{"id":451,"date":"2016-09-08T13:04:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T18:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/?p=451"},"modified":"2016-09-08T13:04:02","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T18:04:02","slug":"76ers-re-sign-elton-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2016\/09\/08\/76ers-re-sign-elton-brand\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Philadelphia 76ers Re-sign Elton Brand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Philadelphia 76ers<\/strong>\u00a0agreed to a one-year deal to re-sign\u00a0veteran center <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brandel01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elton Brand<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The deal was first reported by <strong>Adrian Wojnarowski<\/strong> of <strong>The Vertical<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Free agent Elton Brand has signed a one-year deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, league source tells @TheVertical.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/773602432265912320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 7, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>76ers re-sign Elton Brand<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Last season, Brand averaged 4.1 points and 3.7 rebounds in 17 games for the 76ers. Brand, 37, is heading into his 18th season and has clearly been re-signed by head coach <strong>Brett Brown<\/strong>\u00a0for his invaluable veteran leadership. Many believed Brand would retire this off-season, but <strong>Philadelphia<\/strong> definitely benefits from Brand&#8217;s presence in the locker room.<\/p>\n<p>Brand was drafted No. 1 overall by the Bulls in 1999 out of <strong>Duke University<\/strong>. After spending just two seasons in <strong>Chicago<\/strong>, Brand was traded to the <strong>Los Angeles Clippers<\/strong>. Brand would go on to have the best stint of his career in Los Angeles, making it to two all-star games in his seven years with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/2016\/09\/02\/los-angeles-clippers-biggest-mistake\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clippers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2007-08 season, Brand would only manage to play eight games for the Clippers. Due to injury problems that season, the Clippers would end up letting Brand leave in free agency. Brand would sign with the 76ers and play there for four seasons. In those four seasons, Brand&#8217;s numbers dropped and his performances began to look underwhelming. Brand would go from scoring a career high 24.7 points in Los Angeles to just 13.8 points in his first year in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>The 76ers have a lot of young talent with players like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/embiijo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joel Embiid<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/o\/okafoja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jahlil Okafor<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/n\/noelne01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nerlens Noel<\/a>; just to name the big men. Nobody really knows who the 76ers will keep or trade, but Brand is beneficial to all of these young big men. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/simmobe01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Simmons<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/saricda01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dario Saric<\/a> are both heading into their first <strong>NBA<\/strong> season, and Brand can provide great leadership even if he doesn&#8217;t get on the court. The main reason 76ers <strong>CEO Jerry Colangelo<\/strong> added Brand to the roster in January this year is his veteran leadership. Brand can provide this all season for a young 76ers team.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/161115230\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 75.252525% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/161115230?et=4o-foZmGRhRaMnjAY16Whg&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=O46BfeVTuYKpW-39apmJZJ-XnsMDd8vgTu3GpJrtHOo=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"447\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia 76ers have agreed a one-year deal with veteran center Elton Brand. 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