Kobe Bryant's "Kwame Brown Story"
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Riley Strikes Again!
That is very encouraging, can’t wait to see him bobble the ball for us now….
I’m in disbelief right now, this is pathetic, I have officially lost all trust in this group, how in the world could this organization be so damm dumb….
It's a one year deal, and with any sort of improvement from Biedrins he's our fourth big man.
You’re freaking out about nothing.
Your apathy towards jaded fans is concerning.
@DoctorKajita
by Doctor Kajita on Dec 13, 2011 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
You’re freaking out about nothing.
You say that now. Wait until you see a Udoh/Kwame combo. It won’t be pretty.
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the salary doesn’t really matter. He’s basically a cap space filler. We had capspace this year, we still have it next year.
I heard he doesn't like music.
by Reverend_Randy on Dec 13, 2011 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Good teams use their extra cap space for trades. Bad teams… do this.
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Dec 13, 2011 6:57 PM PST up reply actions
under the new cba
there’s a minimum amount we have to spend on the salary cap. sooo having extra cap space is pretty irrelevant.
Got love for the WCC.
by SnakesOnAPlane on Dec 13, 2011 7:24 PM PST up reply actions
yes
under the new cba, the only way to carry a decent chunk of cap space over to next year is to sign players to 1 year contracts
chuck hayes got paid $5M over 4 years
he wouldn’t have considered $7M for one?
many better players to go after. this just feels idiotic, paying Kwame 6 times what he made last season
http://nbawarriors.wordpress.com/
You’re freaking out about nothing.
Spending $7million dollars on a player you barely need when there are serious depth issues at the 1, 2, and 3 is “nothing”? Guffaw!
Big Baby Jesus 2012
by The Bimbo Coles Experience on Dec 13, 2011 6:34 PM PST up reply actions
errr...ok
just to be clear, Kwame does not appear to be good at defense
SI: Kwame Brown allowed 48% shooting in post-ups last year, ranked 202nd overall in pts allowed/possession. Let’s all chill
"There’s no such thing as off the charts, just get a bigger piece of paper. If you can’t figure that out you shouldn’t be charting anything" - Skep
by Duby Dub Dubs on Dec 13, 2011 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
This is like reading the News paper, Its the same old News, the only difference is the names of the people have changed…
It adds 7 mil to the cap, and with the Bell fiasco we now have no get out of jail free card, we’re screwed for this year….we could have waited for the trade dead line before we used our amnesty on Bell or used up our cap on this scrub….
The only difference right now between Cohan/RR and company, is the names changed to Lacob/Gubber…
It adds 7 mil to the cap,
It’s a one-year deal. There is a salary floor – we had to spend more money than we were spending. It doesn’t impact us next year at all.
We could have found something better to spend it on...
Kwame made about the veteran’s minimum last year. You’re telling me we had to spend $7M to get him? Surely there’s a better player out there for that much.
http://nbawarriors.wordpress.com/
It gives us a $7 million expiring contract which can be useful if someone wants to shed salary in any sort of trade. If we signed him for $2 million then that isn’t a very useful expiring contract. It may help out trade numbers in some way believe it or not.
What about $6M?
or 5? or 4?
Couldn’t we have tried some other options first before giving him $7?
http://nbawarriors.wordpress.com/
I realize that, I was looking at it from the perspective that there are still deals to be made out there, and then with a short season the trade dead line will not be to far away, but these desperation moves have hamstrung us until next year…
I just don’t get it, very disappointing.. I was very unimpressed with Bob Myers last night…this FO is not what it’s been made out to be, not so far…
Well, the CP3 for Monta Ellis, Klay Thompson, and Andris Biedrins rumor still has legs. LOL.
Peter Vecsey:
Paul has not reversed field regarding wanting out of New Orleans. Initially blessed with overriding leverage and exhilarating options, CP$’s, relocation program has narrowed to the Celtics (Rajon Rondo continues to be available) and the Warriors (NOLA wants Monta Ellis, Andris Biedrins and rookie Klay Thompson).
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/more_sports/paul_of_confusion_wK1uko3V1atBTgNkbfmHzI#ixzz1gTMKPjeh
"Go ahead. Make my day."
F KOBE!
Who cares what that Laker bum has to say!
Um
I think the point was that Kwame Brown is terrible.
