Clippers Seek new Identity

DynastYWarrioR6 · Oct 5, 2008

PLAYA VISTA, Calif. – This was supposed to be Elton Brand’s home. All 42,500 square feet. The two regulation-sized basketball courts. The 2,600-square-foot training room. The state-of-the-art theater. Even a pool and sauna.

The Los Angeles Clippers had finally joined the rest of the NBA and built themselves a private practice facility. Brand, presumably, would be the anchor tenant. For seven seasons, he had served dutifully as the cornerstone of the long-suffering franchise. Through the good times, which consisted of him leading the Clippers within a win of the 2006 Western Conference finals, and the bad, which included everything else, he was the model professional. Early to arrive, late to leave. Chin up, win or lose, he’d deliver his 20 and 10. With last season already long lost, Brand returned from an eight-month absence following surgery on his Achilles tendon just to play the final eight games.

Once Golden State Warriors point guard Baron Davis hit the free-agent market this summer, Brand helped coax him into committing to a contract with the Clippers while also seemingly setting himself up to take a long-term extension from the team. Center Chris Kaman and talented young forward Al Thornton were returning, promising rookie guard Eric Gordon was arriving and construction on the long-awaited workout site, initially scheduled to be completed some two years earlier, was just about done. The Clips looked more legit than ever.
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