Dee Brown (basketball, born 1968)

Dee Brown

No. 7
Shooting guard
Personal information
Date of birth	November 27, 1968 (1968-11-27) (age 42)
Place of birth	Jacksonville, Florida
Nationality	American
High school	Bolles School (Jacksonville, Florida)
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
College	Jacksonville (1986–1990)
NBA Draft	1990 / Round: 1 / Pick: 19th overall
Selected by the Boston Celtics
Pro career	1990–2002
Career history
As player:
1990–1998	Boston Celtics
1998–2000	Toronto Raptors
2000–2002	Orlando Magic
As coach:
2002	Orlando Miracle (WNBA)
2003–2004	San Antonio Silver Stars (WNBA)
2009–2011	Springfield Armor (NBA D-League)
Career highlights and awards
NBA Slam Dunk Contest winner (1991) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1991)
Career NBA statistics
Points	6,758 (11.1 ppg)
Assists	2,227 (3.7 apg)
Rebounds	1,569 (2.6 rpg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

DeCovan Kadell "Dee" Brown (born November 29, 1968, in Jacksonville, Florida) is a retired American professional basketball player who spent twelve seasons (1990–2002) in the NBA, playing for the Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors, and Orlando Magic.

A 6'1" (1.85 m) guard from Jacksonville University, Brown was selected by the Celtics with the 19th pick of the 1990 NBA Draft. He was a member of the NBA All-Rookie Team in his first year, when he played in all 82 games and averaged 8.7 points per game. One of the highlights of his career occurred in 1991, when he won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest with a "no-look" slam dunk. He was a starter for Boston during the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons and posted his best scoring numbers, averaging more than 15 points per game each of those years. After seven and a half seasons with the Celtics, he was traded to the Raptors along with Chauncey Billups in 1998. Overall, during his career, he scored 6,758 total points.

Brown later served roles in the Women's National Basketball Association first as a head coach for the Orlando Miracle and then as the head coach for the San Antonio Silver Stars.^[1] In 2005 he won a one-year contract as a studio analyst for ESPN as the winner of the reality show Dream Job, defeating former Houston Rocket Matt Bullard.^[2] He went on to host a ESPN show called City Slam!.

In 2005, Brown established EDGE Basketball, LLC with himself as CEO. The outfit specializes in training players from middle school up to the professional ranks.

On July 29, 2009, Brown was named as the head coach of the Springfield Armor, a team in the NBA Developmental League.^[3] He also became the team's Director of Basketball Operations.^[4] In two seasons as coach of the Armor, the team finished with records of 7-43 (.140) and 13-37 (.260), for a total of 20-80 (.200).

In September 2011, Brown announced that he would be joining the Detroit Pistons as an assistant under Lawrence Frank.^[5][6]

In November 2011, 2K Sports, the video game company responsible for the popular NBA 2K series, announced that Brown, along with 44 other basketball legends, was going to be included in a downloadable content add-on for NBA 2K12.^[7]

References

1. ^ Magic Name Dee Brown Community Ambassador
2. ^ DEE BROWN WINS ESPN'S DREAM JOB
3. ^ http://www.masslive.com/sports/index.ssf/2009/07/springfield_armor_of_nba_dleag.html
4. ^ http://netsarescorching.com/2009/09/02/netsarescorching-interview-armor-coach-dee-brown/
5. ^ Dee Brown, Roy Rogers joining Pistons as assistant coaches
6. ^ Thomas, Jeff (12 September 2011). "Dee Brown out as Springfield Armor coach; Bob MacKinnon in?". Springfield Republican. http://www.masslive.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/09/dee_brown_out_as_springfield_a.html. Retrieved 14 September 2011. 
7. ^ http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/-8220-NBA-2K12-8243-reveals-45-new-in-game-le?urn=nba-wp10190&mwp_success=NONJS_POST_SUCCESS#mwpphu-post-form

External links

• Career stats
• Blog

Preceded by Carolyn Peck

Orlando Miracle Head Coach 2002

Succeeded by Mike Thibault

Preceded by none

Springfield Armor Head Coach 2009-11

Succeeded by Bob MacKinnon, Jr.

Persondata
Name	Brown, Dee
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Date of birth	November 27, 1968
Place of birth	Jacksonville, Florida
Date of death
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