Kwame Brown

Kwame Brown plays as a center for the Detroit Pistons. As a highly-thought of draft option in 2001, he was the first player ever selected number one overall coming straight out of high school. Drafted by the Washington Wizards, then headed by Michael Jordan, Brown had a slow start and failed to fulfill what people believed he could bring to the Wizards.

Brown was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2005 with Laron Profit for Chucky Atkins and Caron Butler. Los Angeles traded Brown to the Memphis Grizzlies in February of 2008 with Javaris Crittenton, Aaron McKie, the rights to Marc Gasol and two future first round picks for Pau Gasol and a 2010 draft pick. He signed with the Pistons as a free agent in 2008. http://www.nba.com/playerfile/kwame_brown/bio.html

Kwame Brown’s career has been marred by off-the-court issues. He was accused of rape in 2006, but the charges were dismissed due to a lack of evidence. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2516332 He was arrested in 2007 for disorderly conduct and interfering with a police officer when his cousin was pulled over. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3047535

In 48 games, Brown has averaged 3.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 13.8 minutes per game. His highlight game of the 2010 season came on October 15th in a loss to the Dallas Mavericks, where Brown scored 11 points and gathered 7 rebounds in 22 minutes. He also scored 11 points in a 98 to 94 win against the Washington Wizards, where he also had 5 rebounds. http://www.nba.com/playerfile/kwame_brown/game_by_game_stats.html

Brown’s 2009 season saw him post 4.2 points, 5.0 rebounds and 17.2 minutes in 58 games. He had a season high 17 points to go along with 13 rebounds and a 46.2 field goal percentage in a 102 to 96 loss to the Miami Heat on April 15. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3511/gamelog;_ylt=AgbRAOrcd7GuZ6gm.wBm8JCMPKB4?year=2008