Sixers' Coach Maurice Cheeks is happy to have Elton Brand in Philadelphia but isn't sure if his team is ready to contend with the big guns in the NBA just yet, according to Courier Post.

"The way any team has any chance of winning is that they're a selfless basketball team," Cheeks said. "I thought that's what our basketball team was last year and I don't think it will be any different this year."

However, no matter how selfless the team is, he doesn't think the team is ready to come out of the Eastern Conference.

"To compare us with Boston? C'mon, we have a long way to go," Cheeks said. "We're still trying to reach and see where we can go. That's a long stretch to think we can be the Boston Celtics."

Via Courier Post

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