Zach Randolph on Elton Brand: "He ain't better than me"

[dbugz]

I think Brand is kind of declining now that he is older. Maybe not as much as if he was 35, but he isn't the same player he was a couple years ago. Injuries?

Agreed, and still other posters here are still insisting that E. Brand is still a top 5 PF..

[Smokee]

Brand is way overhyped by general NBA fans. People put him on a franchise level pedestal when he's undeserving of it. He can't carry a team night in and night out, while everyone tends to pretend he can for some reason

ZBo is probably a little bit underrated by people here at ISH.

So theres some truth to what ZBo said, especially when it comes to this forum and the perceptions.

[dbugz]

Brand is way overhyped by general NBA fans. People put him on a franchise level pedestal when he's undeserving of it. He can't carry a team night in and night out, while everyone tends to pretend he can for some reason

QFT

[DTD]

"Elton Brand isn't better than me, anyway," he said, playfully....

"I'm real bummed," he said. "I don't like sitting around. I haven't played since . . . the last game I played was Tuesday in Boston. That'll be a week ago [today].

"Finding out you can't play just sucks the life out of you. I was talking to my girl. Talking about how mad I was. I was yelling at her, telling her how frustrated I was."

For the record, he was smiling and joking about yelling.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/printe...,7272386.story

[bagelred]

Brand is way overhyped by general NBA fans. People put him on a franchise level pedestal when he's undeserving of it. He can't carry a team night in and night out, while everyone tends to pretend he can for some reason

ZBo is probably a little bit underrated by people here at ISH.

So theres some truth to what ZBo said, especially when it comes to this forum and the perceptions.

Cosign

[loot]

I'd ship his ass out for Adam Morrison for making such dumb statements.

[Posterize246]

In their head-to-head matchup this year

Elton Brand

31 mins
24 pts
14 rebs
2 assists
3 blocks
12-19 fg

Zach Randolph

30 mins
12 pts
7 rebs
2 assists
0 blocks
5-19 fg

Sixers won 116-87. Randolph's got balls for that comment.

[loot]

So theres some truth to what ZBo said, especially when it comes to this forum and the perceptions.

What kind of dumb post is that? Like ish has anything to do with the overrating Zach does himself?

[Posterize246]

This makes the Sixers @ Clippers game on new year's eve that much more exciting

[ihatetimthomas]

Brand is way overhyped by general NBA fans. People put him on a franchise level pedestal when he's undeserving of it. He can't carry a team night in and night out, while everyone tends to pretend he can for some reason

ZBo is probably a little bit underrated by people here at ISH.

So theres some truth to what ZBo said, especially when it comes to this forum and the perceptions.

I dont think he is a franchise player. But I do think he is a better number 2 guy over Zach. Brand is not an offensive juggernaut so he isnt going to be able to carry to load night in and night out. But he can do everything above average. He can anchor your D and has a nice midrange game.

[loot]

I dont think he is a franchise player. But I do think he is a better number 2 guy over Zach. Brand is not an offensive juggernaut so he isnt going to be able to carry to load night in and night out. But he can do everything above average. He can anchor your D and has a nice midrange game.

Given the right system Brand can score just as many points as Zach.

[ihatetimthomas]

Given the right system Brand can score just as many points as Zach.

i wasnt comparing their scoring nor did i say he wasnt capable of scoring what Zach does. Just saying that he is a superior #2 option to Zach

[loot]

i wasnt comparing their scoring nor did i say he wasnt capable of scoring what Zach does. Just saying that he is a superior #2 option to Zach

Didnt say you said so, it was just an addition to a good point.

[Dizzle-2k7]

The west was nowhere near as brutal back then as it is now... to say that ZBO needs to advance to the 2nd round or better to prove his worth is wrong. Shoot, for most of Elton's time in LA, the lakers, nuggets, hornets, blazers, and jazz were all horrible teams.

[ALBballer]

Elton Brand is better then Randolph in almost all aspects of the game of Basketball. Randolph go eat a d-ck!