It’s cool how The Pivot has been a “safe house” for guys like Kwame Brown and Jamarcus Russell to open up and tell their story.

I have so much respect for THE PIVOT, for having Kwame Brown on the podcast. I saw and heard a different man today. And that is good. I wish Mr. Brown all the blessings in the world.

Everyone has their regrets, but it’s enormous pressure being the number 1 pick at 18. Yes he could’ve done better but he did what he did, at the end of his career he was a solid pro

Dude is a nut who blames any & everyone but himself. First Gil made him bad, then they stole his minutes. How the media made you bad. Lol

For some reason I feel like those guys were not feeling Mr Kwame Brown! I could be wrong but that's my opinion.

Once again he takes no accountability! Blaming the media as usual. Dude is soft but he learned to reinvent himself into this fake alpha male thanks to social media. He didn't go through anything that other athletes haven't been through already

The real answer is he’s more impactful to real life after basketball. Basketball is short time in a player’s career. KB mean more to the people now with his voice of truth. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I'm thankful people seeing through his bullshit

Be clear, Kobe didn't start his first few years and once he did, the media attacked him. So don't say everybody. Take accountability for your reaction to the situation.

He ain't have that Dog in him

Anybody saying he did not answer the question DID NOT WATCH THE WHOLE ENTIRE INTERVIEW he answered that question in grave detail. Kwame actually over elaborated repeatedly throughout the Interview. They were literally gaslighting him, especially the lightskin guy he was trying to force angry responses with personal opinion and continuing to call him angry throughout the interview the host tried it a few times too all while criticizing his feelings and dismissing what triggered them in the first place and then telling him how he should had responded as a grown man as if they better than him. Kwame was well spoken and everything was well said from his tone all the way down to his Demeanor he responded to PERFECTION! They went from asking him questions to just straight up telling Kwame how the personally felt about him then compared to today🙄 they focused on how he spoke out and not much at all on WHY HE SPOKE OUT. In their eyes Kwame Life story changed how they felt about him and not the SIMPLE fact that he was absolutely VALID, JUSTIFIED, and RIGHT about everything including the ANGER.

One of the best interviews they've done

Y’all gotta watch the whole pod he answered it later

Cats in comments got it all wrong 😂🤣😂

What he hell is he even talking about? This dude don't have no sense 😂😂😂

My man Kwane Brown was playing ball with a nervous breakdown. He was a young man under vicious public scrutiny. He could play ball good bro. He was nice but he was nervous. I knew it. All that negative shit affected him. It hurt me. I'm a spiritual man and I'm telling you that them devils broke Kwane down. Kwame had his mom's to care for. Yo Kwame. I love you and respect you bro. You my hero. A real man. You made it through bro. I felt that pain. We won. Love you bro.

He feels sorry for himself too damn much. You ain't have it THAT BAD Kwame, you were just LAZY

Black men are basically taught that they are not allowed to feel or show emotion. Especially on that level. That is a ton of pressure for a post teen to go through. S/o Kwame for being able to articulate himself.

An don’t forget he was playing with Jordan as well..Kwame at 18 an Jordan being who he is I can’t imagine how he felt

I hope they have him on the Pivot Podcast again 💫

This nikka just can't answer the question where is the self accountability

He got Aries Spears eyes

I have nothing but love for Kwame Brown. Every adversity he went through has made him great.

Him and Jamarcus Russel both sound the same….no accountability

Around the block, through the woods, up the street (to run over his middle school coach🙄) to end up saying, he went through a period he didn't workout/train the way he should LOL Yeah A 13 year period. A sad little man in such a large body.

He probably needed the same atmosphere Dwight Howard had. Or San Antonio

I'm sorry, but he said a whole lot of everything except answer the damn question at hand!

Kwame and Jimmy Butler are MJ's secret sons lmao

Bro you were the one pick. That means something. ACCOUNTABLE

… I hear you Kwame. What he would’ve changed was becoming less of an introvert. Having adults and the media cancel a young man so early will create a form of trauma.

He was ready to be drafted, but not ready to perform.

Bro I hurt so bad because my bro Kwame was abused, misused, exploited.He can play some ball point blank. I hate the way these assholes mistreated him including Jordan.

He didn't answer the question at all

He said I went through a period where I wasn’t putting in the work… y’all can’t expect a man to jump on a land mine for y’all sake… we all saw what happen with him..

He could of just said,I should of practice more to be a better player,instead he blamed everybody else but himself.

RESPECT 🙏🏼

Regret is a useless emotion

He completely deflected N ignored your question. 🤡🤪 Q. What could you of done differently to make yourself a better player? A. A list of problems aka excuses. Couldn’t make this up 😂😂🤣🧢

His hands were small and Kwame was just not talented enough.

Excuses, just answer the damn question

Totally blamed everyone else

You did Good in life and NBA Thank you

People calling this man a bust are probably eating potato chips on there couch with zero game at all 😂😂😂😂

Bro answer the question and stop crying

The man is psychotic, to have actual video proof of you, not being a good player, and you still swear you were is the definition of insanity

He answered. He simply said the media/players/NBA/fans, made it impossible for him to improve as a player. The pressure made upon him, left him unable to give it his all. I mean I get it, imagine being 18 & every 🏀 fan on the planet calling him a bum. Probably crushed the dog in him

He sound just like JaMarcus Russell, he answer the question blaming everybody else before he admitted he didn't workout like he should have. You not the first #1 pick that had pressure on them!

He didn't answer the question.

So many boys detached from their own feelings is hating on him. "My father beat me up everyday and i grown up fine" type of guys

That's why AI is my nigga. He did What the fuck he wanted too, regardless

finally said why he wasn't ever that good. He didn't put the work in. He did not play good for Detroit at all. !!

