Update 05/18/2021 12:13pm:
Matt Barnes responded to Kwame Brown calling him out in a rant over the weekend after his name was brought up on Barnes' podcast "All the Smoke," which he co-hosts with Stephen Jackson.
While appearing as a guest on the show, Gilbert Arenas explained why he feels Brown didn't live up to expectations in the NBA after being the #1 overall draft. Kwame shot back at Arenas, Jackson, and Barnes, and specifically calling Barnes "Becky with the good hair.
Barnes responded, stating, "I was confused because I never said nothing about that dude. Coming from us or coming from you I think you’ve been looking for attention, that’s all you’ve been searching for."
He added, "Bro you’ve been getting made fun of since you came in the league for not living up to expectations. People laugh and joke about you all the time. Me? I didn’t do that. Never laughed, never joked, cuz I don’t talk about people like that. Me tapping somebody’s knee, that’s what got you mad? You need a hug, bro. Before all this s*** even got moving around, once I heard you were talking s***, I DM’d you like a man."
Barnes then closed by telling Brown, "But you chose to ignore that. If you wanna be mad at anybody, be mad at MJ for picking you #1. I didn’t do that. I don’t know you, I never talked about you. It is what it is."
Original 05/17/2021 12:11pm:
Former NBA player Kwame Brown did not take kindly to his name being brought up on Showtime’s "All the Smoke" podcast hosted by Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes last week. Brown took to social media to respond to Gilbert Arenas speaking about him being drafted #1 overall by the Wizards in 2001 and some believing that he didn't live up to his potential.
Arenas believes that Michael Jordan destroyed Kwame's confidence while they played together on the Wizards, and he added that Wizards fans booing Kwame at home games also didn't help. Arenas went on to call Kwame a "show pony" who looked good but didn't produce so well.
In his video, Kwame states, "Stephen Jackson maybe you can put that motherf**king blunt out and pull your pants up on your ass and put that rag down and act like a grown ass man instead of a little ass boy."
He then addressed Barnes, stating, "Becky with the good hair, go to counseling and Gilbert you already knew, I was quiet on you for years and I wasn’t going to say nothing…you took food, what did I get 3 years/ 85 mil for the Lakers, I was supposed to get 88…N***** you took millions out my mouth, and you shout like you love black folks, you’re the whitest black boy I’ve ever known." You can hear his full statement above.
