Kwame Brown returns to Pistons and Dumars quietly weeps

It was a foregone conclusion already, but today he made it official. Kwame Brown will take his $4 million check next year, thank you very much. Let me sum up the career of Kwame Brown for you... he went from a former #1 draft pick to having to take his $4 million option year b/c he would risk losing several million a year if he didn't.

His FT % last year was actually his highest in 4 years, and he shot 52%. That should probably come down next year. His PER of 11.57 is terrible. And, his defense is overrated. His oppenents averaged a PER of 19.1 against him. Also, his Roland Rating was a -4.4. What does that mean? That means, on a team that could not even finish .500, we performed 4.4 points better in point differential when he was on the bench. Only Walter Sharpe had a worst rating on the team. On the plus side, he is a good rebounder with a 31.9 rebounding rating and he does do a good job of drawing fouls with a 25.2% rate. Ideally, he only plays when we are in foul trouble and only for about 5 minutes a game when we need his rebounding. But, having him out there for longer stretches is asking for trouble and less than ideal. Unfortunately, we are not in an ideal situation as he is our only active center on the roster. Needless to say, Dumars will be targeting big men in free agency.