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
by doubleteapot on Dec 13, 2011 11:09 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
well that's besides the point
but it’s hilarious how sensitive Warriors fans are about a top 10 player in history. Bum? haha
by SDtotheBay on Dec 13, 2011 11:18 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Imagine a Niner or Giants blog
with a front page video post showing a Cowboy or a Dodger talking smack about a new player b signed to a SF team. There would be riots in the SF streets!
Kobe is a great player – no doubt, but he is a Laker and by that fact alone, does not belong on the front page of GSOM.
by Togna Balogna on Dec 13, 2011 11:27 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I don't see why not..
he’s providing insight for our future player.
by SDtotheBay on Dec 13, 2011 11:37 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
insight?
He’s making fun of the guy. Plain and simple. Kwame has the reputation he deserves and this has been well documented, no doubt. I don’t need a Laker on the front page pf GSOM telling me crap I already know.
by Togna Balogna on Dec 13, 2011 11:49 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I see that SD
And I lived in Daygo for a few years. I managed not to start liking Kobe though. He’s a megalomaniacal black hole and has never won it all without a superstar big man. Shoo with that.
by RACE!! on Dec 13, 2011 11:28 AM PST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
I liked Kobe way before I moved to SD
Gasol is in no way, shape or form a superstar and was considered a career loser and choker until he signed with Lakers. Besides, Lakers were #1 in the west even before the Gasol signing that year.
Jordan never even won a playoff series without Pippen and an amazing group of role players.
Magic never won without a top 2 player of all time.
etc
by SDtotheBay on Dec 13, 2011 11:37 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
People consider Kareem a top 2 player of all time? Huh
I heard he doesn't like music.
by Reverend_Randy on Dec 13, 2011 12:54 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
And Kobe is the best correct?
Ron Paul 2012
by GovernorStephCurry on Dec 13, 2011 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
SD, the conversation of the top 3 players usually revolves around
some combination of Jordan, Magic, Bird and Russell.
Bird? top 3? lol am I seeing things? hahaha what in the world.
what argument does Bird have over Kareem?
Bird is definitively regarded as the best player ever to play his position.
That’s not the case with Kareem, although he has a lot of proponents. I’d put him ahead of Russell and Chamberlain, but probably behind Hakeem.
Kobe's Top 10 guards in history.
But I think top 10 period is a pretty big stretch.
See now, that's nonsense.
Kobe is great and has 5 rings and all, but no way is that man Top 10. I can name several guards who have arguably been better. Obviously Jordan and Magic, but also John Stockton, Gary Payton, Steve Nash, and Isiah Thomas. Dwyane Wade could easily surpass him in a few years. Plus, the Top 10 is too crowded with great big men to allow room for many guards (centers and power forwards).
Listen now, I agree that Kobe’s great, but if your biggest argument for Top 10 is that he’s won multiple titles (and I’m gonna assume here that it is, because that’s what his champions seem to always reference first), that’s kinda lame. Championships should not equate with level of greatness. They certainly shouldn’t hurt, but they shouldn’t be recognized in a vacuum (obviously, otherwise Robert Horry- 7 championships- would be regarded as the greatest player since Bill Russell). Now, in the case of Kobe, he has his 5 rings, and he was definitely a primary party to all of them, but across 16 years, he’s had a lot more embarrassing failures than he hasn’t. I’m talking about those epic let-downs he’s had throughout his playoff career. The kind like the one he just had last May when his team, an overwhelming favorite to contend for a championship, got swept by the overachieving Mavs. I know a lot of Kobe/Laker fans like to dismiss the significance of such an unexpected flame-out (e.g. they argue the Lakers had just been to three straight Finals and were exhausted, or Kobe was limited by his knee, etc.), but they also seem content to overlook his previously established body of work in this area- he’s had a lot of these disappointing meltdowns.
