http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketbal ... &track=rssBrand should not sign with the Golden State Warriors, not even for $20 million more than the Clippers' offer, not if he is true to his image and his word.
Kaman should not play for the German national team, even though his grandparents were German, because stronger loyalties should lie with his health and his $52-million Clippers contract.
After the celebrated agreement with Baron Davis, neither of these things should even be an issue.
Shouldn't the rest of the fellas be excited about the arrival of a star?
Isn't this how the Boston Celtics just won a championship?
What happened with the Clippers last week is like Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett showing up in Boston last summer . . . at which point, Paul Pierce threatens to leave for more money, while Kendrick Perkins announces he's going to play overseas for a country to which he has only a remote association.
At the end of our conversation, Kaman had one question for me.
"So, what is Elton doing?" he said.
That's what everyone is asking.
I'm assuming he's staying.
I'm assuming that after seven years of positioning himself as the decent, honest face of the Clippers, Brand will not slap that face.
He basically told the Clippers that if they brought in Davis, he would stay. There was even thought that he would agree to a maximum-under-salary-cap $70-million contract on the same day Davis agreed.
But then the Warriors -- who have about as much use for Elton Brand as the Bay Area has for sunscreen -- offered $90 million.
-Ms. JJ
