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Converse has been doing big things and Elton Brand hopes to follow that “doing it big” trend in ‘09-10. Finally healthy after a few rough years, Brand is back suited and booted in his new signature model from Converse the EB2.

Made from durable leathers, these bad boys come in three different colorways with speed laces a light weight midsole and an outsole that has multi directional circle bone traction, forefoot flex groove and a decoupling heel for optimal ground contact when landing.

Check’em out after the jump.

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Another van glorious season of NBA basketball is about to begin and Hooped Up does a quick and dirty preview of all 30 clubs.

The team that use to have the Answer now only has questions. Can Samuel Dalembert be a consistent force in the middle? Can Elton Brand rebound from his second straight season ending injury? Can Louis Williams fill the void left by Andre Miller at the point? Read More »

Elton Brand can’t catch a break these days! After signing a five-year $80 million deal  with the Philadelphia 76ers as a free-agent this summer. Brand will now miss the rest of the 08 – 09 season to undergo surgery on his right shoulder, as a result of dislocating it on December 17, 2008. 

After the initial injury, Brand missed the next 16 games before returning in mostly a limited role for the 76ers.

Of course last season, Brand only played the final eight games of the 07 – 08 season with the LA Clippers due to a ruptured Achilles tendon suffered in the summer of 2007. 

Currently, the 76ers are 24 – 24 and 7th in the eastern conference.

Via Sporting News

The news just got worst for the 76ers today, after the results came back regarding the injury suffered by Elton Brand last night.  

“Philadelphia 76ers forward Elton Brand is expected to be sidelined for month with a dislocated right shoulder, the team announced Thursday.

Brand jammed his shoulder in the third quarter of Wednesday’s game against Milwaukee when he was upended by Bucks rookie forward Luc Richard Mbah a Moute.

An MRI revealed Brand suffered a fracture of the humeral bone and a tear of the labrum. Sixers team physician Dr. Jack McPhilemy said Brand’s injury will not require surgery at this time.”

National Post

The good news regarding Brand’s injury is that it’s not his achilles! The bad news is that it’s his hamstring.

“After the game, Sixers coach Maurice Cheeks said that Brand had suffered a hamstring injury when he took him out for good with 4:49 left in the third quarter.

A Sixers spokesman, after consulting with team physician Dr. Jack McPhilemy, said Brand reported the injury midway through the fourth quarter. By then, he had been sitting for nearly an entire quarter.

Brand wasn’t available after the game, getting treatment with the door to the trainer’s room shut. Brand will be re-examined today. He was diagnosed with a strained right hamstring.”

Courier Post

After signing with the Philadelphia 76ers as a free-agent this summer.  Elton Brand is ready to help repeat the success the young 76ers ended the season with,  that lead to a playoff birth.  

It’s hard to travel around the city and not be struck by the welcoming image of the 76ers’ $80 million blockbuster free-agent acquisition.

Much like the ads, Brand and the Philadelphia 76ers won’t sneak up on the NBA this year.

“I think we did sneak up on some teams for a little stretch,” coach Maurice Cheeks said. “But at a certain point, they knew we were coming.”

The team that shook off an abysmal start last season thanks to a fun and fast-breaking style that propelled it into the postseason has a new roster, new star and new attitude. The Sixers expect to win.”

USA Today

A lot of players will have much to prove next season but, these players have just that much more to prove.  

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If you are Baron Davis you probably threw up and shallowed a tiny bit, after hearing Elton Brand has verbally agreed to move on over (and up) to the Philadelphia 76ers.  This could be a very long year for Baron Davis all of a sudden.  All of a sudden the East is getting some swag back finally!

Elton Brand has reached a verbal agreement to sign a multiyear contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, according to an NBA source who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak on player movements. The deal is believed to be in the $80-million range and expected to span five years. 

LA Times 

The Clippers lured away the Warriors best player.

Now Golden State is hoping to return the favor.

Flush with cap space after Davis’ sudden exit, the Warriors have offered free agent Elton Brand a five-year deal worth between $85 and $90 million, according to league source.

Brand, like Davis, opted out of the final year of his contract just before Monday’s deadline, giving up a guaranteed $16.4 million for next season

SF Gate