Elton Brand Retires

[RRR3]

http://www.clipsnation.com/2015/8/11/9132573/former-clipper-elton-brand-officially-retires

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Who?

[FatComputerNerd]

Was a beast in his prime.

[ekosky]

Damn. Solid career.

Undersized, but still consistently put 20/10 year after year against possibly the best era among big men. (C-Webb, Duncan, Garnett, Nowitzki, Gasol, Sheed, Boozer, J.O'Neal, Amare, etc)

[305Baller]

And he quietly fades away.

The great Clipper hope of the early 2000s

[Lensanity]

Prime Elton Brand will probably be forgotten by everybody but what a beast he was

[QuebecBaller]

http://clippers.topbuzz.com/modules/PNphpBB2/upload-pics/clippers/3955_1961443_654094771322163_1155302765_n_1.jpg

[NBAplayoffs2001]

He was a legit player. Had a solid career. Hope him the best in the rest of his endeavors.

[Rab]

The '05-06 Elton Brand was a bad man. Garnered MVP votes that year as the Clipps took the Suns to 7 games in the Semi's. Got injured that off season I believe and was never the same.

[smoovegittar]

A low post KILLA. Solid player.

[TheMarkMadsen]

The '05-06 Elton Brand was a bad man. Garnered MVP votes that year as the Clipps took the Suns to 7 games in the Semi's. Got injured that off season I believe and was never the same.


spot on

possibly the Duke player with the GOAT NBA career, he and G Hill

[wang4three]

The '05-06 Elton Brand was a bad man. Garnered MVP votes that year as the Clipps took the Suns to 7 games in the Semi's. Got injured that off season I believe and was never the same.

Cause he was paired with Sam Cassell. Most underrated player.

[qrich]

Good riddance :pimp:

[Norcaliblunt]

2006 Clippers are an underrated team. Brand was a beast.

[20Four]

Who?

Reported

[Bandito]

Another legend bites it due to age.

[kurple]

Who?
:facepalm :facepalm

flex




:facepalm

[Lebron23]

He was an MVP Candidate back in 2006. And led the Clippers into the 2nd round of the playoffs.

[inclinerator]

rip

[JohnnySic]

Textbook 4. :applause:

[NustABut]

One of my fave guys in the NBA since I started following basketball back in the 04 05 season...

Money from mid range and great timing as a shot blocker, even just at 6-9, had a 7-5.5 wingspan :wtf:

[senelcoolidge]

Good riddance. He did the Clippers dirty, but in return he was never the same player..so karma.

[LoneyROY7]

Good player, but Blake made me forget about him real quick.

[Smoke117]

Good player, but Blake made me forget about him real quick.

lol...Blake Griffin has never been as good as Brand was in 06. Brand was dropping an efficient 25ppg while being the best defensive player on a defensive team. He was pretty easily a top 5 player that season.

[LoneyROY7]

lol...Blake Griffin has never been as good as Brand was in 06. Brand was dropping an efficient 25ppg while being the best defensive player on a defensive team. He was pretty easily a top 5 player that season.

Blake did more for the Clippers brand his rookie year than Brand did in his entire career there.

[Smoke117]

Blake did more for the Clippers brand his rookie year than Brand did in his entire career there.

:biggums: Who the hell cares about the "clippers brand"...I'm talking about basketball players and their level of play here.

[LoneyROY7]

:biggums: Who the hell cares about the "clippers brand"...I'm talking about basketball players and their level of play here.

I care. I'm a f*cking Clippers fan.

And Blake is a much more dynamic offensive player than Brand ever was. Brand has him on defense.

[qrich]

:biggums: Who the hell cares about the "clippers brand"...I'm talking about basketball players and their level of play here.

Level of play means very little if you can't produce victories, and can't face anything, so you run and hide like a beta bitch. I mean, yes, the rosters stunk, but damn, dude couldn't get us near .500

People keep bringing up what Jordan did to the Mavs as cowardice, and rightfully so (not telling Cuban and Parsons himself), but what Brand did was exponentially worse.

[Jameerthefear]

never really got to watch him, clips fans how does he compare to blake?

[LoneyROY7]

never really got to watch him, clips fans how does he compare to blake?

