What do Elton Brand and Carlos Boozer have in common?

[Truth Hurts]

I guess they weren't Ethics majors.

[Celtic]

They also both like getting payed more to go to better teams, it's a job offer, and both made the obvious choice to go with the better option.

[JSD]

Haha! TP great correlation!

Ethics hasn't been a part of the Duke curriculum since their "guilty before innocent" mentality during the rape case.

How’s that work out for them!?

[Chris]

I see nothing unethical of what Brand did.  From everything I heard, it sounds like it was the Clippers were the ones who drove him away.

[JSD]

I see nothing unethical of what Brand did.  From everything I heard, it sounds like it was the Clippers were the ones who drove him away.

Take the thread the way it is supposed to be taken...

In jest 

[fairweatherfan]

Agree with the TP - I'd noticed the "backstabbing PF" similarity, but forgot both went to Duke.  This makes the UNC fan in me very happy.

[Truth Hurts]

I see nothing unethical of what Brand did.  From everything I heard, it sounds like it was the Clippers were the ones who drove him away.

It depends on who is telling the truth. Many have reported that Brand told the Clippers he was opting out to allow them salary cap flexibility, and that he had every intention of re-signing.

Now Brand is saying that he never said that. And no one knows what the Clippers offer really was. Something tells me that it wasn't much less than the Sixers gave him.

Boozer, on the other hand, lied to Cleveland, and no one denies this.

UNC Tarheels would have never behaved like this.

[Chris]

I see nothing unethical of what Brand did.  From everything I heard, it sounds like it was the Clippers were the ones who drove him away.

It depends on who is telling the truth. Many have reported that Brand told the Clippers he was opting out to allow them salary cap flexibility, and that he had every intention of re-signing.

Now Brand is saying that he never said that. And no one knows what the Clippers offer really was. Something tells me that it wasn't much less than the Sixers gave him.

Boozer, on the other hand, lied to Cleveland, and no one denies this.

UNC Tarheels would have never behaved like this.

They just would have taken the money and run straight to Vegas?

[Truth Hurts]

It depends on who is telling the truth. Many have reported that Brand told the Clippers he was opting out to allow them salary cap flexibility, and that he had every intention of re-signing.

Now Brand is saying that he never said that. And no one knows what the Clippers offer really was. Something tells me that it wasn't much less than the Sixers gave him.

Boozer, on the other hand, lied to Cleveland, and no one denies this.

UNC Tarheels would have never behaved like this.

They just would have taken the money and run straight to Vegas?

Only MJ would have!   

Eric Montross and Joe Forte would have been arrested for "stealing money".

[ChainSmokingLikeDino]

I see nothing unethical of what Brand did.  From everything I heard, it sounds like it was the Clippers were the ones who drove him away.

It depends on who is telling the truth. Many have reported that Brand told the Clippers he was opting out to allow them salary cap flexibility, and that he had every intention of re-signing.

Now Brand is saying that he never said that. And no one knows what the Clippers offer really was. Something tells me that it wasn't much less than the Sixers gave him.

Boozer, on the other hand, lied to Cleveland, and no one denies this.

UNC Tarheels would have never behaved like this.

Rick Fox, from Boston to LA 

[bbc3341]

The better question is what did the GMs of the Clippers and Cavaliers have in common?

[Frontierboy]

They're both ugly

[Celtic_E]

Aside from the fact they're both legit double-double threats everytime they stepped on the court? How bout they both double-crossed their former teams? 

[Moranis]

I see nothing unethical of what Brand did.  From everything I heard, it sounds like it was the Clippers were the ones who drove him away.

It depends on who is telling the truth. Many have reported that Brand told the Clippers he was opting out to allow them salary cap flexibility, and that he had every intention of re-signing.

Now Brand is saying that he never said that. And no one knows what the Clippers offer really was. Something tells me that it wasn't much less than the Sixers gave him.

Boozer, on the other hand, lied to Cleveland, and no one denies this.

UNC Tarheels would have never behaved like this.

Cleveland could have given Boozer the money Utah gave him.  If they did he would still be a Cav and the Cavs might have a championship.  Cleveland tried to pull a fast one believing the market for Boozer wasn't that great and it bit them on the ass.  They are every bit, if not more, to blame for losing Boozer than Boozer is.  Moral is you don't let a guy out of his contract so you can sign him to a long term contract below his market value without the risk that another team will actually pay his market value.

[Roy Hobbs]

Cleveland could have given Boozer the money Utah gave him.  If they did he would still be a Cav and the Cavs might have a championship. 

That's not really true.  Yes, as a restricted free agent, the Cavs had the right to "match".  However, since Boozer was coming off his second season, they didn't have Bird rights.  That meant the team would have had to clear sufficient salary cap space to be able to match Utah's offer, and couldn't do so. 

After the same thing happened with Gilbert Arenas, the CBA was modified.  Now, a team can't sign a restricted free agent with one or two years in the league to an offer sheet worth more than the MLE in its first year.  If that had been the rule at the time, Golden State could have matched Arenas and Cleveland could have matched Boozer.