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Northern Westchester Legend Elton Brand Named NBA GM Northern Westchester Legend Elton Brand Named NBA GM
Northern Westchester Legend Elton Brand Named NBA GM One of the most accomplished athletes to ever play high school sports in the Hudson Valley is moving to the front office.After a 17-year NBA career, 1997 Peekskill High School graduate Elton Brand is expected to be named general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday. Brand, who played five seasons with the 76ers, is currently the team's vice president of basketball operations after serving as GM of the Sixers' G League affiliate in Delaware. Brand, 39, replaces Bryan Colangelo as GM, who resigned in June after  "careless and in some instances reckless" sharing of sensitiv…