What people have to understand is that, it's hard to even get to the league, let alone stay in it. You have to workout in the off-season if you plan on havivg any time of success.

I think the biggest problem he had was not going to college. He needed those years of development. But when MJ says he’s taking you number one your listening.

There's no such thing as a "BUST" being drafted straight out of high school. That's on the organization dude was a KID.

He didn't celebrate because he knew he had just made 4 dumb plays before that.

He got PAID !!!!!

Not a lot of people go through what he went through. Not many busts out there 💯💯

Great question!

It’s crazy because now he’s trying to do the same thing they did to him he’s trying to do to bronny james

No accountability...

He didn’t answer the question. What would he have done differently? Celebrate more? Stay true to the game? Workout more?

It doesn't sound like he worked hard when he got to the pros. I don't remember his media being horrible to him. They mostly forgot about him.

I feel he plays victim to much

I wish they could have kept it 100 with Kwame. Kwame has been crying about everything when it was known he was a drunk and never put in the work

Kwame was a good player but let's be honest he went into a bad situation. He explained how Jordan wanted another player. We all know how Jordan was with his veterans players so if he wanted someone else it was nothing else for Kwame to do.

He was trash and now he is bitter.

It's useless to look back and say I would have done something different. There is no guarantee the other road would have worked out for better. It may have. It might have failed spectacularly. If you got some good health both physically and financially, that's a blessing. Life has no guarantees.

What Ol boy told Dwight Howard was actually for KWAME ………….. TRASHHHH!!

Then he hate on LeBron cause he lived up to the hype...

SALUTE KWAME 👊🏿

This 7 ft professional victim never accepts accountability always crying and sad he's 40

People can say alot but 2 things are TRUE based on what I've read from multiple sources an articles. Kwame had a HORRIBLE work ethic coming into the league AND a bad attitude. That's a bad mix for life period regardless of career 💯

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Literally did not answer the question just goes to show the lack of accountability hence why he is one of the biggest busts in NBA history

I mean I think he said all that to say he didn't stay true the game he didn't work out damn they cut it off before he was doing watch the whole interview

its crazy diss man tellin his side of the story and ppl upset like shut up sit back and listen we are fans yall be talkin on deez ppl like yall god

Maybe he doesn’t know how to answer the question. Sometimes people aren’t deflecting even if the answer is simple. Usually in situations like this, I’d give an example of what I’m asking. Most people will then answer it head on after the example. Sometimes simple isn’t always simple.

He seems like one big pity party. He wants pity and to be hugged

He’s always making excuses for why he was a bust. It’s not the medias fault you couldn’t ball on that level. It’s the medias fault you got in your feelings about being a bust. Just say you weren’t good enough.

This guy was never a bust . Expectations were too high . Just because Jordan selected him . He was played out of position joining the team . Because the team didn't have anybody with his talent at the time . Coming out of high school trying to play center in a league where the big man is supposed to be centerpiece to a championship was unrealistic at the time. Despite all that he played 12 years in the NBA . Plus he was always an important piece to every team he played for . Bust do not do that at all . True bust in this league now can fall back on the G League . Despite playing two or three years in college somehow they're not expected to even play NBA most of the time. Kwame didn't have that luxury. Because he was a talented player, he somehow was supposed to come in and school 5 to 10 year vets at one of the most stacked position in the league at the time . I could talk on about this but the bottom line is he wasn't a bust .

It was not the whole world. As I have no clue who he is or what he does. But he is clearly not past all the pain he experienced, because it shows like a be on of light. However, when everywhere you turn you are being hammered if can certainly feel like the entire world.

He really didn't answer the question but it was a good interview

Therapy and live your life

people really think they are globaly

Nothing. If anyone is a failure it's SAS, he couldn't make the NBA, so he didn't do what he dreamed of, he had to work for a living like the rest...

As someone who has been invested in basketball for over 50 years the biggest problem is he went to the wrong team and basketball is politics like every other sport people look at Michael Jordan as one of the greatest players of all time if not the greatest but he is also the greatest a****** of all time if you look up Doug Collins you will understand why kwame went through so much s***

If he was trash as most people try to say have any of you all made it to the NBA and played for multiple years?

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Is it me or do he look like micheal jordan . Kwame

"It made me go into a shell" is where he is wrong. You chose to bruv. But hey, to each his own .

Biggest shit in nba can't handle ball

So no?

He sucked wizards waisted a draft pick

I think the big thing for these young players is they need to have a real regulated financial advisor. 30% put away they can't touch it for 5 years in only solid investments and anyone who steals from them 30 years minimum sentence. That is life changing money. They can be set for life just off 1 deal and so many guys blow it themselves and the other half get robbed by the financial advisor/accountant who is always getting sued but never doing a bid . They robbed bank vaults worth of money but do no time. I don't get it. But I can see his perspective of needing a mentor/therapist. Just someone with no interest to hear them out and give advice. These are young men. Sometimes fatherless. And lastly an unlimited uber. Pay a dude that doesn't drink 30k hey anytime he needs a ride I need u to pick him up. So many careers ruined speeding duis. All this dumb shit. U think teams would just pay some guys to drive. 5 billion dollar brands u think 5 guys who drive on call would be easy... smh

🖕🏿🚌don’t ever disrespect LBJ🐐👑

What if kwame go crazy the first few years in the league? Y’a would of be kissing Jordan feet saying he is a great mentor.

So no accountability 🤔😐🙄🫤

Basically what he's saying is, he wasn't ready! Sad that he and other don't and didn't have the work ethic like Lebron and Kobe.

Clearly many in the comment section did not see the interview, yet, are tearing him apart..make it make sense

He belonged in the NBA. But he should have been a late first round pic. Nothing wrong with that at all. Its very hard to gauge players especially coming right out of high school.