Brand Hurt by Illegal Drug Accusations

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Brand played Chris Kaman one-on-one a few weeks ago, lost, but just won't accept the fact he got whooped by the Clippers' big stiff.

"We were playing the best of five, I had won the first two and was driving for the winning score in the third game, but they didn't call the foul and he came back to win that one," Brand said. "But I was up 4-0 in the next game and driving to the hoop, when bam, like the sound of a drum," his Achilles' tendon ruptured.

That makes it pretty simple -- Kaman won because they had to cart off Brand. Call it a forfeit, a TKO, a complete collapse -- no matter, Kaman won.

"No way," Brand still insisted, talking by phone from across the country after having almost a dozen staples removed from his foot and now hopping up and down on a new cast at the mention of Kaman's convincing win. "It's a game to be continued."

You live every day with the knowledge that Kaman got the best of you, and there's probably no better motivation for an NBA player to recover as quickly as possible.

"I'll be back this season -- for sure," Brand said. "I've got a cast on now for the next three weeks, then I'll be in a walking boot for four to eight weeks before I begin rehabbing. I'm not putting a deadline on it -- but I'll be back this season."

In the meantime, Kaman will carry the Clippers, and try to continue his domination over the rest of the NBA.

IT'S BEEN two weeks since Brand's surgery in Wilmington, Del. -- 11 days since his picture appeared atop a koolse.com blog trying to set the record straight about his injury, while also expressing displeasure with the Clippers.

"It was not a sudden occurrence as some bloggers wrote," Brand's blog noted, while indicating he had been initially hurt in Toronto during the season and had taken a cortisone shot so he could still help the playoff-seeking Clippers.

"One could imagine my disbelief when asked if my (Achilles') injury was due to performance-enhancing drugs by Clipper brass," Brand wrote. "I know we live in that era, but I hold the game of basketball in high esteem, and conduct myself with integrity. I am not trying to go all Kobe on the staff, but to be asked that question when all facts were (known)…was very disappointing to say the least."</div>

Source: LA Times

 

"I'm not trying to go all Kobe on the staff..."

I think it's a stupid question to ask him. Ever since he came into the league, Brand has been full of integrity and honor, he's done nothing to compromise that IIRC.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Mamba Wrote</div><div class="quote_post"> "I'm not trying to go all Kobe on the staff..."

I think it's a stupid question to ask him. Ever since he came into the league, Brand has been full of integrity and honor, he's done nothing to compromise that IIRC.</div>

The sad part is someone in the Clipper organization brought it up. Elton Brand can opt out next summer and he'll have all season to stew over this on the bench.