NBA fans in Philadelphia better start buying their Philadelphia 76ers Tickets right now. The Philadelphia 76ers have reportedly inked power forward Elton Brand to a five year deal worth approximately 82 million dollars. The acquisition of Brand is exactly what the team needed to make the push into the upper echelon of the Eastern Conference. The Sixers were a big surprise last season; they made the playoffs just one year after trading Allen Iverson and took the heavily-favored Piston to six games in the first round of the playoffs.
The Sixers were supposed to be bad last season. When I say bad, I mean worst team in the league bad. But the resurgence of veteran point guard Andre Miller and unexpectedly quick development by some of the club's young players helped them climb all the way to the seventh seed in the conference after a 5-13 start. The Sixers were a good team last season but had one glaring weakness; they had no scoring in the low post. The Sixers were playing journeyman Reggie Evans at power forward for most of the season, a guy who is not exactly an offensive juggernaut. Brand will provide all the inside scoring a team could ask for. The guy averages 20 and 10 for his career and is a force on the block.
Add Brand to an already promising roster full of young talent and you've got something special in the works. Miller had one of his best seasons last year and is entering a contract campaign in 2008-2009. It's unlikely the team will be able to retain his services after this upcoming season, but by then he'll be 33 and the team has already been grooming talented youngster Louis Williams to take over the role as floor general. Center Samuel Dalembert took major strides last season and seems to be finally living up to his potential. The seven-foot Haitian averaged a double-double last season and added more than two blocks per contest. Andre Iguodala is one of the premiere defenders in the league and has off-the-charts athletic ability. But the most promising young gun on the team, in my opinion, is second-year forward Thaddeus Young. This kid has star potential. He played a lot of minutes at the four thanks to the team's lack of depth an excelled despite being just 6-8. The acquisition of Brand and rookie Mareese Speights will allow Young to move to his natural position of small forward full time. This kid will sell Philadelphia 76ers Tickets for years to come with his well-rounded game.
With the addition of Brand, I think the Sixers are the third best team in the east. The Celtics and Pistons are still in a class of their own, but in a year or two, the City of Brotherly Love could be home to the conference champions. Philadelphia 76ers Tickets are only going to get harder to come by each year.
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