Brand will not return Tonight

by Ben16 on Jan 16, 2009 1:26 PM PST

Elton will not return to night. I personally think that is a good thing since his return may have messed up the rhythm our team is in.

Elton Brand will not dress for Friday night's game against the San Antonio Spurs, though he did participate in the morning shoot around. Instead, the Sixers' starting power forward will be missing his 14th consecutive game after dislocating his right shoulder in a game on Dec. 17 against the Milwaukee Bucks...It is undecided if Elton Brand will play in New York Saturday night. Whenever he returns, the Sixers will hold fast to playing him in 4-to-5 minute spurts until they feel he has his legs back.

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Thank God.

I wanna see what the Brand-less Sixers got one more time.

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by Jordan Sams on Jan 16, 2009 1:32 PM PST reply actions

yea especially since we lost to the Spurs on a buzzer beater the last time we played them.

by Ben16 on Jan 16, 2009 1:46 PM PST up reply actions

in SanAn

And that was after we battled back from 20(?) down. I’m telling you, shut down the three and we’re money. Easier said than done though.

by Jordan Sams on Jan 16, 2009 1:47 PM PST up reply actions

I’m alright with it in principle – but don’t announce he’s ready if he’s not

by jemagee on Jan 16, 2009 2:11 PM PST reply actions

yea im not sure why they were saying he was ready. I would much rather him make an appearance against New York if he is going to play this weekend.

by Ben16 on Jan 16, 2009 2:34 PM PST up reply actions

I like the idea of Elton Brand more than I actually like him

by Jordan Sams on Jan 16, 2009 2:17 PM PST reply actions

John, I've been meaning to ask you.

Did you ever get your site going?

by Jordan Sams on Jan 16, 2009 3:03 PM PST reply actions

it’s partially there – it’s a lot harder than i thought to do the programming – hell figuring out how to check a login existing or not existing took me 3 hours – works been nuts – i’m working on it – but not saying anything more until i’m sure it actually will work :)

by jemagee on Jan 16, 2009 3:31 PM PST up reply actions

it'll be revolutionary ;)

by Jordan Sams on Jan 16, 2009 3:33 PM PST up reply actions

I need to figure out pick submission and how to handle blank picks – the ability to change your picks if there is time – scorings and rankings – and since login took me 3 freaking hours – i’m learning as i go – i has not idea how long the rest will tka.e

by jemagee on Jan 16, 2009 3:45 PM PST up reply actions

that's crazy.

i’m lucky if i can get my e-mail to work.

by Jordan Sams on Jan 16, 2009 3:46 PM PST up reply actions

you making a sports gambling site?

by Ben16 on Jan 16, 2009 5:44 PM PST up reply actions

Nope – those things aren’t legal in the united states – i have a long term plan – but right now i’m just making a ‘game’ for picking the winners

http://www.basketballjourney.com/PickEm

still needs a lot of work before i can even start testing -

by jemagee on Jan 16, 2009 6:34 PM PST up reply actions

yea i used gambling because i did not know how else to say it.

by Ben16 on Jan 16, 2009 6:42 PM PST up reply actions

S’altight – just in case any feds are reading the sight – no gambling – purely for entertainment – if it ever gets popular / traffic i might give out some prizes of some sort.

by jemagee on Jan 16, 2009 6:53 PM PST up reply actions