours.
guy
Can you play with a guy like that? Heck, yeah.