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Okay guys, I actually went to this game. I was able to attain some pretty nice seats. I was 8 rows back from Elden Campbell and PJ Brown. Baron had a good first half, but then his back tightened up and he sat out the whole second half. He did, however, come out in a tight red and pink outfit that looked like it was straight out of one of those NBA Funk commercials.
My most glaring observation (other than the fact that Patrick Ewing fell asleep 4 times during the game) was that Kwame Brown is a beast. This whole preason his hype has been building, and I thought that he was just playing against weak competition. I could not have been more wrong. He literally torched Jerome Moiso, Robert Traylor, and Kirk Haston with a wide variety of post moves. Kwame has a dynamite drop step into the lane with a soft touch on his righty and lefty hooks across the middle. His moves to the baseline were solid as far as footwork, but he looked a little uncomfortable once he got there and usually wound up passing out of traffic (which he also did effectively).
The most impressive part of his game, though, was brought to the forefront whenever Jamaal Magliore got switched on him. Kwame faced up the league's best bench Center time and time again and either stroked the silky-smooth 18 foot jumper or beat him off the dribble and finished. Brown reminds me of Bernard King offensively. This kid is going to explode this year, fellas. WOW!
Also, I saw Tractor Traylor(a friend of mine) after the game, and I asked him what he thought of the kid. He told me he had no idea Kwame's feet moved as cleanly as they do. Traylor said he was going to be one of the toughest covers in the whole conference this season.
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