Brand signs with Sixers Wednesday: Elton Brand signed with the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday. Last week, Brand opted out of his contract with the Clippers, but Los Angeles was expected to make a strong push to re-sign him. Instead, he spurned the Clippers and agreed to a five-year deal with Philadelphia worth a reported $82 million. (Updated 07/09/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 7/24/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Brand's arrival is a huge move for the Sixers, who have worked quickly to become contenders in the Eastern Conference. He is the type of low post player Philadelphia desperately needed, averaging 20.3 points and 10.2 rebounds in nine seasons. He played in only eight games last season because of an Achilles' tendon injury, but is fully healthy now. Brand joins a Sixers team that is no longer the lottery-bound loser it was a year ago. Andre Miller, Andre Iguodala, Samuel Dalembert and the blossoming Thaddeus Young turned the 76ers into a surprise playoff team, even stretching Detroit to six games in a first-round series. The Sixers got only 5.2 points out of last year's power forward, Reggie Evans. (Updated 07/09/2008).
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Brand signs with Sixers Wednesday: Elton Brand signed with the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday. Last week, Brand opted out of his contract with the Clippers, but Los Angeles was expected to make a strong push to re-sign him. Instead, he spurned the Clippers and agreed to a five-year deal with Philadelphia worth a reported $82 million. (Updated 07/09/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 7/24/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Brand's arrival is a huge move for the Sixers, who have worked quickly to become contenders in the Eastern Conference. He is the type of low post player Philadelphia desperately needed, averaging 20.3 points and 10.2 rebounds in nine seasons. He played in only eight games last season because of an Achilles' tendon injury, but is fully healthy now. Brand joins a Sixers team that is no longer the lottery-bound loser it was a year ago. Andre Miller, Andre Iguodala, Samuel Dalembert and the blossoming Thaddeus Young turned the 76ers into a surprise playoff team, even stretching Detroit to six games in a first-round series. The Sixers got only 5.2 points out of last year's power forward, Reggie Evans. (Updated 07/09/2008).
