The Unfiltered LeBron James Backlash the NBA Didn't See Coming: “He Is Toxic”

K wame Brown , the number 1 pick in the 2001 Draft who fell from grace, did not mince words when speaking about LeBron James 's impact in an NBA locker room.'

"I thought LeBron was just another individual, but then I realized he is part of a group. LeBron is a machine. He is a marketing machine. He is not an individual," explained the 44-year-old former player in statements made on " The Basketball Show" .

LeBron James is a marketing machine. He is not an individual

'Kwame Brown: "If you look at the careers LeBron James has ruined..."'

'Kwame Brown, who played for the Lakers from 2005 to 2008 but never played alongside "King" James , shared that "when I realized that... when you're dealing with a machine, it generates toxic waste. What is designed to look good ends up destroying what surrounds it".'

"And if you look at the careers he has ruined: Westbrook... You have Dalton Knecht; because of LeBron's son (Bronny James), he didn't have the chance to develop... And he gets there with Andrew Wiggins, who was the first overall draft pick. I know what that's like," he accused.

I want to know which player they’re going to have to sacrifice so that this LeBron James machine can keep seeming like what it is

Kwame Brown is very focused on the impact LeBron James will have on the Philadelphia 76ers , the team he joins after leaving the Lakers: "I want to know which player they're going to have to sacrifice so that this machine can keep looking like what it is."

The former Wizard, Laker, Grizzly, Piston, Bobcat, Warrior, and Sixer pointed out that both Joel Embiid and V. J. Edgecombe will bear the blame if LeBron James' 76ers fail to meet expectations this season.

Brown claims that the Lakers selected LeBron's son so that James can compete with Jordan or Kobe

Kwame Brown continued his direct attack on LeBron James, asserting that "the Lakers' decision to select Bronny James was more about LeBron's legacy, since he can't reach Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant in certain aspects. But he can say: 'Listen, I'm part of the only father-son duo to have shared a basketball court; I'm part of the only father-son duo to have been in the playoffs and, now, we will be the only father-son duo to face each other.'"

During his NBA career Brown, who spent 1 2 seasons in the best league in the world, averaged 6.6 points and 5.5 rebounds . Numbers that did not justify his selection as the No. 1 pick in a draft that also included players such as Pau Gasol and Tony Parker