Sixers Shutting Down Brand?

Get Comfortable Big Man

Per Philly.com, the Sixers are considering shutting down Elton Brand’s season following an 8 minute, zero point performance against Boston last night.  Following the disappointing loss, Brand admitted:

“It’s hard when you’re feeling pain and you can’t straighten your arm out on your shot. I have a little flip shot I’ve used all these years, and I can’t do it. That was why I tried to wear the brace, but that didn’t really help. It’s just disappointing.”

This would be the manifestation of everything that could possibly go wrong with the Brand signing, an aging, oft-injured forward who doesn’t fit into the 76er’s uptempo system.

I wouldn’t call him Chris Webber v2 yet, but the similarities are only growing.

The return of the shoulder injury shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, considering that Dr. Craig Morgan gave Brand a 50-50 chance of the reaggravating the separated shoulder upon his return, which would then require season ending surgery.  “After three weeks, when the pain is gone, he just needs to come back and play basketball and find out if it will hold up,” said Dr. Morgan.

Sure doesn’t seem like the shoulder is holding up, even with that ridiculous Underarmour shoulder guard he had on last night.  Somewhere, Billy King is laughing his ass off.