Elton Brand Going Back East?
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dvelasco posted 7/9/2008 from probasketball.about.com [flag] |
Now that the NBA Salary Cap has been set for the 2008-09 season, many teams are now able to sign free agents, with Elton Brand being target number one. Word has come out that the Philadelphia 76ers have received a verbal agreement from Brand to join the team for five years and about $80 million.
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