Elton Brand to have season ending surgery

Story @ RealGM

Philadelphia 76ers President and General Manager Ed Stefanski announced today that forward Elton Brand will undergo surgery on his right shoulder, which he dislocated on December 17, 2008 against the Milwaukee Bucks. As a result of the surgery, Brand will miss the remainder of the 2008-09 season.

The surgery is scheduled for Monday afternoon at the Wilmington Surgery Center.

Brand’s MRI results were reviewed by team orthopedist and medical director Dr. Jack McPhilemy of Main Line Health System and Dr. Craig Morgan of the Morgan-Kalman Clinic in Wilmington, DE, who concluded that the initial tear of the labrum in Brand’s right shoulder is responsible for a considerable decrease in the range of motion and instability, both of which would not allow him to be effective on the court.

Not what the Sixers were hoping for when they signed him this past offseason, to say the least. What looked like one of the steals of the summer certainly hasn't panned out yet, even before his shoulder injury. I'm not about to write Elton Brand off because it was a freak accident that's interrupted his integration into the team and their development as a cohesive unit but I'd say hopes of building upon last season's success as soon as this year have been emphatically dashed.

lol The new Kenyon Martin. The Sixers had a big winning streak without him. I think this is just what they need to make the playoffs again.

Woww...

February come strong with injuries: Bynum, Nelson, Bogut, and now Brand

Pff, it'll be just a footnote in the Philly championship book next year.