Posted by BRIGGS:

I'm so tired of hearing people who don't know what they are talking about say that he quit or that he is this terrible,” said Etan. “People have to realize that Kwame didn’t quit; he was suspended. I'm not saying that he chose the best method of handling his frustrations by not coming to practice or the next shootaround, but he didn't quit. He just wanted to play and got frustrated and didn't handle it well.”

But didn’t he cuss out Eddie Jordan when they got together to discuss the situation?

“Naw that isn’t true,” said Thomas. "They had a meeting and they told him that he was going to be suspended for the rest of the season, but that was decided before the meeting. That’s what I mean though; people are throwing all of this dirt on Kwame and most of the time they don't even know what they are talking about.”

Even if the Wizards decide they want him back, does Kwame want to return or has he resigned himself to moving on with a different team?

“He wants to shut up all of the critics, get the fans on his side, he just wants to play,” said Thomas. “Kwame is just getting himself ready so that he is prepared to work with whatever cards he's dealt. He knows that it’s out of his hands now. He is going to work hard regardless.”

And his teammates want him back? They don’t feel betrayed?

“A lot could be different next year with him healthy and now with Larry gone, we need him,” Thomas said. “You have to realize he was playing hurt for most of the year, and that if he's healthy, he is exactly what we need as the third scorer with Larry gone. And an inside scorer at that. I don't think we can afford not to re-sign him.”

But the team had their best season in years with barely a contribution from him. What makes Etan so certain he’s finally going to live up to his potential?

“I know what he can do and I don't want to see him go someplace else and blow up like Rasheed, Ben Wallace, or Rip did when he can do that right here,” said Thomas. “If he comes back next year and has the type of season that he is capable of, believe me, all will be forgiven.”

Posted by BRIGGS:

I'm so tired of hearing people who don't know what they are talking about say that he quit or that he is this terrible,” said Etan. “People have to realize that Kwame didn’t quit; he was suspended. I'm not saying that he chose the best method of handling his frustrations by not coming to practice or the next shootaround, but he didn't quit. He just wanted to play and got frustrated and didn't handle it well.”

But didn’t he cuss out Eddie Jordan when they got together to discuss the situation?

“Naw that isn’t true,” said Thomas. "They had a meeting and they told him that he was going to be suspended for the rest of the season, but that was decided before the meeting. That’s what I mean though; people are throwing all of this dirt on Kwame and most of the time they don't even know what they are talking about.”

Even if the Wizards decide they want him back, does Kwame want to return or has he resigned himself to moving on with a different team?

“He wants to shut up all of the critics, get the fans on his side, he just wants to play,” said Thomas. “Kwame is just getting himself ready so that he is prepared to work with whatever cards he's dealt. He knows that it’s out of his hands now. He is going to work hard regardless.”

And his teammates want him back? They don’t feel betrayed?

“A lot could be different next year with him healthy and now with Larry gone, we need him,” Thomas said. “You have to realize he was playing hurt for most of the year, and that if he's healthy, he is exactly what we need as the third scorer with Larry gone. And an inside scorer at that. I don't think we can afford not to re-sign him.”

But the team had their best season in years with barely a contribution from him. What makes Etan so certain he’s finally going to live up to his potential?

“I know what he can do and I don't want to see him go someplace else and blow up like Rasheed, Ben Wallace, or Rip did when he can do that right here,” said Thomas. “If he comes back next year and has the type of season that he is capable of, believe me, all will be forgiven.”

Posted by Caseloads:

I think Kwame has shown flashes of being amazing. Higher ceiling players are the type we need in NY.

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Posted by BigAppleStar3:

Thank God no Kwame Brown in New York. Poor kid would have cried a river the first game he was booed. Some of you take this 'potential' bs too seriously. First with Andrew Bynum, now with Kwame Brown. Just because a kid is 19 and athletic, it doesn't mean he's going to develope into a great basketball player.

Im sorry to break them off on you dude, or take your head out of the sand, but there are SOME BIG time names making the decisions for the Lakers. You are acting like these guys have no hope, they cant make it, they sck for eternity, Isiah was dead on with JEROME JAMEs [2 double doubles in 162 career games] and Channing Frye. Well we will see who is right. To be honest I trust Phil Jackson and Tex Winters more than anyone on the Knicks.

In that case, it has been said that Phil didn't want Bynum. So go figure.