Kwame's Teammates Defend Him......Didn't Like The Boos

[DEEP3CL]

After thinking about it and reading the papers I'll say that last night the Laker fans at Staples really showed their low life asses last night. I'll admit I was pissed with Kwame too, but at one point it got to be abuse to a certain extent.

I'm not saying he didn't deserve it early on but they should have let up because he really started to press to make it right ,he tried hard to get himself going.

Kwame's a good dude people we gotta get behind him and hope for the best. Adversity is going to make us the fans stronger at games and make the team stronger. From what I've read his teammates are really going to back him up.

This period is going to tell who we are and what we're about, the guys were truly upset with the fans after the game. I hope the next game they show Kwame some love. I must admit I've never heard a player in a Laker uniform get it like that in my 31 years of watching the team.

Kobe even said that he's going to play well next game and the fans are going to chant his name. Remember people it was only a short time ago that he floored Boris Diaw in the playoffs and he was playing BIG then.
Kwame was a big reason we went up 3-1 on the Suns in 06.

He's been hurt now he's trying to recover and he will. If the Kwame of 06 comes back with the talent we have now we'll be ok I really believe it.

Like Kobe said he's the starting center for the next 2 month, he's a Laker he helped us in 06 now we the fans have to help him.

Apologize to Kwame and cheer him when he comes out the tunnel, cheer him when he's introduced with the starters, cheer him when he grabs a rebound, cheer him when he scores, cheer him when he stops his man.

Just cheer for him it's not that hard to do people.

[Showtime:Part2]

maybe if we boo him enough mitch will trade him.

[Erik Eleven]

Unibrow. Despicable behavior from the Lakers fans to boo one of their own. Classless.

[ock]

kwame is a broken man. you can't fix that.

[RJM]

Unibrow. Despicable behavior from the Lakers fans to boo one of their own. Classless.

Puh-leeze. You can't blame them for being fed up with this whole Kwame nonsense. He played the worst I've seen him play and the fans saw that. We as a Laker franchise are supposed to represent greatness and winning, not that crap Kwame pulled. He embarrassed the Lakers with his pathetic play, and the fans saw that. Keep in mind these are fans that sat through Showtime in the 80's, the Shaq & Kobe Days, and 81.

I don't blame them one bit. Classless my ass....what did you expect them to do, cheer? It's not their fault he's got the mental toughness of a carrot.

[crazyeights]

What bothered me is you could tell Kwame was actually trying harder during the game, but things weren't going his way.

Seriously there were moments like that put-back where he dunked it hard, that he hadn't done since he got back. He had probably 4-6 points called off for one reason or another.

(Anyone think Kwame should just focus on using his left hand for now on? I've noticed he has better touch with it, he's made some nifty moves lately).

He's still out of shape, still timid of throwing it down because of his knee, and now he's got to deal with the fans.

Surprisingly there was about a 5 minute period where the Lakers probably forced the issue of trying to get him involved. That's when the pressure really got to him and then the fans really got on him.

I don't agree with what happened at all. Look now that Bynum is injured, Kwame is going nowhere. If he ever was offered anything reasonable, he'd be gone already. Nobody wants him, but he can be a force on this team. We've been through a roller-coaster ride with him, but he has been big for us in stretches.

This year has not been his best showing, but I think we're forgetting his high level of play even last year, he was turning into a monster before he got hurt. There was even a time when he had learned to take it up strong every time. Now he's just back to his old habits, but we've seen him out grow them before.

The point is, is that everyone knows Kwame isn't the kind of guy we can be treated like that by fans and expected to improve. He's on our team, we have to stand behind him. Through thick and thin:

Purple and Gold.

[LLcoleJ]

Unibrow. Despicable behavior from the Lakers fans to boo one of their own. Classless.

I agree. I dont Boo Lakers. ( I can wait until they are no longer in the P&G)

That being said, Look Kwame is bad and we all know this. However, if he really focused and really just did simple things he could help us in this stretch.

Dunk, Rebound and Defend.

We can analyze his head , boo him off the court and continue to push him farther down. But that is not going to help. If all he needs is some positive reinforcement to he some what decent then I am going to give him that.

We need him, the Lakers need him and if we lost 2 ..7 footers to Bynums injury then we are really screwed.

I think the fans should try something crazy and cheer him and see where that gets us. It couldnt get any worse.


So, Kwame, you have my support.


Dunk , Rebound, Defend.

[Tommy Trojan]

Maybe if he did not get 9 mil per season, people would not boo him.

If he had gotten MLE and was playing off the bench than people would not expect so much out of him.

[slifersd]

Kwame Brown deserved every single boo that came to him. You can say whatever you want about how fans should always support their players no matter what. But in Brown's case, that is simply impossible to do. This guy never did one honest day of work ever since he got here.

We the fans respect players for playing hard and making the best out of abilities. You don't have to be a superstar but you have to give it your best every time you are out there. That's why Kwame Brown got booed. Ever since he got here, he hasn't worked hard on improving his game; every time he is out there playing, he doesn't give his best effort. He was booed not because he missed a dunk or whatever, but because the Lakers fans are finally sick of his I don't give a crap as long as I get paid attitude. Kwame Brown deserves the boos and that's it. Hopefully, if the fans in Staples boo him enough, he will get shipped out of here.

[LLcoleJ]

Well you can worry about his salary, I am more worried about getting a win. If a sensitive player needs support and hand holding to be effective when we need him most I will go give him a hug.

Whatever it takes to get Kwame to dunk, rebound and defend then I will do it. Last I looked , we are 3rd in the West and our star center is out for 2 months. I am pretty sure breaking a guy down wont help us, no matter how much it is deserved.

