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Sixers' Brand needs 6 months to recover (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Philadelphia 76ers forward Elton Brand will need six months of recovery on his surgically repaired right shoulder and should be ready for the start of the 2009-10 season. "He's got a 95 percent chance of returning as good as he is or was before," said Brand's surgeon, Dr. Craig Morgan. Morgan repaired the torn labrum in Brand's right shoulder on Monday.