Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown Talk Smack in Practice
It hasn’t been any easy ride for Michael Jordan’s son, er, I mean Kwame Brown. After bouncing around three NBA franchises unsuccessfully, Brown landed in Detroit this summer with higher hopes. But even if he addresses a weakness along Detroit’s front lines, he’ll have to make it through practices against the toughest trash talker in the League before he can prove his merits in the game.
After dunking an ‘oop in practice the other day, Brown got an earful from Rasheed Wallace, screaming at him something like:
“That’s three baskets in three-and-a-half hours! Three baskets!”
Though Kwame could be crying on the inside, he’s not backing down.
Brown didn’t shrink away. The free-agent acquisition gave it right back to Wallace — just not as loudly.
When coach Michael Curry called the team together to end practice, the two players were smiling at each other and all was good.
“We were jawing all day at practice,” Brown said. “I told him he was in the trunk and I’m locking him up. Sometimes just because you’re the loudest, it don’t mean nothing.”
Sure, Kwame. Sure.
Source: Detroit Free Press
October 10th, 2008 at 9:05 am
the_don_mega says:
Andrew… that first line you threw was priceless…
October 10th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Jah says:
I think Kwame’ll get tougher in time…
October 10th, 2008 at 9:23 am
JOB33 says:
Hasn’t he had enough time to get tougher Jah?
October 10th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Tyrone says:
Kwame Brown is gonna go down as the biggest bust ever y’all. Cat’s got no game and no heart – he may think he’s a gangsta but he ain’t nothing but a loser y’all.
True thugs never lie.
Tyrone
October 10th, 2008 at 9:45 am
control says:
Tyrone,
You boy Kwame done sacrifice mo fo he piece den you is done for they hood son. Check you self fo you wrex you self homie.
True ethugs done sacrifice.
Control
October 10th, 2008 at 9:46 am
Thats my boy Blue says:
Thanks for clearing that up Tryone.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Scott says:
Kwame is rough, but at least he’s been able to an average big man. There’s bigger busts out there, case in point, Darko, lol.
October 10th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Mike says:
Go Kwame…stop hating Dime!
October 10th, 2008 at 10:12 am
ERIC says:
I think Darko and Candi-Man are bigger busts
October 10th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Michorizo says:
Sometimes just because you’re the #1 Pick in the NBA, it don’t mean nothing.
October 10th, 2008 at 10:21 am
smity far away says:
“It hasn’t been any easy ride for Michael Jordan’s son, er, I mean Kwame Brown.”
lol.
@ andrew katz
from start to finish, nice post
October 10th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Sam I Am says:
Wow Michorizo
October 10th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Taj says:
Hangin out with Sheed in practice will be good for him. First line was nice though! LOL!
October 10th, 2008 at 10:46 am
RENO says:
Did Tyrone give anybody else a headache!?!
October 10th, 2008 at 11:02 am
marcus the great says:
keep posting Tyrone, ignore the haters. i think your posts are funny as shit!! lol
October 10th, 2008 at 11:11 am
craig990 says:
^^…right!:S
but nice post dime!
loll.. i think Kwame will eventually be a good role player. he is already a solid rebounder.. i think his biggest problem is his shaky hands and lack of confidence in what he can do or be able to do.
There were so many times when Kobe literally fed this guy the ball after attracting the whole defense, and Kwame would either fumble the pass, or make a stupid play.
Kid needs work.. and I think the Pistons are a perfect team to mold him into a decent player. he has got alot to learn from. I think the Spurs and Greg Pop could help him out too. But Phill Jax and the Lakers just were not into helping this Guy develope and he didnt have any other decent big man to learn from.. he played with Chris Mihm, brian Cook..guys like that.. he was always on teams with Big men that weren’t that much better than him.. all average at best.
Now.. lets see what he can become!
October 10th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Busta says:
“Tyrone,
You boy Kwame done sacrifice mo fo he piece den you is done for they hood son. Check you self fo you wrex you self homie.
True ethugs done sacrifice.
Control”
Hooked on Phonics worked for me!
October 10th, 2008 at 11:23 am
ObservantOne says:
Oh my Gawd you guys really are taking topics from your post and turning them into articles. Yall know Fed just posted this earlier. I think yall just like messing with YOUNGFED. LOL. Keep up the good work.
October 10th, 2008 at 11:30 am
jonny taise says:
wouldn’t kwame have worked with kareem in LA? just like bynum has been doing (and mihm) the last few years???
October 10th, 2008 at 11:31 am
YOUNGFED says:
@Control
You must have never gotten respect in school cause your sure as hell acting like your better than Tyrone or something. I’m starting the “STOP THE BITCHAZZNESS MOVEMENT” with you. Stop hating you fukin’ lame.
