Filowitz's Friday Five

Dog days of summer short version!

1) Elton Brand to the Sixers is a nice move for both parties. Spare me the "betrayed the team" story line. Brand doesn't owe the Clippers anything. He played for that crap franchise for a long time, and never really bitched about it. As for the Sixers, that gives them an All Star piece to go with their squad of young athletes and Andre Miller. They'll be tough next year, no doubt.

2) Baron Davis to the Clippers is now a bummer. If Brand had stayed, that could have been an interesting team. Now, it's Baron toiling on a crappy team again, like he did for a couple years on those Hornets teams. Baron was more fun to watch on a competitive team like the Warriors of th last two years. At least he gets to make movies now or something.

3) Corey Maggette to the Warriors is interesting. Another mid-sized swingman with great scoring ability and limited defensive skills. The Warriors are worse without Baron, but adding Magette (and possibly Turiaf) will make them not as much worse.

4) Chris Duhon to the Knicks is virtually pointless. He's not particularly good at anything - I guess that means he and Mardy Collins will get along.

5) There are probably too many Cubs on the All Star team. Does that say something about Cubs fans or the overall crappiness of the NL this year? Or both? Or neither?