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We’ve said a lot of things about Lakers PF Kwame Brown over the course of this blog.

In no particular order, we’ve called him creepy, a wimp, whiny, “not good at basketball”, and most famously, a virgin.

Well, this may be the year we take it all back - according to this long Q&A with the LA Daily News (via their Lakers Blog), Kwame has been putting in the time all summer.

Trying to get better. Working the jump hooks. Finally learning how to catch the ball…maybe.

Q: Do you like the new ball?

A: I hate the new ball. Oh my God. The last ball, it would get a little play on the rim. This ball, if it touches the rim, it’s coming out. It’s squirting right off the rim.

Q: What about handling the ball in the post?

A: The only difference about the ball is you can grip the ball a little better when it’s dry. When it gets wet, it gets a little heavier and lot more slippery than the other ball.

Q: So you’re not a fan

A: Not a fan. Not a fan at all.

We said it when they announced this new ball - it’s gonna be the #1 excuse for anyone missing a shot, missing a pass, lower shooting percentages, losing games, or being a virgin still. And so it begins, before training camp even.

Never would’ve thought Kwame would be the first to hop on that - never even occured to us. That’s mainly because we didn’t think anyone would want to interview Kwame, though.

As for the new ball, these guys have had access to it all summer, and you all just watched LeBron drain a bunch of shots on Letterman (see the previous post), so we’re not buying any excuses, not even from Starbury, who’s got 2-1 odds of being the next to complain.