By Eduardo Maisonet, III / @edthesportsfan

Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reported to the world over the weekend that the Philadelphia 76ers will use the amnesty clause on Elton Brand to clear the remaining $18.2 million from his contract. Brand was entering what would have been the final year of his egregious five-year, $79.8 million contract Philadelphia signed the former Duke Blue Devil power forward to in July 2008.

(That sound you hear is all Philadelphia 76ers breathing a sigh of relief.)

Since Brand finally got his walking papers while still being able to collect his handsome paycheck in the process, I figured there are surely 5 other players in the league that should get amnestied…immediately, right?
Of course I can.

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By Eduardo Maisonet, III / @edthesportsfan

For FOX Deportes

Well, we’re not actually moving to Miami. Unless I can talk to our editor about sending us on a field trip. (Rob, what up?) Let’s see how this goes…unless I don’t have a job here anymore. You know what, let’s just roll into my five points.

1. Someone please get Oklahoma City a 5-hour energy drink: I don’t want to beat this point into the ground, but the Oklahoma City Thunder simply can’t afford to keep digging holes to try and climb out of later in the game. Those moments of comeback are special, and the Thunder are well-equipped to do it. However, just because you can do it doesn’t mean you should have to all the time. Miami’s too good to allow them to be frontrunners, they were built to play that way.

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