Has anyone read the excerpts from 'When Nothing Else Matters' put up by ESPN? The link is here http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story...pt/nothingelse1 I really wanna get this book. But anyway, it talks about the 'deconstruction of Kwame Brown', and I found these two bits really interesting: Jordan's infatuation with his prot?g? waned. He thought Brown was cocky and disrespectful sometimes, particularly when the teenager nagged him about playing a one-on-one game, hinting that doom awaited him. Finally, Jordan agreed to the game, Brown grinning on the court, convinced his youth and height would be indefensible weapons against this shorter man twice his age. Early in the game, believing he had a lunging, jabbing Jordan off balance, the kid dared to say, "You reach, I'll teach." Jordan snapped, "You teach, and I'll knock you on your damn ass." He proceeded to humiliate Brown, mocking him while scoring at will, declining to help him up when the teenager fell hard to the floor, winning lopsidedly and, at the end, yelling at Brown to acknowledge his superiority in front of the team: "You better call me 'Daddy,' (expletive)." ... With the criticism mounting and his play getting worse, Brown became maddeningly frustrated, a kid convinced he was being repeatedly fouled in intrasquad scrimmages by two veterans, Christian Laettner and Jahidi White, who weren't quick enough, Brown believed, to stay with him. He would drive toward the basket and feel himself being bumped by a hard hip, sometimes losing the ball, infuriated the referees wouldn't blow a whistle. "That was a foul," he finally groaned. Play stopped. There was an electric silence. A wide-eyed Jordan was walking toward him. "You (expletive) flaming (expletive)," Jordan exploded. "You don't get a foul call on a (expletive) little touch foul, you (expletive). You don't bring that (expletive) here. Get your (expletive) ass back on the floor and play. I don't want to hear that (expletive) out of you again. Get your ass back and play, you (expletive)." A stupefied Brown could say nothing. He looked close to tears, thought a witness. Personally, I don't blame Jordan for trying to toughen up Kwame, but it is interesting to see this side of Jordan. What does everyone else think of this excerpt/book?
It's nothing but the (expletive) truth. As much as I want to see Kwame succeed, he lacks what Amare, Kenyon, and Carlos have....a pair of (expletive). Jordan was right...If you are going to be an effective PF in the NBA, you can't whine like a little (expletive) for 'lil touch fouls. You have to earn that with years of effective, consistent play (see Karl Malone and Kevin Garnett).
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting realdealbneal:</div><div class="quote_post">(expletive).</div> Why would Kwame ever say you reach I teach to Jordan, that's gotta be the stupidest thing you could do...
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting og15:</div><div class="quote_post"> Why would Kwame ever say you reach I teach to Jordan, that's gotta be the stupidest thing you could do...</div> Probably because Kwame thinks like Shandon Anderson.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting dimch:</div><div class="quote_post">I sure would've liked to watch that 1 on 1 though...</div> What, the Jordan domination, I wonder if Kwame even scored on him
