Why Was Kwame Brown Picked FIRST In The 2001 NBA Draft?

[@ellatgrasso2096]

I remember in NBA live 2004 franchise mode Kwame would consistently develop into an 85+ overall and often won at least 1 MVP.

[@mkratos17]

In live 2003 he would develop but would be 90 rated player but only score 10 points a game and a couple of rebounds

[@kushberry6679]

@@mkratos17 That still happens in 2K...

[@YardratZ]

In live 2004 for me, Tyson chandler and Eddie curry both would end up with 98. Chandler usually got that good around age 35 though.

[@henryrutherford-braun9859]

I actually feel really bad for him, most people wouldn't have been able to handle that pressure in his situation

[@JC-bt3cr]

Yeah this is a guy that you can’t talk shit about his career not working out the way people envisioned.... just gotta feel for the guy

[@dclayton734]

Kwame Brown is a millionaire feel bad for the homeless.

[@JC-bt3cr]

dclayton734 lol obviously we all fee bad for the homeless too bud stfu

[@sakamoto8354]

@@dclayton734 I really hate this kind of mindset/arguement whatever. Yes, he made a ton of money in the NBA but we can still feel bad for him because of what happened. To let me clarify, we feel bad but not THAT bad.

[@astroboi_9998]

Why feel bad for him. He worked hard enough to be in the NBA but not hard enough to be successful 😪. Feel bad for Oden

[@steveb9667]

MJ didn't help matters. Instead of building him up, he broke him down.

[@christiansoldier77]

Steve B He was never gonna be any good He had the talent but he was weak minded

[@steveb9667]

@@christiansoldier77 The problem was that he never played against strong competition in high school. He should have done what he wanted. He would have been the best player on any given college team and that would help him gain confidence.

[@mcray0309]

Terry S that doesn’t seem like how Phil Jackson would coach, he isn’t bob knight lol

[@rossjn9885]

Jordan sole his confidence before he stepped foot in an NBA game, unfortunately never got it back.

[@biglordebunnyrabbit627]

Ross JP MJ is the Michael Jordan of not being able to evaluate talent

[@jasoncarpenter4129]

Can you do Sam Bowie please? Sounds like an intresting topic considering how many players after him became HOFs!

[@thafinessekid7879]

Jason Carpenter he wasn’t bad he just got injured

[@jasoncarpenter4129]

@@thafinessekid7879 Otis thorpe and Kevin WIllis were still better. Both are centers.

[@jasoncarpenter4129]

@Seanus Patricus Him or Bowie are the 2 biggest busts. Or Anthony Bennett but at the time that draft was considered one of the weakest in recent memory.

[@gts1929]

Desolate

[@eoinmulligan7580]

Imagine Pau with MJ and Rip/ Jerry Stackhouse

[@Yeeezy]

A Jahlil Okafor video will come out one of these days sadly

[@DaDualityofMan]

One of my friends pointed out that I look exactly like Jahlil Okafor and it bothers me that he's right.

[@DaDualityofMan]

Wow it's funny that this came out today, I was just looking up all the #1 picks to come out of high school and I forgot about the infamous Kwame Brown

[@RennWickam]

Another thing to note about Kwame's (lack of) development was that he was forced to put on another 30-50 pounds of muscle when he got to the league, which completely destroyed his quickness advantage he was touted for. I feel like one of the many issues with Jordan as an owner/gm/president of basketball operations is that he either drafts players players with a style from his era (barring Frank Kaminsky and Kemba Walker) or a project that he wants to mold with his era's mentality. Jordan thought that Kwame was gonna get bullied at 240 lbs by huge back to the basket bigmen that was already going away by the turn of the 21st century (basically Shaq and Tim Duncan). Just further mismanagement of his development and not understanding who they drafted, both physically and mentally

[@deanbenford7363]

100% truth, Jordan has no clue how scout or develop players. He is an example of a legendary player who needs to stay in his role as an ambassador and just wave to the crowd as they cheer. Similar to how the Sixers handle Iverson "we love you, you're welcome to come in and wave to the crowd, we appreciate your legendary PLAY."