I mean, come on, man, 2008 when his team (the perpetual favorite) got drubbed by the Celtics (historically blowing the 24-point lead to lose Game 3 @ Staples and getting destroyed by 41 points in the deciding Game 6), 2007 when LAL managed to win one measly game against Phoenix in the first round, 2006 when LAL blew a comfortable 3-1 first round series lead against Phoenix and Kobe refused to take more than 2 shots in the 2nd half, 2004 when the Shaq, Kobe, Payton, Malone LAL got annihilated by sleeper Detroit in “the NBA’s first 5-game sweep” (a series in which Kobe smothered LA’s chances by out-shooting Shaq, though Shaq had the far better series), 2003 when Kobe and co. had their asses handed to them by the Spurs (a series which ended in another blow-out loss for Kobe). Not to mention, Kobe was pretty clearly 2nd fiddle to Shaq for their 3 championship runs, both in terms of value and actual performance. How can all this make anyone a Top 10 or Top 15 all-time player?
Kobe’s great and all, but I gotta balk at the suggestion that he’s seeing any of the guys in the Top 10. As a qualifier, no Top 10 player should have had to endure the vast overwhelming disappointments that Kobe has.
Kobe is the personification of everything that is wrong and evil in sports. If you don’t dislike him and the Lakers you’re just not paying attention.
Big Baby Jesus 2012
by The Bimbo Coles Experience on Dec 13, 2011 6:38 PM PST up reply actions
Who cares what that Laker bum has to say!
kobe actually played with Kawame is why who cares.
Mirror on the wall
Here we are again.
by Skeptic con Urquell on Dec 13, 2011 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
so we signed kwame. god help us all.
by AmaruEternal1989 on Dec 13, 2011 11:01 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
The CP3 is back on the table, the Howard sweepstakes is not over, there are plenty of deals to be made yet, we had until the 16th on the amnesty issue..
Is this the best this team could do? in making use of the amnesty and free agent market?
It appears to be Cohan/RR/Rileyesch….If this is it, then we may owe Cohan and apology ;)))
yes, it is the best we could do
Dwight and CP3 not coming to the warriors. if they did it would be for one shortened season and we would have to give up our future to pull it off.
Give me one more .500 season as we continue to improve and scratch for the 8 spot and then build on our success for the next few years
OVER
One season in which we might be good enough to be in playoffs because add a big name (who doesn’t want to be here) and maybe we make the playoffs but then suck for many years after.
by Togna Balogna on Dec 13, 2011 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
Nothing in your argument explains why they should have signed Brown. Sans that argument, the best they could have done would be to sign no one.
Big Baby Jesus 2012
by The Bimbo Coles Experience on Dec 13, 2011 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
LOL. Gotta laugh or else I'd be crying.
I had Kwame on my fantasy league last season and he did okay, but he wasn’t someone you could count on as he was inconsistent. It still makes me think what IF we had drafted Greg Monroe instead of Udoh. I doubt we would be going for Kwame and we would be better off with AB and Monroe.
"Go ahead. Make my day."
i still like Udoh better.. Gimme ten Udohs over ten Greg Monroes
by PIRATEWARRIOR on Dec 13, 2011 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
I'm keeping an open mind on Udoh, but why do we have Kwame then?
Monroe may not block as many shots as Udoh, but he gets more minutes, steals the ball, passes the ball better, and scores a lot more. I’m sure if West was here, we would have Monroe. Monroe would make David Lee available for trade. I had Udoh on fantasy league, too, but he was basically for blocked shots and some rebounds in very limited minutes.
"Go ahead. Make my day."
owe cohan an apology?
Thats some good s*it your smoking let me get a hit of it;)
by Yo mama is a warrior fan on Dec 13, 2011 11:12 AM PST reply actions
Gauchos?
I can’t watch this on my computer at work.. Can someone explain the UCSB gear?
by Ice Watter In His Veins! on Dec 13, 2011 11:13 AM PST reply actions
Basically
He’s taking questions, someone asks him about Kwame, and he talks about how bad Kwame was
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
by doubleteapot on Dec 13, 2011 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
Gauchos?
But why the UCSB gear? Are they practising there?
by Ice Watter In His Veins! on Dec 13, 2011 11:14 AM PST reply actions
No this was from a few months ago, I think
during the offseason, he was talking to college students
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
by doubleteapot on Dec 13, 2011 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
Kobe has training camps for kids during the summer sometimes at UCSB.
by WhenitsGoTimeitsGoTime on Dec 13, 2011 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
I've never been to a GSOM Night but I have an idea:
How about a shirt with a silhouette of Riley, and the words “The Dickens!” somewhere on it.
That my friends is epic, no wait a minute, it’s “The Dickens”!!!!
