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Golden State Warriors Center Kwame Brown Expected To Miss Three Months

Video 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.

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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.

Biedrins has been a more the more productive offensive player of the two in his six games this season, which the Warriors can certainly use more of. The "switch" of Biedrins for Brown will also give Ekpe Udoh more minutes to show what he can do.

Brown's injury also means that we'll likely see more of David Lee at center this season at times in addition to Biedrins and Udoh. Lee has gotten just under 20% of the Warriors' center minutes this season, according to 82games.com.

Obviously this is a big loss for a team that has claimed they're aiming for the playoffs. But if having a lottery pick in the 2012 draft is your concern, this will probably get the team a step closer.

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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What’s Chris Hunter up to these days?…

There will be no extra point!

by Sleepy Freud on Jan 12, 2012 1:35 PM PST reply actions  

this is awesome actually

Tip a Udoh and Tyler too!

Read my Advanced Stats Primer

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?

Read my Advanced Stats Primer

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 2:38 PM PST up reply actions  

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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by Brownie13 on Jan 12, 2012 4:51 PM PST up reply actions  

"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.

Read my Advanced Stats Primer

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 3:41 PM PST up reply actions  

"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?

Read my Advanced Stats Primer

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 1:37 PM PST reply actions  

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

Read my Advanced Stats Primer

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 1:50 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm just sayin

Kwame Brown being out won’t really hurt the dubs

by Jake408 on Jan 12, 2012 2:01 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

by mykelala01 on Jan 12, 2012 2:15 PM PST up reply actions  

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

by dubzfan on Jan 12, 2012 2:17 PM PST up reply actions  

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??

by Jake408 on Jan 12, 2012 1:48 PM PST up reply actions  

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  

time to go shopping

in the d-league, perhaps? yeah but what is fesenko up to?

>:(

by BeePill on Jan 12, 2012 1:53 PM PST 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 …

by stillbelieve on Jan 12, 2012 2:02 PM PST reply actions  

Jeremy Tyler

Should be getting playing time.

by GSWarriors30 on Jan 12, 2012 2:13 PM PST reply actions  

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

by dubzfan on Jan 12, 2012 2:16 PM PST reply actions  

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

by mykelala01 on Jan 12, 2012 2:24 PM PST up reply actions  

Where Fesenko at?

Time to give the dude a call back

by JustSomeName on Jan 12, 2012 2:20 PM PST reply actions  

He's hurt

And Dallas didn’t even sign him

RIP Al Davis

by dubzfan on Jan 12, 2012 2:24 PM PST up reply actions  

Well I hope Beans will be healthy for the rest of the season

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

by mykelala01 on Jan 12, 2012 2:25 PM PST reply actions  

time for Beans to step up..

Kwame was even making clutch free throws, Beans has to atleast match his play

by gumy on Jan 12, 2012 2:26 PM PST reply actions  

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

by mykelala01 on Jan 12, 2012 2:28 PM PST up reply actions  

I’ll take atleast 1 from beans

by gumy on Jan 12, 2012 3:49 PM PST up reply actions  

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 a positive for getting Dwight

Now he sees he has no competition for starting center on Dubs!

by tafkasam on Jan 12, 2012 2:39 PM PST reply actions  

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…

by dinohealth on Jan 12, 2012 2:43 PM PST up reply actions  

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.

by Critical Roach on Jan 12, 2012 2:52 PM PST reply actions  

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  

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

by mykelala01 on Jan 12, 2012 3:59 PM PST reply actions  

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

by doubleteapot on Jan 12, 2012 4:48 PM PST reply actions  

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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by Brownie13 on Jan 12, 2012 4:58 PM PST reply actions  

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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