<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>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. Brand opted out of the final season of his Clippers contract last week to become a free agent. He was due $16.4 million had he stayed in the contract. The deal cannot be finalized until the league's moratorium period ends at midnight EDT on Tuesday. The 76ers were the latest team to join the bidding frenzy for Brand, joining the Clippers and Golden State Warriors, who have already made five-year offers for Brand, according to the sources. The 76ers cleared salary cap space Tuesday when they traded forwards Rodney Carney and Calvin Booth and a future No. 1 pick to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a deal that has yet to be officially announced but was first reported by Yahoo.com. Brand has not been reached for comment since he opted out of the final season of his Clippers contract last week. He flew to Washington, D.C., to meet with Falk last week and had a medical checkup with Dr. Craig Morgan in Wilmington, Del., the sources said. Brand missed all but eight games last season with the Clippers because of a ruptured Achilles tendon. "If somebody asked me whether he'd be healthy or had any ongoing fears, I would say no," it's not a problem, Morgan said Tuesday. When Brand opted out of the final year of his Clippers' contract, he said Philadelphia would be one of the desirable alternatives. The move would put him back on the East Coast, where he grew up and went to college, with a team that has a strong nucleus of young players. The Clippers' verbal contract agreement with free-agent point guard Baron Davis is not expected to be altered by Brand's decision, according to the sources. The Clippers initially offered Brand, 29, a five-year, $70-million contract, which was expected to be the highest they could go while still signing Davis, according to NBA sources who requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak about player movements. The Clippers then boosted their offer to Brand to five years and $80 million by renouncing the rights to other players, but it wasn't enough to re-sign him. The Warriors had tendered Brand a five-year, $90-million offer.</div> http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-clippe...0,7626268.story
Wow, this is a surprise. The Atlantic Division is really starting to shape up after hitting a low point two seasons ago.
You obviously didn't read the whole article Run. Towards the middle it says: <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>In another deal today, former Clipper Corey Maggette reached agreement to join the Golden State Warriors in a five-year deal worth about $50 million, according to NBA sources who requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak about player movements. Maggette also opted out of the last year of his Clippers contract last week.</div> You guys got Maggette.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Swish @ Jul 8 2008, 05:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>You obviously didn't read the whole article Run. Towards the middle it says: <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>In another deal today, former Clipper Corey Maggette reached agreement to join the Golden State Warriors in a five-year deal worth about $50 million, according to NBA sources who requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak about player movements. Maggette also opted out of the last year of his Clippers contract last week.</div> You guys got Maggette. </div> Ha, thanks for pointing that out. I still don't understand how CM fits in with the Warriors. I guess he's going to be our PF...LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dark Defender @ Jul 8 2008, 05:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>$10 mill a year for Mags? Kind of steep.</div> Very. If this pans out, I'll be pissed.
I'm so happy for the Sixers and the Atlantic Division. YEAH BABYYYY!!!!!!!!! You still suck Maggette.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lavalamp @ Jul 8 2008, 05:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>wow, will Baron want to go to the Clippers without Brand?????</div> Only to be in LA. If Baron decides on another team than the Clippers, this just goes to show how incompetent the Clippers front office is...wouldn't surprise me a bit if Baron goes to another team.
All of these are handshake deals, so all hell could break loose....Baron does want to be in LA, but will he really want to be the main guy with the Clips? Watch him walk away and go elsewhere....
So if the Clippers end up not signing Baron, that means they lost Brand and Maggette for nothing, which will mean a couple more years of sucking. Damn the owners should be shot and fired for making mistake after mistake year after year.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TheBeef @ Jul 8 2008, 05:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>All of these are handshake deals, so all hell could break loose....Baron does want to be in LA, but will he really want to be the main guy with the Clips? Watch him walk away and go elsewhere....</div> Not even handshake. Verbal agreement from a source that wants to remain anonymous. At this point, I'll believe it (whatever IT is) when I see it.
Stupid me, Baron didn't sign with LA yet. Brand totally screwed the Clippers organization. They end up losing Maggette, and Brand; whom will likely keep Baron from coming there.
I'm praying to God this maggette deal isn't true. I mean Mags for just above MLE is one hting but 10 mils a year? Why would Mullin/Cohan be so cheap with everyone then throw 50 mils at Mags when no one else was offering more than the MLE? It just makes no sense.
