Kwame Brown
by ClipperSteve
on Jul 29, 2008 11:45 PM PDT
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OK, so I sometimes get more than a little Clipper-centric. I spend so much time on the Clippers, there's not a lot left over to ponder other NBA issues. At least not while also remaining a married person.
My buddy in Detroit sent me an email this morning. He used to live in LA, and remains a Clipper fan, but now also roots for the Evil Male Children, or whatever the hell it is they call themselves out there in MoTown, the Motor City. Still reeling from the fact that Tim Thomas is a Clipper lo these two years later, it was almost too much for him to accept Ricky Davis to the Clippers and Kwame Brown to the Pistons on the same day.
Kwame Brown signed with the Pistons, says I to myself. Hmm. That's something.
But I just found out he signed for 2 years and $8M. EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS! Now I ask you, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
Is this the same Kwame Brown who played basically not at all for either the Lakers or the Grizzlies last season? The Kwame Brown that was a contract? A big, dumb looking, contract, whose hands were bad even for a contract? (That's really bad in case you were wondering, since contracts, technically speaking don't even have hands.)
When the Wizards signed him for 3/$25M at the end of his rookie deal, I found it strange, since he really hadn't done much. But, you know, potential and all. When the Lakers exercised their option on him for $9M last year, I found it strange, but you know, what else were they going to do? Besides, maybe his contract would come in handy in a trade, right?
Does Dumars have his eye on some $4M piece he wants to acquire in February 2010, right around the trade deadline? Because we've now established that Kwame Brown can be a very effective trade piece in the NBA. Other than that, I'm not sure what he's bringing.
EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS! I had no idea.
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Well Diop got a big deal
Mavs gave him 31 million for 5 years. Kwame is a solid defender though not much of a shot blocker. Considering how much guys like Mark Blount got in the past its not that bad of a deal, especially since it ends in 2010. I think alot of teams were interested in Kwame as a backup in the 2-3 million range.
I won’t second guess the Pistons even with the Darko airball. They picked up guys like Sheed, McDyess, Billups, Rip, Stuckey for far under value so they know their stuff.
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by ClipperChuck on Jul 29, 2008 11:58 PM PDT 0 recs
why the Kwame hatred?
it’s not his fault that he’s not as talented as other people thought he was. but he remains a decent backup center who play good post defense. and in fact, given that Detroit doesn’t really have a true starting center (McDyess is a PF), then he could wind up playing a lot of minutes against teams that do have real centers. so he seems to be worth 4M to the Pistons.
think of it another way—the Lakers would much rather have had Kwame in the finals instead of Turiaf, and Kwame basically just signed for Turiaf-level money.
by Clipper Oz on Jul 30, 2008 7:19 AM PDT 1 recs
Agree with Oz
The Kwame deal is a bit of a head-scratcher but the Turiaf deal didn’t make any sense at all. Turiaf LOOKS like he’ll give you big tough inside presence… but then it doesn’t happen.
by swamigusto on
Jul 30, 2008 7:57 AM PDT
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Good points, all
In the context of deals for other bigs, I guess it’s not particularly out of line. Yes, the Turiaf deal is as bad or worse.
The stigma of being a bust as the number 1 overall will stick with Kwame his whole career no doubt. It happens to players, for various reasons. Juwan Howard was not appreciated for the player he was later in his career, for the simple reason that he had been incredibly overpaid at one point. Kwame is who he is.
And the Grizzlies had zero incentive to play him, since they knew he wouldn’t be back. So the fact that he got no minutes there wasn’t his fault.
But still – I’m surprised at the money.
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by ClipperSteve on Jul 30, 2008 9:27 AM PDT 0 recs
turiaf isnt thaat bad...
dont get me wrong i hate the dude and one of Felton’s last decent moves on the clippers was level him (last time they played and he was dancing up and down the floor), but he is an aggressive defensive presence, hes very athletic for his size, and he has a pretty consistent midrange jumper, i think he could fit Nellyball well… i dont think its worst than the kwame signing, and look at this way, now kobe has no real friends on the lakers anymore, unless u count sasha vugaycic (who is more like kobe’s bitch)
by althornton4president on Aug 5, 2008 12:49 PM PDT 0 recs
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