Sixers finalize deal with 7-1 Brezec
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Sixers finalize deal with 7-1 Brezec
The Sixers have signed free agent center Primoz Brezec to a 1-year contract worth $1.1 million.
The 7-1 Brezec, who entered the league with the Indiana Pacers as a first-round draft choice in 2000 (No. 27 overall), is the fifth big man on the current roster, joining Dalembert, Elton Brand, Marreese Speights and Jason Smith.
The signing was first reported last week in the Daily News.
“We feel that Primoz will provide us with additional size and depth in the front court, but just as beneficial is the wealth of experience he brings to the team not only on the NBA level, but internationally as well,” Sixers president/general manager Ed Stefanski said in a statement.
Breezec, 29, has career averages of 7.6 points and 4.1 rebounds, also logging time with the Charlotte Bobcats, Detroit Pistons and Toronto Raptors. He posted career high of 13.0 points and 7.4 rebounds with the Bobcats in 2004-05.
He spent last season in Italy, and last played in the NBA with the Bobcats, Pistons and Raptors in ’07-08, appearing in a combined 50 games. He has been a starter in 214 of his career 321 appearances.
A member of the Slovenian National Team, Brezec has competed in the 2003 and 2005 FIBA European Championships and the 2006 FIBA World Championship.
NBA CHAMPS!!!— woogie- Your kidding me right? First a dude that averages three points a game and now this, what Shawn Bradly wasn't available? Well he won't get much press and negative talk cause most folk have no idea who he is to include me. I sure hope there is a college kid coming out next year like LBJ cause we should have the most ping pong balls in the next draft with this team.— rayzoe
- Your kidding me right? First a dude that averages three points a game and now this, what Shawn Bradly wasn't available? Well he won't get much press and negative talk cause most folk have no idea who he is to include me. I sure hope there is a college kid coming out next year like LBJ cause we should have the most ping pong balls in the next draft with this team.— rayzoe
- Yeah cause international experience helps in the nba— CaptainCrunch
Comment removed.- Good analogy Red Robot. That's exactly what has happened to Ed Stefanski.— World2
- Ed Stefanski didn't fall alseep he was wide awake when he signed Iggy(a midlevel player) & Brand(injury prone) to maxed out deals! They have almost 200 million invested in Iggy, Brand and Dalembert. Can't you just smell the championships?— Nothing but the truth
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- ed stefanski must be channeling shawn bradley, just another stiff— truthrising
Stefanski is banking on the players we already had to get better. I think most of the player have room for growth except for the one position he didn't address SG. Willie Green is what he is. We need 15 points a game or better from that position. Von Wafer might have been nice. I think he is better than Green.- How does this story deserve more than one sentence— phillyking22
- How does this story deserve more than one sentence— phillyking22
- How does this story deserve more than one sentence— phillyking22
- How does this story deserve more than on sentence— phillyking22
- Wow! Great schedule, New logo, Coach and now the last piece of the Puzzle sighing Brezec. All I can think of so far is, "Aint no stopping us now."— xmar
Bob Cooney has been at the Daily News for more than 20 years, working in the sports department for the past 15. This is his third season on the Sixers beat. He has covered just about everything, but mostly college basketball, where he was the La Salle beat writer for six seasons. E-mail Bob at cooneyb@phillynews.com and follow him on Twitter.