[@michaelbonhomme1560]

Incorrect. Bigs lasted until 2012 Little hands were his downfall, not weight.

[@RennWickam]

@@michaelbonhomme1560 look at many of the best bigmen from the 2000's. Players like Dwight and Stoudemire were able to dominate the league in the Pick-n-Roll using their athleticism instead of brusing in the paint. If Kwame was going to have any chance at being a good player, it would have been like that, not as the heavy bruiser Jordan wanted him to be. The small hands definetly did not help though

[@joeford5181]

If he only played for college, he might not be number 1 draft pick,but he could atleast played one or two All Star.

[@dclayton734]

Kwame Brown had a career earning of 88m not bad for a draft bust.

[@isaaclo1825]

Best number 1 picks 1. Anthony Bennett 2. Kwame Brown 3. Greg Oden 4. Michael Olawkandi 5. Andrea Bargani

[@Domenico44055]

If they were all in the same draft class and the Knicks had the first 5 picks they would've taken them all

[@isaaclo1825]

@@Domenico44055 guess what they all have in common? they are all pf/c lol

[@dezomolz]

bargani at least had a couple really good seasons in toronto, and he could shoot the 3 if he was playing now he would be viewed entirely differently

[@chaiinspace2]

Oden was a beast. Injuries was the problem.

[@kushberry6679]

Come on man, saying Greg Oden was a bust is wrong. He was pretty good but injuries held him back. He was so dominant, I remember the game agaisnt Florida in college when even Noah and Horford couldn't stop him, and that's says a lot about him

[@stevenneal9440]

Hey how are ya; wonderful weather we're having.

[@thealwaysmovingpodcastwith2291]

Bit rainy here today

[@stevenneal9440]

It's so normalw

[@bryantndongmo4780]

It sure is buddy

[@babyray5643]

Was super hot, and now it's raining

[@ryanschumacher3448]

@@stevenneal9440 it's gonna be 95 with humidity the next 2 days then drop to 50 by midnight... Minnesota sucks

[@juanjaramillo96]

Every time, without a doubt, someone says that man's name, I say it like SAS

[@ItsTheMunz]

Wow, I haven’t been here in a while. Neck beard is on point.

[@siphiwomhlongo3688]

Imagine being a bust/underperforming player during this lockdown. Just when you think people have forgotten about you, NBA KZbinrs dig deep in the archives to expose you 🙀😖😭

[@HayabusaRyu]

Brown became a very solid big man.

[@GarboFlow]

Hey Tucker, in a recent post you asked for tips to improve your videos. Here's one tip: drop the shitty background music right f'n now. Loving your NBA content anyway, keep it up and be safe.

[@johnf1235]

Can you do Sam Bowie or Darko Milicic? Or both?

[@drizzyuzumaki8753]

Darko didn’t care about basketball nothing more to be said about him Bowie could be an interesting story

[@901Wes]

I don’t think any pick will ever be as bad as Thabeet. Memphis missed out on a championship because of that horrific selection

[@kushberry6679]

Thabeet was very raw. He had tremendous defensive potential, he had Mutombo's playstyle (not skill level,just playstyle). I don't remember exactly who, but some KZbinr explained the Thabeet and Memphis situation perfectly. In a few words, Memphis didn't give the proper training and attention to Thabeet, his development wasn't on their list. That's pretty bad considering that they just picked him with the 2nd pick, and everybody knew he was a project, a raw player with huge potential. A lot of sources confirmed that Thabeet was just thrown out to the ocean and didn't receive any guidance

[@901Wes]

Kush Berry yes but even in college there was a lot of talk about his motor . He never had the attitude that he was gonna go work and get better. I know I may be an armchair GM , but I would avoid players with lazy work ethic like the plague. Could’ve picked Harden. Harden, Conley, Zbo, Marc Gasol, Tony Allen, Rudy Gay, and OJ Mayo would’ve killed. A lot of us Memphis fans hated that pick . Hindsight is always 20/20 but still..

