Andrea Bargnani vs. Kwame Brown

[NetsForce]

Who is the better basketball player?

[dockingsched]

when healthy kwame provides very good post defense. bargnani hasn't shown any nba level skills.

[BrooklynBulls]

The thread so nice you made it twice?

[Smills91]

gum on the bottom of my shoe > Kwame Brown

[Duiz]

Andrea still has some potential.

[tsherkin]

Brown is a much better rebounder and defender (even on help D, which isn't his strength). He's much worse offensively unless he's going for follow-slams, lobs and short-range hooks and stuff but he's a comparable scorer by volume.

I don't think there's much question that, at least as they have performed thus far, Kwame is the more valuable player. Bargs still has untapped offensive potential though, so while he may never be worth his spot in the draft, I suspect on the merits of his scoring acumen he will one day prove more valuable than Kwame. Kwame's basically PJ Brown.