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Elton Brand thought he was going in for a harmless off-season workout at the Philadelphia 76ers practice facility. Patrick Willis Red Jersey . Instead, he got his walking papers. Summoned to a meeting by team president Rod Thorn, Brand learned earlier this month the Sixers would use their one-time amnesty provision in the new CBA to let him go. The move means the $18.1 million Brand is owed in the final season of his five-year deal will not count against the salary cap for Philadelphia. The two-time All-Star forward wouldnt stay unemployed for long. The Dallas Mavericks won the bidding Friday to obtain Brand off waivers, the latest in a series of moves to build their roster after a frustrating start in free agency. "Im pretty happy with it," Brand said by phone Friday night. "I think it can be good for me." Dallas also completed a one-year deal with 7-foot centre Chris Kaman, who tweeted Wednesday that he had reached an agreement with the Mavericks. The Sixers also continued to overhaul their roster when they agreed to a $6 million, two-year contract with former No. 1 overall draft pick Kwame Brown. A year after winning their first NBA title, the Mavericks couldnt persuade Deron Williams to come play for his hometown team. Williams stayed with the Nets for their move to Brooklyn and signed his new deal early Wednesday, the first day new deals could be finalized. Plus, guards Jason Kidd and Jason Terry are leaving Dallas in free agency. The Mavs acquired point guard Darren Collison and wing player Dahntay Jones from Indiana in a trade Thursday for centre Ian Mahinmi. Brand will still get the full $18.1 million he is owed, with Philadelphia paying any difference. Any team under the salary cap was eligible to bid for the 6-foot-9 forward. The winning bid wasnt revealed by the Mavericks. ESPN, citing anonymous sources, reported it was $2.1 million. Brand was happy to land in Dallas, he just wished he had more control of his future. "Yeah, that was real tough," he said. "I didnt have too many gripes with the CBA or the lockout but thats one gripe, just that you dont have a choice. You play years and years and dont have a choice. But to not have a choice, and still end up in Dallas, it turned out great." Brand was the top overall pick out of Duke in the 1999 draft by Chicago and has played 860 career games with the Bulls, Los Angeles Clippers and Philadelphia. He was an All-Star in 2002 and 2006. His career averages are 18.3 points and 9.4 rebounds while shooting 50 per cent from the field. Last season, he averaged 11.0 points and 7.2 rebounds in 60 games with the 76ers. Kaman averaged 13.1 points and 7.7 rebounds in 47 games with the New Orleans Hornets last season. He played the first eight seasons of his career with the Los Angeles Clippers, and has averaged 11.9 points and 8.3 rebounds in 540 career games. Kaman was on the German national team during the 2008 Olympics and was a teammate of Dirk Nowitzki. Brand isnt willing to concede a starting spot but is willing to play off the bench. "It depends on training camp and what Chris Kaman is ready to do," Brand said. "Hes a true centre. Ive played centre a lot. But hes a true centre. Whatever is needed to win ballgames and the minutes are there, it wont be too tough." Brand said he had a productive talk with coach Rick Carlisle. Dallas this week designated 7-foot centre Brendan Haywood as its amnesty player. Haywood is set to make $8.2 million next season and is due $27 million over the final three guaranteed years in his deal. Brand was a two-time All-Star when he spurned better offers and signed the free-agent contract with Philadelphia. While Brand was the locker-room leader and heart of the Sixers, his production never merited the deal he signed as one of the hottest free agents available. He played only 29 games in an injury-filled first season with Philadelphia and never meshed with former coach Eddie Jordan in his second. Under Doug Collins, Brand found his niche, and led the Sixers in scoring with 15.0 points a game in 2010-11. "We just didnt get it done," Brand said. "Im a realist. If we had got it done, Id have still been there, absolutely. No hard feelings at all. Ill still root for the organization. I had a great time. The fans were great. We started changing the culture. It was good." Brand may not become a legitimate 20-10 threat at power forward again like his years with Chicago and the Clippers, but he was as steady and durable as any Sixer over the past two seasons. Brand said he "would have loved to have come back," but understood why the Sixers made the change. They chose not to re-sign guards Lou Williams and Jodie Meeks, and believed their Eastern Conference semifinals loss to Boston was as far as that roster could go. "I felt like we had to get better. Something had to get done," he said. "We were kind of bringing the same guys back and other teams were getting better. ... 