[LLcoleJ]

Kwame Brown deserved every single boo that came to him. You can say whatever you want about how fans should always support their players no matter what. But in Brown's case, that is simply impossible to do. This guy never did one honest day of work ever since he got here.

We the fans respect players for playing hard and making the best out of abilities. You don't have to be a superstar but you have to give it your best every time you are out there. That's why Kwame Brown got booed. Ever since he got here, he hasn't worked hard on improving his game; every time he is out there playing, he doesn't give his best effort. He was booed not because he missed a dunk or whatever, but because the Lakers fans are finally sick of his I don't give a crap as long as I get paid attitude. Kwame Brown deserves the boos and that's it. Hopefully, if the fans in Staples boo him enough, he will get shipped out of here.

yeah and this team spirals out of control and we end up the 8th seed or out of the playoffs.

You act like the team want to keep him. If there was a trade that would make us better , the would do it. Is there one?

Kwame will be gone soon enough, but while he is here, we need to get the most out of him.

[10scott10]

Well you can worry about his salary, I am more worried about getting a win. If a sensitive player needs support and hand holding to be effective when we need him most I will go give him a hug.

Whatever it takes to get Kwame to dunk, rebound and defend then I will do it. Last I looked , we are 3rd in the West and our star center is out for 2 months. I am pretty sure breaking a guy down wont help us, no matter how much it is deserved.

agreed, there is a difference between bopoing your team when they're putting on a bad effort, and booing one of your players specifically every time he touches the ball.

hell, I can't think of a player on another team that laker fans do that to.

[trippy]

Getting frustrated is understandable, but real fans don't boo. Doesn't matter how tough it gets, real fans sticks with their team.

[crazyeights]

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agreed, there is a difference between bopoing your team when they're putting on a bad effort, and booing one of your players specifically every time he touches the ball.

hell, I can't think of a player on another team that laker fans do that to.

Great point. It's hard to come up with one...maybe Ray Allen a few years ago?

People are just a-holes at the games though. Whenever I've gone, it's people who are just trying to be funny who also don't seem to know **** about the situation of the team.

But that's usually just a few loud people in each section, last night seemed like most of the fans...mob mentality, much?

[TommyTheCat]

isn't there another thread like 'kwame makes me want to blow chunks' already going over this topic?

http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic. ... 15&start=0


sucks that kwame is way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way weaker and more fragile than i thought.

[Tommy Trojan]

^^^^^ ^^^^^ There are more threads about Kwame's emotions being hurt than Bynum

[crazyeights]

isn't there another thread like 'kwame makes me want to blow chunks' already going over this topic?

http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic. ... 15&start=0


sucks that kwame is way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way weaker and more fragile than i thought.

I have to ask, how far did you get before you copy and pasted. Was it from the first way?

[ljp24]

Are you serious? Kwame is a no.1 draft pick earning $9million a year. He hasn't shown ANY attempt to improve his game. He freaking hosts parties instead of improving. Yeah, his defense is good, but that's about it.

And it's been almost two years since Kwame did his thing in the 06 playoffs.

[Mindflayer]

After thinking about it and reading the papers I'll say that last night the Laker fans at Staples really showed their low life asses last night. I'll admit I was pissed with Kwame too, but at one point it got to be abuse to a certain extent.

I'm not saying he didn't deserve it early on but they should have let up because he really started to press to make it right ,he tried hard to get himself going.

Kwame's a good dude people we gotta get behind him and hope for the best. Adversity is going to make us the fans stronger at games and make the team stronger. From what I've read his teammates are really going to back him up.

This period is going to tell who we are and what we're about, the guys were truly upset with the fans after the game. I hope the next game they show Kwame some love. I must admit I've never heard a player in a Laker uniform get it like that in my 31 years of watching the team.

Kobe even said that he's going to play well next game and the fans are going to chant his name. Remember people it was only a short time ago that he floored Boris Diaw in the playoffs and he was playing BIG then.
Kwame was a big reason we went up 3-1 on the Suns in 06.

He's been hurt now he's trying to recover and he will. If the Kwame of 06 comes back with the talent we have now we'll be ok I really believe it.

Like Kobe said he's the starting center for the next 2 month, he's a Laker he helped us in 06 now we the fans have to help him.

Apologize to Kwame and cheer him when he comes out the tunnel, cheer him when he's introduced with the starters, cheer him when he grabs a rebound, cheer him when he scores, cheer him when he stops his man.

Just cheer for him it's not that hard to do people.

If you worked for me I would have you drug tested. The fans had every right to boo him and I'm glad they did. If Kwame had a real job he'd be fired long ago. Please don't give me this I'm still injured crap. Fine, stay injured. The only reason Kwame looked good in tha Pheonix series was because Amare didn't play and Diaw was the center. When we traded for him there were numerous Wizard fans who said he would never get more than the MLE. Jokes on us. I'll bet this guy gets no more than MLE money this offseason and no more than 2 years max on a contract.

Kwame is the classic guy in the workplace that does the minimum to get by. He's the guy that goes on unemployment every Summer and can only work in a family business. Bynum worked harder in the off-season to improve his game than Kwame has in his entire career. If Kwame gave a crap and worked to improve his game this wouldn't have happened. Kwame turned down Kareem's help when he got here. I'm sorry, but coddling this p*ssy needs to stop. And if booing him gets him off the floor and anyone, I mean anyone else in the game than so be it.

[dockingsched]

kwame shouldn't be put in a position where he's posting up and trying to create his own offense.