In 2001, he was selected as the number one pick by Mr. Jordan Joe, the first high school student in NBA history.
This was his glory and the beginning of his misfortune.
Although on the day of the draft, Kwame Brown promised Jordan that I will not let you down.
However, after actually entering this league, with the aura of being the first high school champion in history and hand-picked by His Majesty the Flyers, Brown is still burdened with tremendous pressure. He played a total of 57 games in his rookie season, with each game
Only 14.3 minutes. Because Jordan was eager to bring the Wizards into the playoffs at the time, Brown would be replaced once he made a mistake during the game, which greatly affected his enthusiasm. As Chen Jie said, with Jordan and Kobe Bryant
It is not easy for players to be teammates, because they are not only strict with themselves, but also with their teammates. However, not everyone is Jordan or Kobe.
After that, although Kwame Brown has been working hard, whenever he performed poorly, people who had high expectations for him always threw disappointment and accusations at him without reservation, saying that he was a "parallel import number one pick"
". This is unfair to a high school student who has not yet matured mentally. Everyone makes mistakes when they are young, and young people should be allowed to make mistakes. It is a pity that Kwame Brown did not get such a chance at that time.
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Stackhouse and Larry Hughes came to the Wizards in the 2002-03 season, and although Brown made slight progress, his situation with the Wizards basically did not change. In the summer of 2003, after two unsuccessful attempts to make the playoffs, the Wizards "
"Fired" Jordan, his contract as a player expired and the team "did not choose to re-use him in the management aspect." Arenas came to the Wizards in the 2003-04 season. Ironically, Arenas was in 2001
The second pick in the second round was selected by the Warriors, and he has gradually grown into the leader of the Wizards. Just imagine, if other teams had chosen Brown and the Wizards had chosen Arenas, maybe Brown would have received a good growth environment.
And Arenas doesn't need to cry so sadly on the day of the draft. However, there are not so many ifs in this league.
Due to injuries this season, Stackhouse only played 26 games, Arenas only played 55 games, and Hughes had a better 61 games. This is undoubtedly Brown's opportunity to prove himself, and his playing time has increased to 30.3 minutes.
But the Wizards felt that his average of 10.9 points and 7.4 rebounds per game was not enough. In the 2004-05 season, the Wizards used the fifth pick and Laettner to trade for Jamison, a man who is neither a 3 nor a 4 (he can play the 3 position).
and No. 4). Unfortunately, Brown injured his foot during the preseason. Although he spent a lot of time improving his fixed-point shooting during this period, he missed many games in training camp and the early season.
Jamison took his place and performed well, and the Wizards continued to win. When Brown returned from injury, he found that the team had established a complete perimeter offensive system, and he was completely free from the team's offense.
Outside the system, and the head coach is unwilling to change the team's current starting lineup, Brown can only serve as a substitute for Haywood and Jamison. This season, Brown averaged only 21.6 minutes per game, while averaging 7.0 points and 4.9 rebounds.
He felt frustrated, and towards the end of the regular season he had conflicts with teammates (especially Arenas) and coaches, so he was suspended by the team and excluded from the playoff roster.
After the 2004-05 season, the Wizards decided to use a sign-and-trade method to trade Brown. They first signed a three-year, $22.68 million contract with Brown.
At the same time, he and La'Lon Proffitt were exchanged for Caron Butler and Atkins of the Los Angeles Lakers. At this time, the Lakers had just experienced a particularly depressing season, and the team's veterans Divac and Bryant
Grant has left the team, and there are only Mihm and rookie high school student Bynum at the center position. Mihm will definitely be the starter, but for the Lakers who are eager to return to the playoffs, Bynum will not have much playing time, so
What if Mim gets injured? So the backup center becomes a big problem. At the power forward position, Medvedenko and Cook have proven that they are basically useless except for shooting, and Luke Walton is more suitable to play small forward, Tuli
Yaf also needs some time to recuperate after heart surgery, and he cannot always count on Odom to support him. Therefore, Brown's arrival is particularly important - he has a standard inside figure, good athletic ability, and the legendary
With potential and talent, he can strengthen the Lakers' weak inside line. The trade is for the infinite possible future. Perhaps this is why Kupchak is willing to trade Butler, who is playing at a career high, for Brown.
However, judging from the tone of Kwame Brown's words now, it seems that he was not very happy during his time with the Lakers. After all, Kobe and Jordan are the same type of people.
Based on his previous experience, Chen Jie also knew that Kwame Brown's experience with the Lakers can basically be regarded as a replica and reenactment of his time with the Wizards, and such a good prospect has also gone through these two experiences.
The "abuse" of the "King of Basketball" began to completely degenerate.
If you want to save him, you must hurry up before this happens.
Chen Jie thought so.
Of course, he has selfish motives. He doesn't want to be teammates with a 250-year-old player like Eddie Curry anymore. And if there is a trade, it is impossible for Eddie Curry to exchange for a player like Garnett.
thing, but the Bulls wouldn't be willing to switch to a mid-level inside man. He is the type who can't achieve high or low, so in Chen Jie's view, Kwame Brown is a good choice.
No matter what, he is also a top pick.
It seems that I have to have a good chat with the management and Thomason.
Chen Jie, who saw that Kwame Brown was unhappy, had achieved his goal tonight. If he said anything more, it would be unsightly.
Therefore, after Chen Jie made this calculation in his mind, he chatted with Kwame Brown for a few words, then walked towards the other Lakers players and greeted them one by one.
The Lakers players are quite polite to the most dazzling rookie in the league.
At this time, in the distance, a standard mixed-race beauty looked at Chen Jie who was chatting with Radmanovich, and muttered: "Is he the one who said such explicit words to Jin? But it seems that he is not
He looks like a playboy!"
There was a hint of curiosity and doubt in the beauty's eyes.
Could it be that this is what the Easterners say, "You should not judge a person by his appearance?"
(Guess who this beauty is? Haha~ I have a bad headache today, so I’ll just update it. Sorry. Also, yesterday’s chapter was a bit funny, but it was also a foreshadowing. Foreshadowing for the non-basketball part)
