Former NBA top pick Kwame Brown fires back at Gilbert Arenas, Stephen Jackson, Matt Barnes after comments on ‘All The Smoke’

Kwame Brown’s professional basketball career has been the center of jokes in the NBA world for years. Now, the former No. 1 overall pick has had enough.

During Gilbert Arenas’ recent appearance on the popular sports podcast “All The Smoke,” hosted by former NBA players Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, he and the hosts spoke about Brown’s career in the league. In the interview, Arenas referred to Brown as a “man child” that had a dent in confidence due to teammate Michael Jordan, and called Brown a “show pony.”

Brown received word of the comments and fired back at the trio live on Instagram and with an hour-long YouTube video (Warning: graphic language below). In the video, Brown called Jackson “fake” and Barnes “Becky with the good hair” and claimed Arenas took millions from them through contracts.

“I think you guys need to focus and channel that energy to some more real problems,” Brown said. “And Stephen Jackson, maybe you can put that (expletive) 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.”

Brown has been regarded as one of the biggest busts in NBA history. He was drafted out of high school by the Washington Wizards as the top pick in 2001 and never lived up to the hype. Brown was able to still have a 12-year career in the league, but he’ll never get past the bust label.

After Brown’s rant, Jackson responded on Instagram, saying he refused to interact with him. Jackson claimed Brown chose to target them because of their platforms in sports media.

“Don’t make this personal bro,” Jackson said in the video. “A million people talk about you, but you want to come at us because you know we hot, because you know we can put you back on. … It ain’t personal. Wish u the best big guy.”

— Aron Yohannes

ayohannes@oregonian.com; @aronyohannes

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