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LINKAgent: Grizzlies forward Brown agrees to two-year deal with Pistons
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3511
Kwame Brownhttp://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3511 is headed back to the Eastern Conference.
Brown's agent, Mark Bartlestein, told ESPN.com on Monday night that the former No. 1 pick in the 2001 draft has reached a verbal agreement on a new contract with the Detroit Pistons.
The contract is believed to be a two-year deal worth $8 million, with Brown -- who spent his first four seasons as a pro in Washington after being drafted by then-Wizards president Michael Jordan -- holding a player option to return to free agency after this season.
Brown earned nearly $9.1 million last season in the final year of his previous three-year deal, which the 26-year-old received in the summer of 2005 in a sign-and-trade from Washington to the Los Angeles Lakers. Brown's expiring salary was the chief chip that the Lakers used to convince the Memphis Grizzlies to send Pau Gasol to L.A. on Feb. 1 in a trade that earned the Grizzlies widespread criticism.
Brown played in only 15 games with the Grizzlies after the trade, averaging just 3.5 points and 3.8 rebounds in under 14 minutes per game.
I dont think this is the move many Pistons fans were expecting, but we'll see how it works out. Brown has been a bust and now he gets another chance with another team.