Remember a few years ago when the Clippers signed Brand to a deal, keeping a young team in place and making everyone believe they were going to make a run over the next few years? Well, they made a run one year, and I guess have decided that’ll be enough. The always stingy team has apparently lost the Elton Brand sweepstakes, and it’s apparently been won by Philadelphia.

I don’t have any details on the signing yet, but sources are saying the deal will be worth nearly $82 million. Given that the Sixers were able to give Detroit a scare in the playoffs this year, and now they apparently have Elton Brand. . . well, it certainly helps bolster the East, which is generally looked at as half the competition of the West.