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Pargo missed the Hawks 103-87 win over the Cavaliers on Sunday with what was believed to be a stomach virus. He had the surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. LONDON -- Chelsea showed its rivals for Englands final Champions League place just how hard they will have to fight to finish in the top four, beating Queens Park Rangers 6-1 on Sunday. Although Tottenham returned to fourth place with a 2-0 win over Blackburn, Fernando Torres first hat trick in more than 2 1/2 years helped confirm that Chelsea is the in-form team of three aiming to qualify for Europes club top competition. Chelsea, which could yet render the race for fourth place immaterial if it wins next months Champions League final, hit four goals in the opening 25 minutes at Stamford Bridge and only conceded with six minutes left. The Blues reached the Champions League final in midweek by completing a two-legged win over Barcelona and would qualify as defending champion if it beats Bayern Munich for the trophy, leaving Englands fourth-place team to enter the second-tier Europa League instead. "After a Champions League game in midweek, it always proves difficult in the next game in the Premier League," Chelsea interim manager Roberto Di Matteo said: "I have to say that the team surprised me. I wasnt expecting but I was hoping. "They really put in a great performance today." Daniel Sturridge scored after 49 seconds, John Terry headed in a corner and the rejuvenated Torres scored twice to put the result beyond doubt with more than an hour remaining. The Spain strikers first goal was very similar to the one that earned a 2-2 draw at Barcelona. He knocked the ball around the goalkeeper with one touch and rolled it into an unguarded net with his next. He made it 4-0 after goalkeeper Paddy Kenny had dropped the slippery ball following a header back to him from teammate Nedum Onuoha. Torres struck again in the 64th for his first hat trick since September 2009, when he scored three times in Liverpools 6-1 win over Hull, and substitute Florent Malouda scored in the 80th. Djibril Cisse got a late goal back for relegation-threatened QPR. After just eight goals in his first 61 games since joining Chelsea for 50 million pounds ($81.3 millionn), Torres now has four from his last two matches. NaVorro Bowman Jersey. "I was feeling very good, very sharp, playing well, but I couldnt score," Torres said. "Now I feel Im not playing as well as before, but I am scoring goals, which is the important thing for the strikers." With Chelsea fans looking forward to next months Champions League final and FA Cup final, the opening half-hour was played in a party atmosphere despite heavy rain that meant water splashed with players every footstep and the ball barely travelled when passed along the ground. Still, a large number of Chelsea fans jeered and taunted QPR defender Anton Ferdinand throughout for his accusation earlier this season that Terry had racially abused him. Terry lost the England captaincy and faces a criminal trial after the European Championship in the summer. The furor meant that the traditional pre-match handshake between the sides was abandoned Sunday to avoid the players coming into contact outside of the game. Defeat further damaged QPRs chances of avoiding relegation, although it is still just above the bottom three on goal difference. "Weve damaged our own goal difference today," QPR manager Mark Hughes said. "At halftime we talked about that." Chelsea next hosts fifth-place Newcastle on Wednesday, when Tottenham is at Bolton. Rafael van der Vaart and Kyle Walker scored Sunday for Tottenham, which had 19 shots to none by relegation-threatened Blackburn. Van der Vaart put Spurs ahead in the 22nd after Gareth Bales header from a cross by Aaron Lennon hit the bar, but the home sides comprehensive domination yielded only Walkers 75th-minute strike after that. Tottenhams second win in 10 matches lifted it above Newcastle, which crashed 4-0 at Wigan on Saturday, on goal difference and to within four points of third-place Arsenal. Chelsea is a point further back with three games remaining. The title race resumes Monday, when defending champion Manchester United travels to second-place Manchester City -- with just three points separating the sides. ' ' ' |
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