I would say that part of the reason for Elton Brand's comments were in response to the way that students (I am guilty of that too, though I had my picture taken with Brand and two friends of mine the day he announced his entry into the NBA draft) and the Chronicle (Duke's daily newspaper) treated the (at the time) potential and very real, possibly devastating situation of losing most of the team to early entrance into the NBA, one to graduation (the Alaskan Assassin Trajan Langdon), and one to transfer. For all we know, Elton Brand could have said that at a party when he was completely drunk. Granted that doesn't justify this kind of comment alone, but the way that whole situation unfolded, especially with Avery and Maggette, he had somewhat of reason to express anger.
It doesn't matter, Duke still won the National Championship two years later, and it won't be our last.
GO DUKE!!
P.S. Hey Tar Holes, 8-20 record?? Are y'all going to beat that this year with a 9-19 record? See y'all on February 5, don't cry too hard. I knew Carolina was awful when I sat 3rd row courtside last year at UNC for the Duke game, having bought a scalped ticket for 35 bucks (which would normally go much, much higher for the seat I had), surrounded by a sea of Tarhole Blue, and some the UNC fans were actually cheering for Duke. That's just sad. Things won't be much different this year, I'm afraid.
