The Washington Post had a great little bit about Kobe Bryant hating, once again, on Kwame Brown. Kwame was the #1 pick who had his confidence utterly shattered by Michael Jordan. Granted, I don't think you can put fault his Airness for Kwame never panning out. Yes, Kwame played with two notoriously tough teammates in MJ and Kobe but he also played with a superstar in Gilbert Arenas who offered to chauffeur Brown to and from off-season workout sessions but Kwame turned him down so while Jordan's constant berating and now-infamous "flaming faggot" comment probably didn't help Kwame, it's not like the former #1 pick was really trying to break out of the funk.

Anyway, Kobe has a good story about Kwame's last game in Los Angeles and it kind of gave a little insight into how broken his psyche was.

For good measure, I'll also include my favorite Kwame rant of all time, obviously from the one and only Screamin' A. Smith. (Granted, in hinsight, the trade wasn't THAT bad since Memphis got Pau's brother Marc who isn't too shabby.)