Court Report: Brand recognition

Elton Brand's(notes) big game on Wednesday takes center stage as we scan the league for news-worthy items from over the past few days.• Okay, so it was just one game. Good luck convincing Elton Brand's fantasy owners to limit their exuberance after his 19 points, 11 boards, 3 steals, and 6 blocks in 42 minutes (!) against the Bobcats on Wednesday night. When you also consider that there was talk of his being moved to the bench – for Rodney Carney(notes), of all people – in the days leading up to the game, then it's pretty easy to see what the fuss is all about. Perhaps it's just coincidence, but Brand finally got the Marreese Speights(notes) treatment (getting run at center in a small lineup), and he delivered his first substantial line of the season.So now we need to qualify things. It's unrealistic to expect Brand to see 42 minutes per game, even while Speights is sidelined, and a single game against a small Bobcats lineup isn't a true litm...