"That was very funny about the old man basketball skills. One is lucky to escape injury when playing against those crafty, crusty sumbitches. And it’s just demoralizing when they demonstrate yet again how to use the backboard from range." - Charlie Custer
by SmittytheCutman on Dec 13, 2011 11:22 AM PST reply actions
Lacob is the final decesion maker.
Big Baby Jesus 2012
by The Bimbo Coles Experience on Dec 13, 2011 6:41 PM PST up reply actions
If not a shirt it is definitely TonyPSD picture material
"That was very funny about the old man basketball skills. One is lucky to escape injury when playing against those crafty, crusty sumbitches. And it’s just demoralizing when they demonstrate yet again how to use the backboard from range." - Charlie Custer
by SmittytheCutman on Dec 13, 2011 11:22 AM PST reply actions
Reality Check
1 – Kwame is Much Improved since his laker days.
2 – That bar was low, so that means he’s a role player, not a major piece
3 – Contract is 1 year, so it will set the W’s up for being a player next year
4 – The only better player out there at the 5 is Nene, who isn’t really a 5 and would require tying up the W’s payroll for 4 years.
5 – This also primes the Warriors for a mid-season move, which is the better way of getting a player to come to Golden State – force them!
Short of getting Howard, any other big man move was going to overpaying for value, so I’m fine with the status quo, except for one thing:
GET KLAY AND TYLER IN CAMP YESTERDAY!!!!!!!
by joegiant on Dec 13, 2011 11:28 AM PST reply actions 7 recs
agreed on all counts
Plus, this allows us to make another move for a back up SG or PG who can play some defense.
I just see Kwame as a 7 footer who can get us 6 fouls a night and help us rebound – something we really need. This is not a bad thing people.
GO WARRIORS!
by Togna Balogna on Dec 13, 2011 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
that basically sums up everything, +1
I think the name is worse than the actual player.
by jpees on Dec 13, 2011 11:48 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
lol thats true. When I hear “Kwame Brown” I immdeiately think of the words “bust”, “failure” and “disappointment”
by warriorsandgiantsfan on Dec 13, 2011 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
These are my thoughts
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
by Badly Browned on Dec 13, 2011 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
meh
I would have just as soon brought Gadzuric back…at least he has a hot wife
"There’s no such thing as off the charts, just get a bigger piece of paper. If you can’t figure that out you shouldn’t be charting anything" - Skep
by Duby Dub Dubs on Dec 13, 2011 12:17 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
yeah if we didnt sign him to $7mil
then we wouldnt reach the 85% req and kwame wouldve been inked to miami or re-signed with charlotte… not the awesomest move, but i think its the best the f.o. could do at this point…
>:(
on a brighter note...
i was just reading that we signed klay thompson, jeremy tyler, and three other unknown guys. one is a pf from australia
>:(
All of the reasons listed above could be made to justify the signing of an undrafted/Dleague big for the league minimum! Unless they use his expiring in a major trade, which at this point seems next to impossible, how could spending $7million on a bad player be better than spending $300thousand some odd dollars on a comparably bad player?
Big Baby Jesus 2012
by The Bimbo Coles Experience on Dec 13, 2011 6:48 PM PST up reply actions
inhales deep and exhales
Woowwwww thhis stuff iss good …im sorry chris Cohan
by Yo mama is a warrior fan on Dec 13, 2011 11:51 AM PST reply actions
EVERYONE DON'T WORRY!!!
The last time Jerry West had Kwame Brown he turned him into Pau Gasol. Now, he’s going to turn it into DWIGHT HOWARD!!
WITH THIS SIGNING, THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS ARE GUARANTEED TO GET DWIGHT HOWARD!!!!
Who’s with me?? :)
KOBE CONFIRMS
he’s a cocky PRICK! Willing to throw a teammate under the bus for a few laughs, thats not playa!
by Brothaplease09 on Dec 13, 2011 11:53 AM PST reply actions 6 recs
I CONFIRM
Kobe’s a cocky PRICK!!
by 49erEmpire on Dec 13, 2011 12:38 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I'm still mortified.
You can blame Kobe all you want, but sadly he was telling a true story.
He was laughing about it then. You can guarantee he’s beside himself right now. He must be thinking, “Those Warriors sure are funny!”
