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Along with his averages of 20.0 ppg and 10.3 rpg, Elton Brand's postgame eloquence was among the league's best.
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Clippers Forward Elton Brand has been named to the 2003-04 NBA All-Interview First Team, the NBA Public Relations Directors Association (NBAPRDA) announced today.
Brand was joined by Ray Allen of the Seattle SuperSonics, who led all players in votes to earn his fourth consecutive First Team appearance on the NBA All-Interview team, as well as fellow first-time selection Jermaine O’Neal of the Indiana Pacers. Allen recieved 30 votes, while Brand and O'Neal garnered 19 and 22 respectively.
Rounding out the rest of the First Team was Steve Nash of the Dallas Mavericks (17 votes) with his third selection and Seattle’s Brent Barry (16 votes) with his second selection. The NBA All-Interview First Team coach is 2003-04 NBA Coach of the Year, Memphis’ Hubie Brown (23 votes).
Lakers Karl Malone (11 votes - 17th consecutive selection), Rick Fox (10 votes - second selection), and Shaquille O’Neal (10 votes - third selection) highlighted the second team, joined by Minnesota’s Sam Cassell (13 points) and Milwaukee’s Michael Redd (11 votes). Both Cassell and Redd made their first appearance on the NBA All-Interview Team this season. The NBA All-Interview Second Team’s coach is Minnesota’s Flip Saunders, who earned his first All-Interview Team selection with eight votes.
In additon, Brand's Duke and Clippers teammate Corey Maggette also recieved a vote from the panel.
A total of 69 players and 20 coaches were named on at least one of the 62 ballots cast. The voting panel consisted of members of the Professional Basketball Writers Association (PBWA). They were asked to vote for a coach and five players, without regard to position, based on their accessibility and ability to provide informative and interesting quotes.
Below are the voting results for the 2003-04 NBA All-Interview Team:
| FIRST TEAM |
| PLAYER |
TEAM |
VOTES |
| Ray Allen |
Seattle |
30 |
| Jermaine O'Neal |
Indiana |
22 |
| Elton Brand |
Clippers |
19 |
| Steve Nash |
Dallas |
17 |
| Brent Barry |
Seattle |
16 |
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| COACH |
TEAM |
VOTES |
| Hubie Brown |
Memphis |
23 |
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| SECOND TEAM |
| PLAYER |
TEAM |
VOTES |
| Sam Cassell |
Minnesota |
13 |
| Karl Malone |
Lakers |
11 |
| Michael Redd |
Milwaukee |
11 |
| Rick Fox |
Lakers |
10 |
| Shaquille O'Neal |
Lakers |
10 |
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| COACH |
TEAM |
VOTES |
| Flip Saunders |
Minnesota |
8 |
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