Completely different play styles.

Brand got the majority of his points off mid-range pick-n-pops and post-ups. He was under-sized but had a great wingspan, which allowed him to thrive on defense.

[jstern]

It does feel like a rip.

[Smoke117]

Level of play means very little if you can't produce victories, and can't face anything, so you run and hide like a beta bitch. I mean, yes, the rosters stunk, but damn, dude couldn't get us near .500

People keep bringing up what Jordan did to the Mavs as cowardice, and rightfully so (not telling Cuban and Parsons himself), but what Brand did was exponentially worse.


You realize that Brand was the only player to lead the Clippers to the playoffs in a 15 year period right? That he was actually BETTER in the playoffs than he was that regular season? in that 7 game series they lost to the Suns Brand completely embarrassed the suns laying down 31ppg 10.4rpg 4.3apg 1.0spg 3.1bpg on .591%fg/.769%ft. Blake Griffin will never come close to peaking at the level Brand did in 2006. Oh he'll have a better career because Brands was basically stolen from him...but he will never be as great as Brand was when he peaked.

[qrich]

never really got to watch him, clips fans how does he compare to blake?

He doesn't, outside of being the best at their position in franchise history.

Until the 2005 season, Brand got the majority of his points by using his freakish wingspan & strength to back his opponents down into the post and get the easy duece. His ability to grab offensive rebounds was amazing as well, for garbage put backs. When 2005 came by, he added one of the deadliest mid range shots I've seen, period. I'm honestly talking at an all time level. Pick-and-pop with Sam/Cuttino was just amazing. Toss in a sweeping hook that he threw into his repertoire, and suddenly, he was a force to be reckoned with.

Defensively, he was always among the best power forwards in the game. Mind you, this is in the KG/Webber/Duncan/Dirk/Jermaine/Amare days, where bigs were at a high level seemingly everywhere. His brute strength kept guys from getting easy looks, and his wingspan allowed him to get weakside blocks and aided in disrupting shots.

I mean, this guys absolute peak lasted only one season (damn you injuries), really think he could have put up another 2-3 years of 24/10 with 2.5 blocks with an unstoppable offensive game, but for a guy putting up 20/10 with 2 blocks for his first 6 or so seasons is just insane in itself.

[LoneyROY7]

You realize that Brand was the only player to lead the Clippers to the playoffs in a 15 year period right? That he was actually BETTER in the playoffs than he was that regular season? in that 7 game series they lost to the Suns Brand completely embarrassed the suns laying down 31ppg 10.4rpg 4.3apg 1.0spg 3.1bpg on .591%fg/.769%ft. Blake Griffin will never come close to peaking at the level Brand did in 2006. Oh he'll have a better career because Brands was basically stolen from him...but he will never be as great as Brand was when he peaked.

:oldlol:

"Never come close to peaking at the level Brand did." What a joke.

Blake has already had a season of 24/10/4 on 53 percent shooting, when he was top 3 in MVP voting. Yeah, nearly identical to the numbers Elton put up in 2006.

Blake's career numbers as a Clipper - 22/10/4

Elton's career numbers as a Clipper - 20/10/2

Oh and you must have missed Blake averaging 26/13/6 on 52 percent in these most recent playoffs.

He's also only 26. Damn, Blake's had a heck of career thus far.

[Norcaliblunt]

Idk that 06 Clipper team would give any of these Paul/Blake teams a run for their money.

[qrich]

You realize that Brand was the only player to lead the Clippers to the playoffs in a 15 year period right? That he was actually BETTER in the playoffs than he was that regular season? in that 7 game series they lost to the Suns Brand completely embarrassed the suns laying down 31ppg 10.4rpg 4.3apg 1.0spg 3.1bpg on .591%fg/.769%ft. Blake Griffin will never come close to peaking at the level Brand did in 2006. Oh he'll have a better career because Brands was basically stolen from him...but he will never be as great as Brand was when he peaked.

First off, it was Cassell that led us to the playoffs, not Brand. The savvy vet experience and leadership, along with Dunleavy's schemes on defense helped take the team into late May for the first time since forever.