His eyes are going to light up like M1000s as soon as he sees Kwame in a W uniform. He’s consistently going to go straight to the cup and score 77 points that night.
by MikeAucksbigg on Dec 13, 2011 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
Kwame will be worth it just by putting Kobe on his ass with a hard foul when he comes down the lane.
Take his anger out and get a flagrant even. If this happens I will officially have a t-shirt made with Kwame’s picture on it.
You all just have to remind me to do it if indeed that scenario happens. Hell, if that happens TonyPSD might even make a Kwame shirt. Kwame Brown…“One of the big boys”. If you caught that last part you’re old school.
"That was very funny about the old man basketball skills. One is lucky to escape injury when playing against those crafty, crusty sumbitches. And it’s just demoralizing when they demonstrate yet again how to use the backboard from range." - Charlie Custer
by SmittytheCutman on Dec 13, 2011 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
"Kwame Brown - Big Splash"
"There’s no such thing as off the charts, just get a bigger piece of paper. If you can’t figure that out you shouldn’t be charting anything" - Skep
by Duby Dub Dubs on Dec 13, 2011 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah Kobe is gonna put up 77 on 213 shots.
by RACE!! on Dec 13, 2011 3:24 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I still think that we would have been better off with the 7 million than Kwame Brown on our team
It would have allowed us to take on some salary in a trade.. we may not get that oppprtunity but id rather have that option than a 7 mil 4th string big guy
keep em both.
I Agree with the Cutman
I hope Kwame takes advantage of playing the Lake Show 4 times this season and proves this video and his detractors wrong. I’d say give em a couple hard fouls but that motivates kobe
Mark Jackson’s gonna put a fire under Kwame’s ass, we’ll get the best out of em. Kobe puts up 77 ?Closet Laker Fan is that you?
Last time I checked the Lakers lost the last time they came into Oracle, and were almost beaten the other time.Times are a changin. No Brown, No Odom, Jason Kapono? yeah..nice work.
by Garrett Flippin on Dec 13, 2011 2:28 PM PST reply actions
Closet Laker fan?
I take exception to that, sir. How dare you? I have been bangin’ the Warriors since I was knee high.
However, I also agree with the Cutman; it would be nice to have someone who vehemently dislikes Kobe give him a check a la Bynum’s flagrant in last years’ playoffs. I would say that would be worth $7M.
Just no injuries. I wouldn’t wish that on a broke-dick dog.
by MikeAucksbigg on Dec 13, 2011 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
Yep, if that video doesn't light an f'n fire under Kwame's ass, nothing will.
I’d be furious. First Michael Jordan breaks him down (see Michael’s book ‘When Nothing Else Matters’), and now Kobe. It’s time for Kwame to sack up, let his nuts hang, be a man, or whatever else you’d like to call it.
Suddenly, I find myself rooting for Kwame. I would not be mad at him for taking Kobe’s head off at the Oracle and starting a near riot. We had one a number of years back (see Murphy, Troy; Davis, Dale; Mills, Chris; Wallace, Rasheed).
"That was very funny about the old man basketball skills. One is lucky to escape injury when playing against those crafty, crusty sumbitches. And it’s just demoralizing when they demonstrate yet again how to use the backboard from range." - Charlie Custer
by SmittytheCutman on Dec 13, 2011 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
I was kinda hoping Raja Bell would have been the one...
…but unfortunately he decided to “get over it” when he go to the Warriors.
by MikeAucksbigg on Dec 13, 2011 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
Or even Matt Barnes...
…but he ended up actually playing alongside Kobe. I still find that very strange to watch.
by MikeAucksbigg on Dec 13, 2011 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
Mark Jackson’s gonna put a fire under Kwame’s ass
haha, or kwame just plants his ass on jackson and smothers the crap out of him?
Mirror on the wall
Here we are again.
by Skeptic con Urquell on Dec 13, 2011 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
According to Steinmetz twitter we had no shot at any other FAs at any position.
If that’s true I recant my anti-signing hystaria…but I find that extremely hard to believe.
Big Baby Jesus 2012
by The Bimbo Coles Experience on Dec 13, 2011 7:04 PM PST reply actions
I root for Kwame Brown
just because everyone is so down on him. I want him to prove everyone wrong. I heard he is much improved, lets hope I have heard right.
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