October 10th, 2008 at 11:32 am
YOUNGFED says:
BTW Andy Katz you robbed me son. Atleast give me a shout out bruh.
October 10th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Chaos says:
Kwame will benefit greatly from being around Rasheed(thats a first in itself) because he is learning from an extremely talented and skill big man who also has a hyperactive mean streak. kwame can learn to develop both…as well as practice catching the ball. also being with the pistons, he is almost guaranteed to be developed into a decent 5 (11, 9, and 2 hopefully)
October 10th, 2008 at 11:37 am
control says:
Busta,
It’s a good thing you are here to drop the B.O.M.B. on me about my Anarchy. When Disaster Strikes The Coming of my vocabulary, it’s good to know you will provide a Big Bang to let me know It Ain’t Safe No More. I’m sure the Coming of a new Genesis will let you know that my post to Tyrone was pure sarcasm. As is this one.
October 10th, 2008 at 11:49 am
YOUNGFED says:
Kwame will be a dawg just like Chauncey. It’s something in the water in Detroit
October 10th, 2008 at 11:53 am
control says:
YOUNGFED,
I’m not one to judge if I am better or worse than Tyrone, you should probably read up on the ethuggery and eshenanigans has engaged in before starting your “STOP THE BITCHAZZNESS MOVEMENT”. You are the biggest bitch ass posting here son.
I do agree with you as far as the shout out goes though
October 10th, 2008 at 11:55 am
isotope says:
Theres definitely “something” in that Detroit water
October 10th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
YOUNGFED says:
Glad to see we agree on something. I just don’t like how katz keep ganging up on dude. Also ain’t no BITCHAZZNESS here. Ya better ask somebody. Whatever I got say i’m always straight foward. It’s all good just stop all the hatin’ on fella.
And IsoJoke your not even worth a comment son.
October 10th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
RealTalk says:
Why all the hostility in here. Control goes at Tyrone, Fed goes at Control, Isotope goes at Fed, Fed goes at Iso. Be Easy people.
Also I agree FED the are swagger jacking you. I noticed Andrew gave a big NO COMMENT on this one. lol
October 10th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
isotope says:
lol
October 10th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Lady Luck says:
If Kwame couldn’t learn from Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Phil Jackson, or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, then the future is looking pretty grim. Hopefully they won’t ask him to score, or catch the ball. He should defend and rebound for about 15 minutes a night and then sit the hell down.
HE IS SO WACK!
October 10th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
isotope says:
but there is hope. He is drinking that Detroit water.
October 10th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
rootsradical says:
i’ll never forget watching a Lakers game last season just before he got traded. the fans were booing him on every possession after what was maybe his 4th turnover in under 2 minutes. it got to the point where he was afraid of the ball. i almost felt sorry for him. almost. he got s nervous when they would pass him the ball he fumbled it twice. it hurt me to watch someone making that kind of money with such a great opportunity to do great things be so timid in what should be his comfort zone.
October 10th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
sans says:
My nephews competed in the Jr. Olympics in Detroit this summer, then I saw them in Puerto Rico a week later, got them lost in a run down part of San Juan, and all they could say at this fucked up neighborhood was, “wow, looks like Detroit.”
I’m not hating. Cleveland is rundown too. Just laughing and typing.
October 10th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
control says:
sans,
It’s aight to hate on Detroit, the place is a fucking dump.
I sometimes have to drive down there for work, there are a few nice places, but it’s generally a piece of shit.
isotope,
Ain’t no one drink Detroit water for long…shit will kill ya.
October 10th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
George W Kush Sr says:
Kwame’s not as bad as Olowokandi or Darko.
Rasheed and Detroit in general will be good for Kwame’s self confidence and development.
I see his ceiling as a player as a strong interior defender, decent rebounder, a couple blocks a game, 8-9 pts a game. So a decent defensive big man, thats not bad in a league filled with Amare, Dwight, Chandler, Brand, Boozer, Bosh, Shaq, Duncan, KG, Okur, Yao, Nene, KMart, Josh Smith, Curry, Randolph, Aldridge, and other PF and C’s who can drop 20 on ya if you dont have any big men on your team.
October 10th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Dagomar says:
lol first Jordan, then Kobe, then Sheed. Poor guy.
October 10th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
ed says:
i think sheed will be the best thing to ever happen to kwame’s game. sheed is crazy nuts. kwame is gonna play hard for the first time ever or hes going to have deal with sheeds vocal, mental and probably physical abuse. should interesting to watch.
October 10th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Irene says:
Best of luck to Kwame, but thank god we have Pau.
October 13th, 2008 at 9:03 am
sirak says:
@Michorizo – amazing insight…