Word in the NY Post is that he's been giving Curry a run for his Mickey D's on the court!

Full Name: Elton Brown
Birth Place: Newport News, VA
Height: 6-9
Weight: 255 lbs. Position: Forward/Center
Class: Senior

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Season Averages
SEASON MIN PTS REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P% PPS
2002-2003 18.7 9.6 4.3 .7 1.5 .47 .3 .3 2.5 .486 .538 .303 1.21
2003-2004 27.4 14.8 6.3 1.4 2.5 .54 .6 .5 2.5 .503 .627 .000 1.39
2004-2005 28.6 12.8 8.1 .7 2.0 .35 .3 .4 2.6 .478 .543 .143 1.23
2005-2006 Did not play.
Season Totals Rebounds
SEASON GP MIN FG FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OFF DEF TOT AST TO STL BLK PF
2002-2003 32 598 123 253 50 93 10 33 306 57 82 139 22 47 9 8 80
2003-2004 31 848 166 330 128 204 0 11 460 72 123 195 42 78 19 16 76
2004-2005 29 829 144 301 82 151 1 7 371 75 161 236 20 57 9 13 74
2005-2006 Did not play.


Not sure why he didn't play last season. I'm a big east guy and I really don't follow Virginia too tough so I don't remember him.

i'm wondering if he's more elton brand or elton john.

sounds like a slightly smaller Jackie Butler.

Elton Brown=Kwame Brand

Oh boy, this guy wants to see it with his own eyes:

Posted by bigbeast:

Can we wait until we actually see it with our own eyes, in an actual game before we take this WORD from God knows who that Brown has held his own against Curry. Geeze, you guys are so quick to jump the gun.

and this guy needs to see it in print:

Posted by SugarRayRichardson:
When did Jackie Butler neautralize Curry? I never saw that printed. LB in his season of purposefully trashing our team limited Curry as much or more than any player. Jackie did very little the whole first half of the season. In fact Brown wanted to send him to the minor leagues but he refused.

I can't win!


Lets just say I don't find it inconceivable that this kid is giving Eddy a tough time because i saw it myself with Butler. Not in head-to-head matchups, but in what they each did for the team on the floor. Too many times for my comfort Butler was the more effective center on the floor for us. He's simply a smarter, more aware player.

I doubt stats will bear it out, but I know 82games +/- stats do. Butler was our most effective player in that regard. If you don't believe things can work that way then you should be very down on the Jeffries signing, because he's another guy who can probably be fairly easy out-statted, but whom we hope will be a good facilitator and a guy who can help us win.

First of Blue, glad to see you cut your umbelical cord from Marburys jock strap long enough to make a logical post. Glad to see you enter this thread rather than stalking threads with Marbury or Isiah's name attached.

I disagree with your assesment of Butler and Curry. Butler is the classic back-up QB. everyone loves the back-up QB until the team is turned over to him. Butler had a flashes here and there, but his peak is stumped but Curry's peak. Curry had some amazing games. They were few and far between, I agree, but last yr was a crazy yr fro Curry beginning with the heart-condition, the inability to workout over the summer, nagging injuries, and Next-Town's strange sub patterns.

when I said, SEE, I was referring to Elton Brown out playing Curry. There was a reason this kid wasn't drafted.

You know last year was a down year for Curry, but even still he's not far off from being a VERY productive Center in this league. Its not like he has a lack of ability. I think he's going to be better this year, but then i'm not expecting Ewing or Shaq out of him. Curry avg'd 13.6 pts 6 reb and .78 bpg in only 25.9 mpg.

Now according to the NBA his per 48 min stats show:
Curry was behind only Shaq, Yao, Big Z in scoring at 25.1 ppg
Curry was behind only Shaq in FG%

Now it's his rebounding and blocks that need the most help
His rebounds per 40 min stat is 11.1 in comparison Chris Kaman is 14.0 and Shaq is 14.4
His Blocks per 48 min stat is 1.44, in comparison Chris Kaman is 2.02 and Shaq is 2.76

So clearly its on the defensive end that Curry needs to make the most improvement. Being realistic, I don't expect that he's ever gonna be on Shaq's level but I don't think its too much to ask for him to be about where Kaman is. If Curry can get to a per 40 min reb rate of 13.0 that would be excellent for him. If he can get his blocks up to around 2.00 or maybe just under that, I think that is a realistic goal for him to aspire to.

The biggest part of the equation for Curry is to have a change in mental approach. If he really wants to be a better player then he'll get there. His body has the ability, the limitation is in his head. Just being in shape and getting more minutes will get his production up this year alone. The rest is up to his level of desire.

Posted by Marv:

i'm wondering if he's more elton brand or elton john.

I'd say more Larry Brown