Kwame Brown: If Bronny James doesn’t learn how to bring the ball up, he’s going to be a poor man’s Juan Dixon

Kwame Brown on Bronny James:"But I see a guy who's athletic that needs to learn how to cut and slash more until he gets more comfortable with shooting. If he doesn't learn how to play the point guard, I don't think he's as strong as David Wesley. At his size — 6'1, 6'2 — he's the only guy that I've seen who could play that spot at the two. If he doesn't learn how to bring the ball up, he's going to be a poor man's Juan Dixon. I think he'll bounce around. His daddy has enough power with Klutch Sports to keep him in the league, but after that, if he doesn't learn how to play point, he's gonna fizzle out."

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Kwame Brown: "This is the travesty that people are not realizing. They're acting like the 55th pick ain't nothing. But don't you think the kid from NC State, who is a proven double-double monster, could have been a project? Lose a little weight — this kid is a monster. What's his name, the center for NC State? DJ Burns. How can you make a case for Bronny James, a guy that had a heart issue, that hadn't proven anything, against a guy that went to a good school and put up numbers against everybody?" -via YouTube / September 22, 2024 LeBron James: "You know, it's definitely different in the sense of, you know, just mentioning with Bronny being a part of the team now. I mean, I'm looking at you two guys right now. I think it's one of the greatest things in the world to be able to work with your kid, you know. So, this week we got back into the gym, and it was really the first time that me and Bronny were on the floor as professionals training, going against each other, preparing for the season. And there were a couple moments where I kind of just lost focus, you know, and I'm not used to losing focus when I'm out on the floor. But, you know, a couple times I was just looking to the side, watching him, watching him prepare and watching him go after it. And it's going to be an unbelievable year for myself, and I hope for him as well." -via YouTube / September 21, 2024 LeBron on how Bronny's presence changes his mindset this season: "I think with that particular part, you know, it's going to give me a sense of enjoying the moment a little bit more. You know, when you're so engulfed and you're in training mode and you're in determined mode, and you're so engulfed on the preparation and the process, sometimes you can lose track of some of the things that happen throughout the course of the season where you should celebrate or you should appreciate it a little bit more. So, I think with Bronny being here now, I think I can have a moment or two where I can just sit back and be appreciative of just the moment itself because it doesn't last forever." -via YouTube / September 21, 2024 Kwame Brown: "No, I'm not an MJ fan. Listen, I got no reason to be an MJ fan. That motherf****r slapped me in the back of my head one day. But I'm just, I got no reason to do — no reason at all. I'm just, I just saw the work and the dedication. This old Negro was getting up at 39 years old. He never cheated the game, whether he went out, whatever he did. The Breakfast Club was real. I'm like, I joined the Breakfast Club because I couldn't believe it. I'm like, ain't no way this old, after being up standing there all night gambling, no way this gonna be here at 6:00. That dude was already in the weight room lifting at 5:45. I'm like, he's a machine. I couldn't believe it. Every morning, he's like that. No matter what he does, he never cheated the game." -via YouTube / September 22, 2024 Kwame Brown on LeBron James: "But the problem is, when he plays teams like Chicago or Boston, who have real solid principles, he has trouble. And so the old-school players wouldn't have any trouble with LeBron because, at 39, he should have developed a mid-range and a post game, and he still hasn't yet. He still has the athletic ability to just go 94 feet — which, I don't know how, but he still has it. But if he didn't have this athleticism, his game really hasn't evolved outside of a three and putting his head down and going to the basket. He doesn't go like Paul Pierce, getting to a spot, pulling up. Those are the things you normally see out of a superstar player." -via YouTube / September 22, 2024