Yes, Brand demolished the Suns, but do you really believe Blake wouldn't drop 31 when being guarded by Tim Thomas, Shawn Marion and Boris Diaw over the course of a run n gun series? Not taking away from Brand, but it wasn't like he did that against anything more than tweeners.

The 18/10/4 he put up against Marcus Camby, Kenyon Martin and Reggie Evans in the first round was more impressive. Hell, the Nuggs 4th and 5th bigs were actual bigs as well (Eduardo Najera & Francisco Elson).

[qrich]

Idk that 06 Clipper team would give any of these Paul/Blake teams a run for their money.

That team would have beat this years squad and last year, but not the one with the comeback in Memphis.

Dunleavy put that squad together so damn beautifully, two savvy vets in Cassell/Mobley ran the show at the point, Quinton Ross is one of the most underrated perimeter defenders I've seen, Brand was Brand, Kaman was a great partner for Elton. Toss in the three man bench of Maggette (the dude got like 10FTPG without flopping/bullshit love from the officials), Livingston and Radmanovic (that Wilcox for Vlad valentines deal was epic). Zeljko Rebraca was a great third big as well as Jumpin James Singleton's scrappy play.

[LoneyROY7]

That team would have beat this years squad and last year, but not the one with the comeback in Memphis.

Dunleavy put that squad together so damn beautifully, two savvy vets in Cassell/Mobley ran the show at the point, Quinton Ross is one of the most underrated perimeter defenders I've seen, Brand was Brand, Kaman was a great partner for Elton. Toss in the three man bench of Maggette (the dude got like 10FTPG without flopping/bullshit love from the officials), Livingston and Radmanovic (that Wilcox for Vlad valentines deal was epic). Zeljko Rebraca was a great third big as well as Jumpin James Singleton's scrappy play.

Sammy was definitely the straw that stirred the Clippers drink. Elton wasn't the same player the following 2006-2007 season when Sam was injured.

[Richie2k6]

Dude was nice

[raprap]

solid career. :applause: the clips should retire his jersey

[FreezingTsmoove]

Blake choked away a 3-1 lead despite having two other olympians on his team

Brand and Cassell lost in 7 in the semis as well

Blake and Brand are equals so far

[FKAri]

http://clippers.topbuzz.com/modules/PNphpBB2/upload-pics/clippers/3955_1961443_654094771322163_1155302765_n_1.jpg

All 3 of them could've had much better careers

[SHAQisGOAT]

Had a nice career. Still remember when he was, at some point, a very good player.

[Kobe_6/8]

Solid career...his 2005-2006 season is up there with PF's like McHale, Gasol, etc.

[sportjames23]

Solid career...his 2005-2006 season is up there with PF's like McHale, Gasol, etc.


:biggums:

[Clifton]

Textbook PF.

Man... do you all realize that in 2 years, almost all the best players of 10 years ago are going to be retired?

Even though it's the era of Lebron and Durant and team 3-ball now, you still have Dirk hitting fadeaways in the playoffs, KG nearly getting into fights, Kobe taking 25 shots, etc. In 2 years all those guys will be gone. So will Pierce, Duncan and Manu, Vince Carter...

[BurningHammer]

A great player who never was on the right team. At his peak he had 20-10 almost every games.

[senelcoolidge]

Solid career but Blake would destroy him. I know Brand was older and karma got him back with an injury, but I remember he used to try to play Blake hard and Blake would just destroy him.

[Bosnian Sajo]

Solid career...his 2005-2006 season is up there with PF's like McHale, Gasol, etc.


Yall gotta chill, seriously. His 05-06 season was nice, but that is basically the only successful season he has ever had. Only made the playoffs once in his prime, only won 2 series in his entire career...good player, but he is basically at the same place as Shareef Abdurrahim.

[dab0yech0]

Had a great career with the Bulls and Clippers. Will never forget how he almost singlehandedly took down Phoenix in 06. Then he got an ego and decided to leave the Clippers in 08 or 09 and injured his achilles and was never the same. What we could've been that year... Drafted DeAndre Jordan, Eric Gordon, and Mike Taylor. We signed Baron, Marcus Camby, Ricky Davis, and then traded Cat Mobley for Zbo.

