When allegations that he had slept with Pau Gasol‘s partner were made, Shannon Brown once expressed his feelings on Twitter. According to reports, Gasol allegedly didn’t put up his best effort during that season’s playoffs because Brown had an affair with Silvia Lopez and Kobe’s wife had planned the move.
At the time, it was thought that Pau Gasol and Kobe Bryant were at differences, with Gasol blaming Kobe for his breakup with his long term girlfriend. It was believed that the allegation was first spread on a gossip website, where the article claimed that Shannon Brown had an affair with Gasol’s wife and that this generated tension in the locker room as well as Gasol’s lackluster postseason performance. The Lakers were destroyed by the Mavericks that season, becoming the first Phil Jackson playoff team to be swept, and there were whispers of locker room discontent. The next evening, Brown used Twitter to rectify the record of the assertions.
Who is Shannon Brown and was he good?
Throughout his career, Shannon Brown was one of the league’s most physically active athletes as few NBA players had a similar vertical leap. Brown was a valuable role player who came off the bench throughout his NBA career, winning two championships. Brown was chosen by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2006 NBA Draft. He spent time in the NBA Development League after his rookie season and briefly played for the Chicago Bulls. He signed a contract with the Charlotte Bobcats in 2008 for the upcoming season. He participated in 30 games that season as a backup and was traded to the Lakers during the campaign. He played 18 games for them and scored an average of 3.2 points per game.
Being a member of the 2009 NBA title squad, he joined the Lakers at the ideal time. The next year, Brown increased his scoring while participating in all 82 regular-season games and winning his second championship as the Lakers completed a back-to-back. After three seasons in Los Angeles, Brown won two championships and later on signed with the Phoenix Suns in 2011. He played major time for the Suns before spending time with the Miami Heat, the New York Knicks, and San Antonio Spurs. Although Brown was never a prolific scorer, he always brought the vital enthusiasm to the squad when he came off the bench.
Brown refutes to the claim of sleeping with Pau Gasol’s wife
An even more savage rumor about a possible romance between Pau Gasol’s girlfriend, Silvia Lopez and his teammate guard Shannon Brown surfaced following the Lakers’ exit from the 2011 playoffs. Prior to this incident, there was rumor that Vanessa Bryant had ended Gasol’s relationship after pleading with his girlfriend to leave, leading to speculation that Kobe and Pau were at odds. This shed light to why Gasol performed below average for the Lakers in their playoff matches against the Mavericks. Brown expressed his feelings on Twitter to refute this assertion, saying: “Ok let me put a end to this right now before it goes any further. I DID NOT SLEEP WITH @paugasol woman!!! First and last time addressing it!”
It’s a disgusting thing when allegations about the personal lives of professional sportsmen circulate, especially regarding friends. The pattern for athletes in the past has often been to refrain from making direct comments on them in order to avoid justifying them, but his tweet was deleted. A comment of such nature on Twitter may have made his life seem less disturbing. Gasol did admit that some of the allegations that were circulating had affected his partner, which makes it particularly tough. The girl didn’t even speak English, so there was no concrete evidence to support the claim, and it seemed more like a plot to disempower the athlete.
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