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Mark Heisler 's headline reads, "Donald Sterling can't be blamed for Elton Brand's departure." Heisler maintains, "Whether that was Falk's influence or that Brand was impressed by the 76ers, he now seemed to be looking for a way to leave rather than a way to stay. Brand was slow in returning calls to Clippers officials. Whenever they made an offer, Falk would take it back to the 76ers." This ... [link]

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Branded.
Published 7/10/2008 by lilnemo at SportsFilter
A Postmortem. The Scenarios. Kevin Arnovitz (of Clipperblog) recaps Elton Brand's defection and what it means to Clipper fans. Read Story.

Good Guy Doesn’t Like to be Bad: Thoughts on Elton Brand
Published 7/10/2008 by Brian Kamenetzky at SportsHubLA
... (For a great summary of what’s out there on the situation and to measure the mood of the Clipper Nation, check out this post at ClipperBlog, run by SHLA contributor Kevin Arnovitz.) To me, though, it’s pretty simple. Brand and Falk can talk about ultimatums or bad faith negotiations from the Clippers, absentee owners or whatever. Bottom line is that Donald Sterling ponied up a big hunk of cash and brought in an elite PG to run the show. The organization (or the media) can question whether or not he wanted to be in LA to begin with, and if all the talk of intending to come ...

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