Elton Brand is hurt

We’re not going to get all up in Elton’s face for rupturing his achilles tendon like we did with Shaun Livingston about his knee.

Yeah, they’re both Clippers, and yeah, both of their injuries are horrible ones.

The difference is that we like Elton Brand, while we have nothing but indifference for Shaun Livingston.

Regardless, Brand is a good guy, and hurt it while going through his summer workouts. Afterward, he called Clips GM Elgin Baylor (who was busy signing Brevin Knight) and had what sounds like a really casual conversation about leg injuries.

“Elton called me after it happened and told me about it,” Baylor said. “He said it hurt, but he was in good spirits. I said, ‘I went through it. I tore mine [in 1970]. You’re young and healthy, you’ll come back 100%.’ It’s just a matter of how much time it takes.”

I said, he said, I said, we said, this said, that said.

Whatever – good luck to Elton getting back fully healthy asap.

We’re more concerned about the Brevin Knight thing. Not so much for the Clips, but for our Cavaliers. They’ve made ZERO changes this summer. None, zip, nothing.

There’s a sense of relief that GM Danny Ferry doesn’t just go sign people to sign them, and taking his time with free agents Sasha and Varejao is gonna net a couple favorable deals, much like it did with Drew Gooden.

THAT SAID, everything we’ve read says they’re not even bringing in an offensive oriented assistant coach. Not only that, both Ferry and Coach Mike have stated that such a thing isn’t necessary.

We think you know where we stand on this – offended. Highly, highly offended.

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