- Tony Brown (basketball)
Anthony (Tony) William Brown (born
July 29 1960 , inChicago ,Illinois ) is a retired American professionalbasketball player and a current NBA coach.Brown was a 6'6" (198 cm) and 185 lb (84 kg)
small forward and played collegiately at theUniversity of Arkansas . He is currently an assistant coach for the NBA'sMilwaukee Bucks . [http://www.nba.com/bucks/news/BrownHired_070604.html Bucks Name Tony Brown Assistant Coach] , June 5, 2007]Playing career
Brown was selected with the 4th pick of the second round in the
1982 NBA Draft by theNew Jersey Nets . He played for nine NBA teams in seven seasons and also played in the CBA and overseas with Reggio Emilia in Italy from 1992 to 1994.Post-playing career
After his playing career, Brown worked as an advance scout and college talent evaluator for the Milwaukee Bucks from 1994–1997. He has served as an assistant coach for the
Portland Trail Blazers (1997–2001),Detroit Pistons (2001–2003),Toronto Raptors (2003–2004), andBoston Celtics (2004–2007). On November 6, 2007, Brown took the helm as fill-in head coach of the Bucks in a 112-85 win over theToronto Raptors [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=271106015 Bucks shoot lights out, hold Raptors star Bosh to one point] . Updated November 6, 2007] asLarry Krystkowiak missed the game due to his wife going into labor with twins. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3097899 Krystkowiak misses game vs. Raptors to be with wife in labor] . Updated November 6, 2007]Notes
External links
* [http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BROWNTO01 NBA stats] @ basketballreference.com
* [http://www.nba.com/coachfile/tony_brown/index.html?nav=page NBA.com: Tony Brown coach file]
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