[@kushberry6679]

@@901Wes Yeah men, low motor is a common thing among big men. I don't think that he would have become the next great big, but I think that he would have become a very good interior defender, kinda like Mutombo. The grizzlies didn't give him the proper guidance, and for a raw young player, that's an instant career end. Imagine Antetokounmpo with the Bucks without them giving him the proper attention. Now, of course there were a lot of better players, and it's sad that the next pick was Harden, maybe the most suitable player for Memphis. I would love to see a core of Conley, Tony Allen, Gasol, Harden and later Z-Bo. The Grizzlies were lacking offensively and Harden could have been the perfect player for them.

[@alecmorariu6291]

Kush Berry that man was trash I wouldent take him on my Romanian league team

[@kushberry6679]

@@alecmorariu6291 Did you even read my comment? I said that he was very raw. He had a lot of potential, mainly on the defensive end but the Grizzlies didn't gave him the proper training he needed. It's the Grizzlies fault for not developing him. It is just dumb to pick a raw prospect type of player and then you don't give him the proper attention. The Bucks selected Antetokounmpo, a very raw skinny kid with huge potential and by properly developing him, they got themselves an MVP.

[@GeliCarlosJ]

I can just hear Stephen A shouting: HE’S A BONAFIDE SCRUB !!

[@RKelly.]

This aged well 😂😂

[@mkratos17]

He shouldn't have been drafted in the lottery if pick up outside the lottery he would be good

[@Jpurihella]

He was drafted to an awful situation. Poor guy was 19 who is so much younger than his teammates and he had the best player ever screaming at him everyday and telling him how much he sucks. He would have benefitted from a year or 2 in college.

[@Mike-nq7gb]

But he talks about LeBron being a scub!!' he's a bust

[@pokebob18]

I know using NBA content isn’t an option but I was wondering if it would be possible to use footage of players in high school or in the offseason to support these videos. Always love the content but think there could an added visual aspect specifically in videos like these where NBA games aren’t necessity.

[@XRS794]

People can’t just accept that Jordan was only a great basketball player and not perfect.

[@bighut24]

He should of went to college but he did make really good money tho he still played 12 years lasted longer than alot other guys labeled as bust that tells you even tho he wasn't a good player he still had a good attitude and good work ethic and maintained his professionalism

[@kelvcgl]

Missed opportunity to say “kwame brown” in SA’s voice

[@domin8s598]

Can you do one of these about a player that nobody talks about but took the combine by storm to get drafted into a lottery pick number 8 in 2008 by Milwaukee and that is Joe Alexander.

[@imahustla5029]

WV

[@RennWickam]

Him and Andrew Bynum are both great examples of why not everyone should come out of highschool, immaturity. Kwame needed a chance to have his confidence built up before entering the pro's while Bynum needed the structure of playing in a college system. (hopefully the G-League will also be able to provide the structure without all of the bullshit). One was a scared kid, the other was a class clown, but both were too immature for the spotlight (and in Bynum's case, the money) that quickly

[@christiansoldier77]

RennWickam Bynum was a good player on a championship team. What are you talking about?

[@RennWickam]

@@christiansoldier77 Bynum wasn't a hugely impactful player yet until after the two championships, not playing more than 25mpg or averaging more than 9ppg in the playoffs until the two seasons afterward. His immaturity in addition to bad knees also cut his career incredibly short. we only saw his prime for one year before he needed surgery on his knee, reinjuring it messing around at a bowling alley, and after getting a chance to prove himself with the Cavs and Pacers, he blew it with stunts like shooting the ball every time he got it during a practice, no matter how far he was from the hoop. Yeah Bynum was a good player, but he was basically a one season wonder due to his immaturity. He was only 24 when his career basically ended

[@christiansoldier77]

@@RennWickam He wasnt a one season wonder He won two chips . He helped to create the best front line in the NBA at the time so He was a legit good player his career just got cut short

[@RennWickam]

@@christiansoldier77 Robert Horry won 7 chips but that doesn't make him an incredible player. He was an above average 14 and 8 player during the championships, and his play heavily diminished during those championship runs

[@christiansoldier77]

@@RennWickam WHat did you expect him to do put up 35 and 15 ???? He was on a loaded team with a lot of players wanting the ball 14 and 10 actually was a good stat line

[@ryanschumacher3448]

Can you do Andrew Wiggins. Some people gonna ask why. But he was being compared to the goats. He's been a bust imo

[@yaotingng8037]

How has he been a bust? He’s a very solid player who still has a lot of offer. Compared to many other no.1 picks he’s been outstanding.

