Re: I like this Elton Brand - Part II

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>]

Yeah maybe he can have a great rookie year ala employee #8 on a shitty team.
Talk about the kiss of death!

Cecil

----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Lok <kevin.lok@lycosmail.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 9:51 PM
Subject: I like this Elton Brand - Part II


> Again I put up my case for Brand.
> Walker+Pervis (or barros) for Brand + No.1 (lottery protected is ok
> too)
>
> (Walker can see his daughter all summer and not worry about
> training/weight!)
>
> http://www.nbatalk.com/inside.shtml
>
> Who would have figured the NBA's marquee name to also be the leagues
> biggest junkman? That's right, boys and girls, Shaquille O' Neal is
> averaging 4.6 offensive rpg through Friday's game versus the Blazers.
> Here's a bigger surprise. Guess who's number two at 4.4 ? Can you say
> Elton Brand? The rookie who's been lost in the first year shuffle has
> quietly been posting very nice numbers. So da Bulls still aren't
> winning, but Brand is turning out to be the workhorse they expected
> when they bestowed the number one upon him. In two games versus the
> Mavericks last week, Brand totaled 32 points, 18 rebounds (9 of which
> were of the offensive variety), 7 assists and 3 blocks. Before he's
> done, we just might find out that garbage actually has a Brand name.
>