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Seller's Remorse

Posted by Kevin Arnovitz on Fri, 03/23/07, 07:52am:

Category: General

Rick Telander from Wednesday's Chicago Sun-Times:

Maybe if Elton Brand didn't keep improving with age, it wouldn't be so painful. Maybe if the playoff-hopeful Bulls didn't need a player like Brand more than anything else, it wouldn't be so frustrating.
Maybe if the 28-year-old Los Angeles Clippers power forward wasn't such a classy, decent, hard-working, old-school kind of guy, it wouldn't be so hard for Chicagoans to take.
But Brand started the game Tuesday against the Bulls at the United Center showing exactly the kind of quality player he is, and all the Bulls could do was think about what might have been. The Bulls' 103-89 loss was about sealed from the get-go...

Telander also contends that "[the Clippers] are going nowhere in the immediate future."

Comments

I don't buy it, Kevin.

Playing against ones former team seems to be one of the few things that motivates these guys to play hard.

When they don't play to level at which ticket holders have purchased, we have been ripped off.

I'm out.

03/23/07 08:33:43

John R. wrote:

"Telander also contends that "[the Clippers] are going nowhere in the immediate future."

There are probably many circles in which being swept by the Clippers hurts much more than reality should dictate.

If the Bulls were in the west they wouldn't even be able to clear security, forget going anywhere.

03/23/07 09:20:23

mp wrote:

I don't think that Elton gets extra motivated for the Bulls. He is the one guy that always brings it.

Horrible trade on their part, brilliant by EB Sr.

The Clippers future is bright.

03/23/07 10:59:37

jcwla wrote:

Coming into this season, I thought the Clippers' future was bright. Nothing looks better now than it did then and a lot of things look a lot worse.

03/23/07 11:06:46

waughtang wrote:

Could someone refresh for me what the actual trade was that got the clips EB? Why did Chi do that? He was a clear 20/10 guy back then... What did they get in return?

it's been a long time, and i moved here from miami 6 years ago, so it was before my time.

03/23/07 12:52:38

Clipper Derrick wrote:

If I recall correctly, the Bulls traded Elton Brand for the draft rights to Tyson Chandler and forward Brian Skinner.

03/23/07 13:53:02

runescape gold wrote:

We understand their frustrations. But working hard to create discord in Clipper Nation? That's a waste of time.
But they have a right to dream about Brand leaving & Livingston ending his career.

04/11/08 20:14:08