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AmericanbasketballplayerEltonTyronBrand(bornMarch11,1979)[1]isanAmericanformerprofessionalbasketballplayerandthegeneralmanagerofthePhiladelphia76ersoftheNationalBasketballAssociation(NBA).AfterplayingcollegebasketballforDuke,hewasselectedwiththefirstoverallpickinthe1999NBAdraftbytheChicagoBulls,andlaterplayedforthePhiladelphia76ers,theLosAngelesClippers,DallasMavericksandAtlantaHawks.Hewasatwo-timeNBAAllStarandanAll-NBASecondTeamselectionin2006.Highschoolcareer[edit]BrandattendedPeekskillHig...
American basketball player
Elton Tyron Brand (born March 11, 1979)[1] is an American former professional basketball player and the general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After playing college basketball for Duke, he was selected with the first overall pick in the 1999 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls, and later played for the Philadelphia 76ers, the Los Angeles Clippers, Dallas Mavericks and Atlanta Hawks. He was a two-time NBA All Star and an All-NBA Second Team selection in 2006.
High school career[edit]Brand attended Peekskill High School, where he was immediately added to the varsity basketball roster. He averaged 40 points and 20 rebounds per game, played AAU basketball with future NBA players Lamar Odom and Ron Artest, and by his senior year he was consistently ranked among the top high school basketball players in the country and was selected as New York State Mr. Basketball. At the same time, he became somethi...