I was bored recently and was watching some youtube clips of Stephen A Smith going off on Kwah-MAY Brown. There was a montage I watched during which Smith called Kwame Brown a "scrub" multiple times and berated him over and over.
It got me thinking… Kwame Brown was a #1 draft pick based on potential (I presume though you’d have to ask Michael Jordan that), but he never quite panned out. He played in the NBA though for over a decade and so he must have had some ability. There is an interview between Jalen Rose and Stephen A, in which Rose asks Smith that question but Stephen A just flipped out and completely erade Kwame Brown by calling him a scrub and berating him over and over.
I tend to think that Brown was a massive bust as a #1 overall pick, but I also see him as a big body that could eat some space, and play 10-15 minutes per game. What do you guys think? Was he really a "scrub", or was he a decent back-up center that got unfairly criticized because as a former #1 overall pick he was a bust.
Also, do you think that it is fair that Stephen A seemed to single him out for public humiliation over and over? I don’t, but others seem to think that kind of attack is okay since Brown was making millions of dollars per year and was a public figure. I just think that personally attacking a guy on national TV over and over is uncool.
