Elton Tyron Brand (born March 11, 1979 in Cortlandt Manor, New York) is an American All-Star professional basketball player and film producer who currently plays for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA. Brand is one of four active players to have career averages of at least 20 points and 10 rebounds per game; the other three are Tim Duncan, Shaquille O'Neal and Kevin Garnett.
At the age of thirteen, Brand enrolled in Peekskill High School, where he...
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Elton Tyron Brand (born March 11, 1979 in Cortlandt Manor, New York) is an American All-Star professional basketball player and film producer who currently plays for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA. Brand is one of four active players to have career averages of at least 20 points and 10 rebounds per game; the other three are Tim Duncan, Shaquille O'Neal and Kevin Garnett.
At the age of thirteen, Brand enrolled in 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. At the same time, he became something of a cult hero in Peekskill, helping his team win two state championships while demonstrating a humble calm and an articulate intelligence. The former Governor of New York, fellow Peekskill native George Pataki, was once...
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