Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 at 9:00 am  |  62 responses

Kwame Brown, Michael Jordan: Together Again

by Marcel Mutoni / @marcel_mutoni

MJ’s front-office career in no way mirrors the success he enjoyed on the court. With the latest signing, Jordan gets another crack at trying to make something positive out of the most notorious mistake of his rocky journey as an NBA exec.

Kwame Brown, the former top overall pick, has reunited with his former tormentor, this time in Charlotte. The one-year experiment will reportedly cost MJ and the Bobcats $1.3 million.

The Charlotte Observer weighs in, and says this move is largely about addressing the team’s payroll. The journeyman Brown was inked with an eye on dumping Erick Dampier’s enormous contract.

Kwame is also expected to provide some defensive help for the Bobcats, though his agent oversells what he can do, as agents are wont to do:

“Most people would think (Brown) would run away from going back to play for Michael again. That’s not the case. Kwame welcomes it,” [Mark] Bartlestein said.

“Kwame is one of the best post defenders in the league, everyone agrees on that,” Bartlestein said. “Is he going to average 20 points a game? No, but he can be a terrific starting center in this league. The most important thing is to take it one step at a time and gain back the trust and respect in the league.”

All I know is that every interaction between Mike and Kwame in Charlotte should be televised.

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  • Izzy

    Yes AI isn’t signed yet for several reasons, one being that even if he acknowledges his scoring champ/superstar days are over (verbally at least) he still thinks he should be treated like a star.
    But at least he WAS a star. My mom is more of a star than Kwame has even been. AI can at least still score, we saw flashes of brilliance last season but i’m afraid the liabilities outweigh the assets HUGELY in his case. Kwame? Mehhh…not really a risk on vet minimum salary really?

  • Shem

    @Allenp: Read between the lines, we all know Kwame isn’t the best center in the L. Get serious, I said he was a decent C that can play D. When I said I wouldn’t go as far as the best C I meant defensive center. Just thought nobody would assume I meant the best C..

  • Ali Saadat

    Who’s hands would you rather have, Kwame’s or Rondo’s?

  • T-Money

    BY THE WAY, how in the hell is Darko 4 mil better than Kwame?

  • darko

    i got “potential” yes 4 Million of it more
    i love david kahn

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    MJ got Kwame because he was reminded of his favourite defensive minded team mate…thats right, Bill ‘the butcher’ Wennington.

  • JTaylor21

    Ali, Rondo’s hands are twice the size of Kwames which is says a lot about rondo and kwame.

  • http://slamonline BossTerry

    MJ musta saw sumphin’ special in the kid back in his D.C. days… All jokes aside, maybe the (vet) Kwame can prove people wrong, and have a decent season.. With the loss of Chandler the Bobcats are gonna need some rebounds and toughness..

  • Yesse

    Maybe MJ wants to prove everyone wrong after 9 years and tries to make Kwame an all-star.

  • http://hoopistani.blogspot.com hoopistani

    quote of the year: “Kwame is one of the best post defenders in the league, everyone agrees on that,”

  • http://www.slamonline.com wayno

    Ya know, I think “one of the best post defenders in the league” might be an exaggeration, but he is a solid post defender. Not many dudes left in the league with his size. For $1.3 per I don’t see this as a bad signing.

  • http://jayemmbee.blogspot.com Clutch Performer

    fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me

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