Elton Brand drops weight, back to his old Clipper size

Elton Brand the Sixer did not look like Elton Brand the Clipper.

After the Achilles injury he looked slower -- in part because of the injury and in part because he was heavier. New coach Doug Collins noticed that, and challenged Brand to get back to his official listed weight of 254.

He did, minus a few more pounds, as he told John Schuhmann of NBA.com.

“I feel the dividends from that now,” he said. “My legs feel great.”

The Sixers have a roster that should run -- Andre Iguodala is a tremendous finisher in the open court, Jrue Holiday can run the break, getting Evan Turner some easy transition buckets would help his confidence, Andres Nocioni and Thaddeus Young can run.

Brand did to back in the day, the dangerous big trailing the initial break. If he can board and run this season, getting closer to his old form, it would be a big boost for the Sixers.