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
flat prove screens towards
We still need to prove that we're still a top-notch organization. We're going towards that road. I don't have PlayStation in my locker, flat screens or DVD's in my locker.
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.
bummed
All of the other years, OK, we weren't winning. But now I would be really bummed about not going.
plays solid spots spread
He's a solid acquisition for us. He plays many spots on the floor, he can spread the court, and that's something we didn't have.
belts boxing defense ourselves pride record says
Having an all-time record under our belts says a lot about this team. We pride ourselves on defense and boxing out.
ballgame came court home pride quarter start third
It's embarrassing. You can't get embarrassed on your home court like that. You have to play with some pride and some intensity. We came out in the third quarter with a sense of urgency, but you've got to start the ballgame off like that.
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.
addition afraid anytime great hits love shot
He hits big shot after big shot. He is fearless. He is a great addition and I love having him. Anytime we need a big shot, he is not afraid to take them. He hits most of them.
erased great lead might three
In the past, we might have folded, but we erased that 12-point lead and we're up three at halftime. It's a great, great feeling. It's much different than before.
conference exciting finals question series western
There is no question that series would be exciting to play. Not only for the Western Conference finals implications but also for the rivalry.
sam
We will not be overconfident. Sam and I will not let that happen.
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.
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.
dearly moral paid rather rotation trying victories
We got out of rotation and we paid dearly for it. We're not trying to take any moral victories ... we wanted to win. It's encouraging but we'd rather have that 'W'.