Photo by: Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) — Former number one overall draft pick Elton Brand announced his retirement this week, after seventeen years in the NBA.
Brand, a star at Duke University, was taken first overall by the Chicago Bulls in 1999. He spent two years in the Windy City, averaging 20+ points per game each year, before being traded to the Los Angeles Clippers for Tyson Chandler and Brian Skinner.
Brand played seven seasons with the Clippers, posting 20.3 points and 10.3 rebounds per game and making two All-Star Game appearances. He later played for the Philadelphia 76ers, the Dallas Mavericks and the Atlanta Hawks before returning to Philadelphia for the 2015-2016 season.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Bran called the chance to play in the NBA “a wonderful journey…an honor and a privilege.”
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