Golden State Warriors Center Kwame Brown Expected To Miss Three Months
by Nate Parham on Jan 12, 2012 1:24 PM PST
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PrintVideo of Kwame Brown's injury via CSN Bay Area.
Just as the Golden State Warriors are expected to get Andris Biedrins back with Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic in town tonight, they've been hit with more injury news: center Kwame Brown is expected to miss at least three months, which could amount to the remainder of the lockout-shortened 2011-12 NBA season.
Oakland Tribune reporter Marcus Thompson II has the details.
Brown will have to undergo surgery after Wednesday's MRI revealed he tore the pectoralis major, the large chest muscle that attaches to his right shoulder...The injury occurred at the 6:22 mark of the fourth quarter against Miami when Brown fouled Heat forward Udonis Haslem. Brown immediately began grimacing and holding his shoulder. He came out of the game and never returned.
Whatever you thought about Brown before this season, he's been a productive center to help anchor the Warriors' defense as he's enjoyed a career-high defensive rebounding rate thus far this season.
As Matt Steinmetz of CSN Bay Area reports, Andris Biedrins should be expected to start in Brown's place for tonight.
Brown’s injury likely means Biedrins will be back in the starting lineup Thursday night against Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic. Biedrins has missed the past three games with a sprained ankle and toe injury, but he practiced on Wednesday.
For updates on the injury news as it happens and lineups for today's game, check out SB Nation Bay Area's storystream.
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this is awesome actually
Tip a Udoh and Tyler too!
J-RIDAH: Its not 1 player in this draft better than Monta or Lee. Anthony Davis is no different than Al Farouq Aminu. Andre Drummond could be good but he is not impressive at this point at all besides his size. This draft is hella overated.
by Evanz on Jan 12, 2012 1:36 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
this is awesome actually?
injuries are never awesome.
get well soon big splash
and come back next year , we hardly got to know ya.
Mirror on the wall
Here we are again.
by Skeptic con Urquell on Jan 12, 2012 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
come back next year?
you want to re-sign him?
J-RIDAH: Its not 1 player in this draft better than Monta or Lee. Anthony Davis is no different than Al Farouq Aminu. Andre Drummond could be good but he is not impressive at this point at all besides his size. This draft is hella overated.
you want to re-sign him?
as a backup he was very good so yeah i’d give him another year.
Mirror on the wall
Here we are again.
by Skeptic con Urquell on Jan 12, 2012 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
not for 7 million
but he looked much better than any actual center weve had in 3 years
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"Tip a Udoh and Tyler too!"
dude, how OLD are you, actually??!?!?!?
Made me spit out my coffee….
by WillyWhiteShoes on Jan 12, 2012 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
I was just a teenager back then, but oh, do I remember it well. 1840 was a great year for the Warriors.
J-RIDAH: Its not 1 player in this draft better than Monta or Lee. Anthony Davis is no different than Al Farouq Aminu. Andre Drummond could be good but he is not impressive at this point at all besides his size. This draft is hella overated.
"Tip a Udoh and Tyler too!"
haha, slipped right by me , guess I’m getting Aldtimer’z disease?
Mirror on the wall
Here we are again.
by Skeptic con Urquell on Jan 12, 2012 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
to Warriors fans...
Did you really expect this to all end well?
J-RIDAH: Its not 1 player in this draft better than Monta or Lee. Anthony Davis is no different than Al Farouq Aminu. Andre Drummond could be good but he is not impressive at this point at all besides his size. This draft is hella overated.
No, but Kwame’s a pretty sturdy-looking fellow. I didn’t expect him to be out for the season for what looked like a fairly routine arm-tangling incident. It’s like BrokenWing Part II.
Meanwhile, the original BrokenWing is putting up 23.2 pts/36 on .812 ts for the Mavs (SSS alert…)
There will be no extra point!
by Sleepy Freud on Jan 12, 2012 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
to me, this is great
this team is now more likely to keep it’s pick
J-RIDAH: Its not 1 player in this draft better than Monta or Lee. Anthony Davis is no different than Al Farouq Aminu. Andre Drummond could be good but he is not impressive at this point at all besides his size. This draft is hella overated.
more likely to keep the pick because we lost KWAME BROWN?
More like if we lose Curry
what you mean IF we lose Curry?
He is lost and waiting to be found!
by Critical Roach on Jan 12, 2012 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
I'm just sayin
Kwame Brown being out won’t really hurt the dubs
Well the Warriors just lost big man depth
so it actually means something that he’s out
by lameallenmark on Jan 12, 2012 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
It means that
We gonna struggle going against team with bigger frontline. We might not miss Kwame on offensive side. But the defensive side it would different.
Win Or Lose Warriors For Life.........
mykelala01 is like the bouncer with the red rope for GSOM. You’re good to come in now.
by TheSoundOfHockey on Apr 24, 2011 9:24 PM PDT
He was a huge player that was a great post defender
We don’t have another guy like him, we will definitely miss his defense and rebounding. He is a huge reason why our defense and rebounding has improved
RIP Al Davis
THIS!
Brown, as awful as he was on O, his BIGness on D will be missed. He may have bricked his FT’s, but at least he had the balls to get up there and shoot them unlike our other center.
by Critical Roach on Jan 12, 2012 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
Meanwhile, the original BrokenWing is putting up 23.2 pts/36 on .812 ts for the Mavs
what’s that in real terms? Is he playin 10 minutes or 40 minutes per game?
Mirror on the wall
Here we are again.
by Skeptic con Urquell on Jan 12, 2012 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
Haha, 7.8, actually. 31 minutes total.