[@DrayLux37]

Calling him a bust is idiotic. Not living up to kobe/Lebron expectations, but still averaging 20ppg is proof enough. Sure he’s one dimensional and doesn’t rebound, pass or play good defense but he’s a player of worth in the nba.

[@ryanschumacher3448]

My reason for this, Wolves gave up Love for him. Handed him a max without being worth a max player, and didn't do a thing. You can blame the organization all you want, but in no way does he change the game when he's on the court. He's a putback/attack the rim threat and that's it. Defense sucks, FT is terrible, shooting splits. I watched him the years he was in 'Sota showed absolutely no progression.

[@ryanschumacher3448]

I may just be salty because we gave up Love and nothing changed but Wiggins wasn't worth the 1st overall. But that's usually how their draft picks end up

[@moonshinei]

Kwame is a lot better than Bennett and Olowokandi ever were

[@teeceeemeeee]

This guy really said KWAMÉ BROWN stephen A smith style

[@elburto5387]

Remember that run he went on that included that 30pt 19reb game? basketball.realgm.com/nba/boxscore/2004-03-17/Sacramento-at-Washington/67917

[@kareemblackston2049]

People say Kwame was a bad pick who else was he supposed to pick you needed a franchise ball player he was worth the gamble

[@wokeuphappy8315]

@SELFTALK He made this one year ago🤔

[@aleksc4376]

MJ is one of the greatest basketball players (goat in my opinion)but as a human being he could have done a lot better. Didn't need to break an 18yr highschooler.

[@FreshPrincex4]

Soft.

[@dweazy_wade6578]

Andrea Bargnani anyone?!?!?

[@quinzellreese408]

Nah Kwame made the right choice going to the NBA because if he was bad in college he would have never got drafted but since he was so good in high school he got drafted and made millions regardless if he lived up to expectation he still made the money and put himself in a better situation financially

[@kushberry6679]

No, I will agree with Tucker. The guy had game but he wasnt yet ready. College is supposed to be a time period when players develop physically and mentally before turning pro. Kwame was one of the best in his class, and he admitted to his coaches etc that he wasn't ready, especially for the number 1 pick expectations. If he went to college, it would be more likely that he would end up lower in the draft, but with his skill level and and most importantly, his mental issues fixed he would have been more productive with less expectations. Also, he would have a longer career, of course he made money, but imagine him playing until 2015 for example

[@walker1984]

Nobody forced him to go pro. If he wasn't ready, then maybe he should have gone to college. With his talent, he would have gotten plenty of scholarship offers.

[@teeceeemeeee]

What? He could have learned in matured in college. And while he may not have been no1 pick the later years, you could have been more solid and have a longer career

[@kushberry6679]

@@teeceeemeeee Exactly, this guy just forgets the whole point of going to college.

[@YodaSmokes]

Hello There

[@Domenico44055]

General Kwamobi

[@Nathan-ke3dn]

Hello there

[@dominic64tblightning24]

The scrub himself

[@kushberry6679]

Did you watch the video? Why so much hate my dude?

[@wokeuphappy8315]

@SelfTalk

[@IamMajorRPT]

Momma's cooking 🍳🍳🔪

[@wokeuphappy8315]

@KwameBrown

[@christiansoldier77]

Kwame Brown was a talented player he was just soft and weak minded

[@champstar9669]

If you can't handle the heat...get out of the fire. He just didn't have "it." Period. He's not a "victim" in any way. Just a lousy basketball player.

[@chaiinspace2]

He couldn't have been bad to last 13 years in the NBA

[@layiahali5265]

@@chaiinspace2 he lasted long because many teams was desperate to find any big guy to fill depth They quickly regretted it when they saw him play though

[@IamMajorRPT]

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