Brown's Act in L.A. Already Alarming

Beginning of article

Byline: John N. Mitchell, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Kwame Brown called Gilbert Arenas to say his words had been "misconstrued" - an excuse that should be giving Brown's new team, the Los Angeles Lakers, fits.

Brown skipped practice after Game 3 of the Wizards' first-round playoff victory over the Bulls last season, an absence reported the next day in The Washington Times.

But, Brown was quoted in an article in The Washington Post this week saying he skipped the workout because if he attended he was going to slap Arenas, whom Brown accused of telling coach Eddie Jordan to bench him.

Add another chapter to Brown's history of serial deflections.

Let's be honest here. …