Clips coach Dunleavy fires back at Brand, agent

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Chunky Duke Big Men -- All Liars?
Published 7/11/2008 by HM (noreply@blogger.com) at Hoops and Other Pop Culture
Add in Elton Brand to Carlos Boozer on the list of chunky Duke power forwards whose word is now alleged to be worthless. As with Boozer, Brand appeared to have a verbal understanding with his existing team. As with Boozer, Brand felt that his word wasn't worth shit if it cost him the opportunity to make a load of cash elsewhere. ESPN showed a table the other day that had Brand as one of 4 current NBA players with a career average of 20 points and 10 rebounds a game. KG, Duncan, and Shaq are the others. Problem -- Brand is about 6'6" and his presence ...

Quotes from Baron Davis’ Press Conference
Published 7/12/2008 by Andrew Kamenetzky at SportsHubLA
... everyone from fans to Davis to the Clips seemingly under the impression that a powerhouse movie producing hoops duo was about to bust loose in L.A. Then came the last three days. Broken down communications between Elton Brand and the Clippers, which eventually led [image] to him signing a deal with the Philadelphia 76ers.   Sleazy… er… super -agent Lex Luthor… er… David Falk spouting off about “take it or leave it offers” and general disrespect. Coach Mike Dunleavy firing back ( and then some ), accusing Falk of ego, ulterior motives and straight up lying. Brand, one of ...

A Business Decision
Published 7/12/2008 by David Lister at NationalSportsReview.com Master Site Feed
... Last week were reminded that sports are nothing more than a business. Elton Brand supposedly had an agreement to stay with the Los Angeles Clippers, only to sign a five-year contract with the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday. ...