As long as we’re dealing with minuscule sample sizes, did you catch this eye-popping three-second highlight from the other day? Man, you can’t teach hops and reach!
There will be no extra point!
by Sleepy Freud on Jan 12, 2012 2:52 PM PST up reply actions
you can’t teach hops and reach!
looks sorta like that old plastic man comic character.(or maybe it was rubber man, just remember he had long stretchy arms )
Was wight’s left wing the bad one?
Mirror on the wall
Here we are again.
by Skeptic con Urquell on Jan 12, 2012 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
It did end well
We can sign Kwame for cheap next year and we get to see more of Udoh and maybe Tyler??
Oh and what about Fesinko??
we didnt end up signing Fesenko. Signed Robinson instead because that time time, it was apparent we needed more guard depth.
by dannyschmanny on Jan 12, 2012 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
Sucks for us really
Jackson seemed to be just starting to get his rotation together, and Kwame proved himself a capable defender especially against the larger Centers to many fans surprise. Bedrins can’t seem to put more than a few games together before he gets injured these days. Big break for Udoh, and hopefully we get to see more of Tyler – he had some awesome moments in preseason I thought. Hell – Jackson (er Lacob) seems more than happy to let Klay Thompson struggle as a rookie, may as well extend the same opportunity to Tyler. Keep praying for Dwight fellas …
I think Bedrins was just benched because Brown was playing so good.
The second Brown goes down Bedrins is healthy again?
Please!
by Critical Roach on Jan 12, 2012 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
You now what this means, right?
KHAZZOUH!!!!!!!
Jeremy Tyler
Should be getting playing time.
So sad
He was the toughness we needed and worked so hard and had his b est year of his career, he really fit in well here. I’m going to miss him cause now we likely wont resign him which I think is still a good idea. He looked like a starting center lately and his offense has come a long long way.
RIP Al Davis
Rec
Win Or Lose Warriors For Life.........
mykelala01 is like the bouncer with the red rope for GSOM. You’re good to come in now.
by TheSoundOfHockey on Apr 24, 2011 9:24 PM PDT
time for Beans to step up..
Kwame was even making clutch free throws, Beans has to atleast match his play
Haha
Kwame making clutch freethrow
Win Or Lose Warriors For Life.........
mykelala01 is like the bouncer with the red rope for GSOM. You’re good to come in now.
by TheSoundOfHockey on Apr 24, 2011 9:24 PM PDT
except for the pain from surgery
"You know whats funny? I always thought uhm dogs lay eggs and I learned something new today" Peter Griffin
by HUNGRY HUNTER on Jan 12, 2012 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
This is punishment for the Warriors having a lot of big men on their team.
It’s the cardinal sin for the Warriors.
WHAT!??!?!?!?!?!?!
This is a positive for getting Dwight
Now he sees he has no competition for starting center on Dubs!
lol...yeah, so much competition...ouch! This is one injury that really hurts!
We are really hurting more, inside (again!). Well, back to Lee, Udoh…oh, I nearly forgot, and Tyler! Ready for the playoff run this year after the FO’s geat moves to strengthen our inside game…
I'm already tired of our new center rotation
And we haven’t even played a game without Brown.
The thought of Lee playing tons of center is depressing. I got a feeling Tyler won’t get much roll since we are going to the playoffs as the 9th seed.
Skinny thin!
We are thin at C now and are in need of a back up and potential starter because of Bean’s fragile status. I would like to think that Tyler is a good option, but think about our starting line up when Bean gets injured again… Udoh/Lee at C with Tyler backing up…Maybe we can make a trade for someone and give up a second round pick!
Byron
by DoomandGloom on Jan 12, 2012 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
Yep Brown had Beef
I Want To See SomeTyler.
by Critical Roach on Jan 12, 2012 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
Optimistic
So does it means he will be back, on time for the playoffs.
Win Or Lose Warriors For Life.........
mykelala01 is like the bouncer with the red rope for GSOM. You’re good to come in now.
by TheSoundOfHockey on Apr 24, 2011 9:24 PM PDT
Are we rushing Biedrins back?
It seems awfully convenient that Biedrins can suddenly start now that Kwame is out
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
small ball is back...great
hated the idea of Fesenko when it was first mentioned, but if he’s getting any healthier, he appeals much more to me than:
Hilton Armstrong
Earl Barron
DJ Mbenga
and Dwayne Jones
I’d much rather Fesenko get 15 minutes a game for us than any of them.
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This could be a blessing in disguise..
Either Tyler and Chris Wright step up and give us something we can use on d and in the post or..( Everytime Wright’s played he’s scored, he has crazy hops and with nate’s alley oop abilities a highlight reel machine, Tyler could be that too(..maybe i dunno)
We waive Wright maybe Ish(i dont want to), kick Tyler and maybe Klay down to the d-league,
go low key and bring back Khazzou and Ubiles(averaging 22pts a game) or get Fesenko and Hilton Armstrong or maybe even Ike Diogu(who doesn’t like Ike?) Armstrong’s post game is solid and he has a nice jumper(he’s only 6’9, Fesenko could be good as well and his history with the jazz means he has defense in his dna, Ike is an agressive post player with a decent jumper but he’s 6’8
by Garrett Flippin on Jan 12, 2012 5:16 PM PST reply actions
Tommy smith isn't out of the running either
He’s thin as rail but he’s a big hark working dude, one of the fastest guys in the warriors training camp, hes on the Dakota Wizards so Lacob and Co like him, i wouldn’t count him out
by Garrett Flippin on Jan 12, 2012 5:21 PM PST reply actions
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