<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> ATLANTA - If anyone understands what Kwame Brown is going through right now, it might be fellow Lakers forward Lamar Odom. A season ago, Odom was the newcomer trying to find his way, the centerpiece player acquired in the Shaquille O'Neal trade. He has maintained ever since that it takes a year to get used to all the expectations that come with playing for a team like the Lakers. Now it is Brown who is trying to adjust to his new surroundings after coming to the Lakers this summer in a sign-and-trade from Washington. But he has yet to have a breakthrough game and played only 2 minutes in the fourth quarter Sunday. Which led to a question for Odom in the aftermath of the Lakers' 112-92 victory over Denver: What advice would you give to Brown having been through it all yourself? "Just keep playing," Odom said. "Don't worry about numbers. It's not all about numbers. It's about playing basketball the right way and that's with energy and effort and everything else will take care of itself." </div> Full article I think Kwame's game will pick up when he starts getting the ball more in the positions he wants, and when he can prove that he can play without fouling.
^that's not an efficient, productive post. I'm not knocking it, but it can be looked at as post padding, in the future, please try to post more. Kwame is learning the most complex offense in basketball, it's going to take some time for him to get it. I'm not disappointed in his play so far, I expected him to struggle early on, but I expect him to pick it up within a month.
Kwame isn't really struggling, he's just not comfortable on the court yet and doesn't have the post moves to be effective on offense in the Tri yet. He's not putting up great numbers, but he's doing a lot of the little things on the court and his size does give opponents problems. On defense he's getting into foul trouble so his minutes aren't where you'd like them to be. I think he needs to commit to going after every rebound and taking pride in grabbing 10+ a game. Tonight he'll be playing in his hometown of Atlanta, I expect a big game from him.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting K8B:</div><div class="quote_post">^that's not an efficient, productive post. I'm not knocking it, but it can be looked at as post padding, in the future, please try to post more. </div> He's posted five time's with a total of 17 words. That makes an average of slightly over 3 words per post. <div class="quote_poster">Quoting K8B:</div><div class="quote_post">Kwame is learning the most complex offense in basketball, it's going to take some time for him to get it. I'm not disappointed in his play so far, I expected him to struggle early on, but I expect him to pick it up within a month.</div> I think Kwame could pick up on the boards and cut down on the turnovers but I don't really think there is a problem with his offensive game. Sure he isn't scoring much, but it's not because he can't shoot, it's because he doesn't take any shots! He's taken 14 shots in 3 games. So far he's shooting a healthy 8-14.
