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Why Does Everyone Over-Hype Elton Brand?
They say he is great because he is a 20/10 guy. Well, Zach Randolph is a 20/10 guy. 20/12 this year and no one gives him as much credit as Brand. Being, that Brand has seen a playoff series and Zach has not.
But, Zach only had a good player in Roy 1 year. I guarantee if he was still a Blazer he will do something with that team. In fact, it is Elton Brand who has done nothing with his career. He has only made the playoffs once and that was because of Sam Cassell. Brand has had stacked teams in the past, but they sucked.
Sam Cassell is the type of player who goes on an under achieving team and makes them contenders. The Nets were a 20 win team. He comes along they win 40+. The Bucks were constantly eliminated in the first round. Cassell comes along and he forms 1/3 of the Big 3 in Milwaukee w/ Ray Allen and Glen Robinson. Not to mention TimThomas and this team made it to the ECF. The same happened in Minnesota KG never made it past the 1st Round Cassell and Spree come along and they are a WCF team.
As a Clipper Cassell took them to the playoffs for the first time in 11 years. Cassell made the All-NBA team that year and Brand had a good season statistically. In the playoffs he had a good series against the Nuggets and sucked against the Suns. Maggette and Cassell carried them to the 7 games.
Bacl to Brand he never took his teams w/o Cassell to a winning season and these were his teams.
Chicago Bulls:
PG. JAMAL CRAWFORD
SG. JALEN ROSE - A 20+ PPG scorer in his career. He was still 20+ on Bulls
SF. RON ARTEST
PF. ELTON BRAND
C. BRAD MILLER
In Los Angeles:
PG. ANDRE MILLER
SG. QUENTIN RICHARDSON
SF. LAMAR ODOM
PF. ELTON BRAND
C. MICHAEL OLOWOKANDI
6. Corey Maggette
7. Darius Miles
8. Keyon Dooling
* In LA: Brand would also have Kaman, House, Simmons, etc.
While, Zach Randolph has indeed taken his Blazers to a winning 41-41 record w/o a supporting cast Brand has had and w/o Roy.
PG. DAMON STOUDAMIRE
SG. DEREK ANDERSON
SF. DARIUS MILES
PF. RUBEN PATTERSON
C. ZACH RANDOLPH
6. Shareef Abdur-Rahim
7. Dale Davis
Thusly, Zach Randolph > Elton Brand
Thats because Zach was under Rasheed Wallace and Jermaine O'Neal for a bulk of his career. Who was Brand under?
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