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Meh, not gonna happen; but it would be awesome if the Spurs signed him for the minimum. Damn good defensively and is a reasonable fit offensively. But, yeah, won't happen.
EDIT:I guess this is what I meant to say.
http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2012/0...-by-mavericks/Ideally, Brand would want to clear waivers, according to the source. If no team submitted a claim, he would become an unrestricted free agent and would be able to sign with any team, including those over the cap, as long as they had cap exceptions.
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Brand link: http://on.nba.com/LK0tTj Again, Brand hopes not 2 b claimed at all. If that happened, wouldn't surprise if Nets/Spurs were on list.
Meh, not gonna happen; but it would be awesome if the Spurs signed him for the minimum. Damn good defensively and is a reasonable fit offensively. But, yeah, won't happen.
EDIT:I guess this is what I meant to say.
Last edited by UnWantedTheory; 07-11-2012 at 10:57 PM.
He's not crappy enough not to get claimed. Plus, if he is interested in the Spurs Cuban will surely claim him just for that reason alone.
God no! Brand is productive, but he's old and undersized. Spurs need youth, size and athleticism.
Besides, I understand the Mavs will go hard after him - especially now that Haywood has been amnestized. THey can have him.
Billups hoped that too and the Clippers claimed him.
I didn't want to get too worked up over an extremely unlikely acquisition. But yes, I would probably do a cartwheel or 2 if he miraculously clears & drops into our laps for the min.
If this doesn't work we need to try to get in on the Dwight Howard sweepstakes.Even a 3-way with Brooklyn and Orlando.
We could get Brook Lopez for sending Tiago, Blair and Bonner to Brooklyn.
The Dallas Mavericks will make a "very aggressive bid" for Elton Brand in the amnesty waiver process, a source close to the situation told ESPNDallas.com's Jeff Caplan on Wednesday. The Philadelphia 76ers have used their amnesty clause on the 6-foot-8 Brand, making him eligible for teams under the salary cap to put in bids. Whichever team places the winning bid will earn Brand's services and will pay that amount off the $18.2 million he's owed next season, the final year of his contract. ESPN.com
And Orlando gets Howard?
Dallas specifically amnestied Brenda to make a large bid on Brand's last year of his contract. It's impossible for him to end up on the Spurs or Nets.
The only thing I can think of is that the Mavs won't want his contract (even a muted version) eating into their cap space and he is guaranteed 3 years if the claim him.
Well that's en great.
I wish.
Yeah, sucks; Dallas has roughly $6.2 million of capspace left after signing Kaman, doing the trade with Indiana, and amnestying Brenda. I do think they'll have to renounce Delonte West though to make that bid. Maybe the bid gets dropped a million or so if they want to lock West up.Well that's en great.
2012-13 is the last year of Brand's deal.
brands to old to be claimed by a rebuild team which are all young teams/under the cap
only gonna be useful on a contender
lol at dallas if they believe theyre contenders and they have irk who would be eating up a majority of the PF minutes
theyre building up a good first round fodder team to save face after everything blew up on them
^ Brand gives them an expiring to make a run at free agents next year.
They're just trying to stay a compe ive playoff team while maintaining flexibility for big name free-agents.
they dont need to pick up brand to save capspace
they could just save some money by not picking him up
i think brand could get up to 3 mil or more
and mavs are better of tanking
dirk can party all summer again and come back out of shape and unmotivated
get them shabazz and free agents
core of old dirk/old marion/? with no bench wont get it done
vs spurs/clips/memphis/new lakers/okc
pipe dream
I would take him over Bonner. But then again, I would take an old mop over Bonner. At least the mop could defend by tripping a player...
Be nice to the gingerbread man.I would take him over Bonner. But then again, I would take an old mop over Bonner. At least the mop could defend by tripping a player...
I think he's looking $$$, which won't be the Spurs. If he's not claimed he can sign a new multi year contract. His current one is expiring and he doesn't get extra cash from the team who claims him.
What about sign and trade?
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