Couldve been:

C - Camby/Kaman/DeAndre Jordan/Paul Davis
PF - Elton Brand/ Zach Randolph/Brian Skinner
SF - Thornton/Tim Thomas/ Steve Novak
SG - Eric Gordon/Ricky Davis/Fred Jones/Mardy Collins
PG - Baron Davis/Mike Taylor Jason Hart

Dunleavy was a pretty good GM, just a terrible coach. I'm sure that team would've made the playoffs if anyone else had coached the team

[20Four]

Who?

Thats what people say when they see you post in these forums you chump

[ekosky]

Thats what people say when they see you post in these forums you chump
My fries finished yet, big boy?

[20Four]

My fries finished yet, big boy?

Must suck hearing that everyday at work huh?

Dont be jealous I did something with my life and became an Registered Nurse and you're a Registered Fakkit

[BigNBAfan]

Great player, but underachieved.

[ekosky]

Must suck hearing that everyday at work huh?

Dont be jealous I did something with my life and became an Registered Nurse and you're a Registered Fakkit
:roll:

Been waiting for 10 mins, big boy. Hurry up.

[20Four]

:roll:

Been waiting for 10 mins, big boy. Hurry up.

Exactly deflect what I said....you a chump move out your parents basement, get a career then talk to me...otherwise shine my shoes

[senelcoolidge]

It's good that he left and karma bit him hard. Had he stayed Blake would not have been a Clipper. Blake turned that franchise around..because of him other quality players came over.

[ekosky]

Exactly deflect what I said....you a chump move out your parents basement, get a career then talk to me...otherwise shine my shoes
Not too much salt.

F*cked up my order last time, ******. Don't make me call your manager.

[Legends66NBA7]

Blake choked away a 3-1 lead despite having two other olympians on his team

Brand and Cassell lost in 7 in the semis as well

Blake and Brand are equals so far

Brand had a far inferior team compared to Griffin. They are both equal perhaps on offense but Brand was a much better defender.


All 3 of them could've had much better careers

Yup, especially Miles. Had the worst attitude and broke down far worse than the other 2.

[Rockets(T-mac)]

Definitely a nice player, wasn't really on the radar due to playing on shitty teams a lot.

[Smoke117]

Solid career...his 2005-2006 season is up there with PF's like McHale, Gasol, etc.

:facepalm Brand was way better in 06 than Gasol ever was. So many people (probably because they are kids) have no idea how good Brand was. This shit is embarrassing. He actually isn't any worse in 07 either...he just shot less. He was actually slightly more efficient that season.

[4 Inches]

1st ballot HOF :applause:

[qrich]

Yall gotta chill, seriously. His 05-06 season was nice, but that is basically the only successful season he has ever had. Only made the playoffs once in his prime, only won 2 series in his entire career...good player, but he is basically at the same place as Shareef Abdurrahim.

Brand is a superior player to Pau, period. He just never had an above average cast sans the Cassell year.

Comparing him to SAR :facepalm

[artificial]

Hopefully Clips retire his jersey.

Did all that was expected from him without much flash; extremely solid big man, low profile but great character. Even the tough Philly fan base embraced him despite the rough seasons there because of his professionalism.

Will be missed.

[qrich]

Hopefully Clips retire his jersey.

Did all that was expected from him without much flash; extremely solid big man, low profile but great character. Even the tough Philly fan base embraced him despite the rough seasons there because of his professionalism.

Will be missed.

:wtf:

[Bosnian Sajo]

:biggums:
Brand is a superior player to Pau, period. He just never had an above average cast sans the Cassell year.

Comparing him to SAR :facepalm

:biggums: :biggums:







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[gyu]

Great player in his prime, but can't forgive him for doing the Clips and BDiddy dirty like that.

[WillC]

Brand was an absolute boss during his peak.

He's also one of the few players who was a star from day one (admittedly on a terrible Bulls team).

He was an extremely talented player on both ends of the floor - the type of player you could build a team around. Shame he never had the management to do so.

[artificial]

:wtf:
lol just saw this. sorry, i was pretty baked :lol

Anyway, definition of solid on the court, great guy off the court -at least in terms of helping the community and stuff-. Props to Elton :applause: