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Devin Brown 
Free agent Shooting guard Personal information Date of birth December 30, 1978 Place of birth Salt Lake City, Utah Nationality American High school South San Antonio West Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Listed weight 210 lb (95 kg) Career information College Texas–San Antonio (1998–2002) NBA Draft 2002 / Undrafted Pro career 2002–present Career history 2002 Kansas Cagerz (USBL) 2002 San Antonio Spurs 2002–2003 Fayetteville Patriots (D-League) 2003 Denver Nuggets 2003–2005 San Antonio Spurs 2005–2006 Utah Jazz 2006–2007 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets 2007–2008 Cleveland Cavaliers 2008–2010 New Orleans Hornets 2010 Chicago Bulls 2011 Asseco Prokom Career highlights and awards 2002–03 NBA Development League Rookie of the Year 2005 NBA Champion
Stats at NBA.com Devin Brown (born December 30, 1978) is an American professional basketball player.
Brown was born in Salt Lake City, Utah,[1] and raised in San Antonio, Texas. He played organized basketball at South San Antonio West Campus High School, a school on the south side of San Antonio, where he became the all-time high school scorer in greater San Antonio.
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College career
Brown played four seasons at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He is the all-time leading scorer in school history with 1,922 career points. His collegiate averages were 18.3 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.75 steals in 32.0 minutes. In addition to that, Brown is the only player in UTSA school history to record a triple double — a 33-point, 11-rebound, 11-assist performance — which he did on February 17, 2001 against the Louisiana–Monroe Indians. Brown was named Southland Conference Freshman of the Year in 1998–99 and named First Team All-Southland Conference three times. His number was retired by UTSA, the first Roadrunner to receive such an honor.
Professional career
Early Years
Brown was not selected in the 2002 NBA Draft. He was, however, the 6th overall pick in the CBA Draft by the Sioux Falls Skyforce and the 18th overall pick in the USBL Draft by the Kansas Cagerz.[2] He was also drafted 2nd overall by Fayetteville Patriots in 2002 National Basketball Development League Draft.[3]
Brown began his professional career with the Cagerz in 2002. During his rookie year, he averaged 17.3 points, 6.2 rebounds and won the USBL Rookie of the Year.[4]
The following year Brown received an invite to the San Antonio Spurs' training camp. He was cut before the season started but then re-signed in November 2002 for two weeks during which he played in seven games.[2]
Also in November 2002, Brown was drafted with the second overall pick of the then-named National Basketball Development League draft by the Fayetteville Patriots.[5] He played 44 games for the Patriots and was named the 2003 NBDL Most Valuable Player as well as the 2003 NBDL Rookie of the Year.[6][7] He averaged 16.9 points on 50% shooting, 4.1 rebounds and two assists in 24.7 minutes.
NBA career
Denver Nuggets (2002-2003)
Brown earned a ten-day contract with the Denver Nuggets in April 2003, appearing in three games with two starts.
San Antonio Spurs (2002-2005)
After playing for the Spurs 2003 Summer League team, Brown signed with the team for the third time. Brown appeared in 58 games for the Spurs in 2003–04, logging major minutes as the season progressed and played a major role in the playoffs. In game six of the Western Conference Semifinals against the Los Angeles Lakers, Brown scored 15 points, 6 rebounds and three assists in a playoff-career-high 28 minutes.
Brown established career highs in all categories in the 2004–05 season while playing for the Spurs. In 67 games played, he averaged 7.4 points and 2.6 rebounds. On December 9, 2004, Brown committed a turnover in the final seconds of a game against the Houston Rockets; Tracy McGrady stole the ball and hit the winning three-point shot, and the Rockets won 81-80 after trailing 74-64 in the final minute.[8] With Brown, the Spurs won their third NBA Championship in June 2005. In the Finals, Brown saw the most game time in Game 4 with 20 minutes, but the Spurs lost that game to the Detroit Pistons 102-71. Brown scored 8 points on 2 for 8 field goal shooting and 1 for 3 free throw attempts and had three rebounds and two assists.[9]
Utah Jazz (2005-2006)
On September 9, 2005, as a restricted free agent, Brown signed a two year offer sheet with the Utah Jazz. The Spurs had the right to match the offer sheet but did not do so.[10] During the 2005–2006 season, Brown played in 81 games for the Jazz (starting 14) and he averaged 7.5 points and 2.6 rebounds per game. On February 13, 2006, he scored a career high 25 points in a game against the Los Angeles Lakers.
Golden State Warriors (2006)
On July 12, 2006, the Jazz traded Brown, along with Keith McLeod and Andre Owens, to the Golden State Warriors for veteran guard Derek Fisher,[11] but he was waived during training camp.[12]
New Orleans Hornets (2006-2007)
On December 22, 2006, he signed with the New Orleans Hornets to help fill in gaps left by injuries to the team's major players.[13] Brown played in 58 games for the Hornets (starting 49 of them), and averaged a career-high 11.6 points per game with and 4.3 rebounds. On April 10, 2007, Brown tied his career high by putting up 25 points against the Los Angeles Clippers.
Cleveland Cavaliers (2007-2008)
On September 29, 2007, he signed a one-year deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers.[14] Brown played in 78 regular season games as a Cavalier (starting 20). He averaged 7.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists, scoring a season-high 20 points against the Sacramento Kings on November 9, and was three assists away from a triple-double against the Washington Wizards on February 22, 2008. On April 2, he tied his season-high against the Charlotte Bobcats. He also had 5 rebounds and 8 assist as a starter in that game. Brown scored double digit points on 19 occasions and rebounds twice.
Return to New Orleans Hornets (2008-2010)
On August 22, 2008, he signed a two year contract with the New Orleans Hornets.
Chicago Bulls (2010-present)
On January 25, 2010, Devin Brown was traded to the Chicago Bulls for Aaron Gray.[15]
Asseco Prokom
In September 2011, Brown signed with Asseco Prokom in Poland.[16] He was released by Asseco Prokom in October 2011.[17]
Honors, rankings and milestones
2002 USBL Rookie of the Year
2003 NBDL Rookie of the Year
2003 NBDL Most Valuable Player
On April 14, 2007, Brown scored his 2,000th career point in a game against the Houston Rockets.
On April 27, 2007, Brown had his number 14 retired by the Kansas Cagerz of the USBL.[4]
On March 6, 2008, Brown had his 500th career assist in a game against the New York Knicks. On March 21, he scored his 2,500th career point in a game against the Toronto Raptors, grabbing his 1,000th career rebound against the Philadelphia 76ers nine days later.
NBA career statistics
Legend GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game FG% Field-goal percentage 3P% 3-point field-goal percentage FT% Free-throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2002–03 San Antonio 7 0 3.1 .500 .000 1.000 1.0 .3 .0 .0 1.7 2002–03 Denver 3 2 23.7 .280 .000 .667 3.7 1.7 1.3 .3 6.0 2003–04 San Antonio 58 0 10.8 .434 .286 .811 2.2 .6 .3 .1 4.0 2004–05 San Antonio 67 0 18.5 .423 .372 .792 2.6 1.4 .6 .2 7.4 2005–06 Utah 81 14 21.1 .393 .331 .745 2.6 1.3 .5 .2 7.5 2006–07 NO/Oklahoma City 58 49 28.7 .420 .357 .794 4.3 2.6 .8 .2 11.6 2007–08 Cleveland 78 20 22.6 .409 .308 .754 3.4 2.2 .7 .1 7.5 2008–09 New Orleans 63 5 13.8 .355 .289 .780 1.9 .9 .5 .1 5.2 2009–10 New Orleans 39 37 24.8 .394 .367 .802 2.8 1.5 .8 .1 9.7 2009–10 Chicago 11 0 8.5 .222 .235 .000 1.4 .6 .3 .1 1.8 Career 465 127 19.4 .401 .338 .776 2.8 1.5 .6 .1 7.2 Playoffs
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2003–04 San Antonio 9 0 14.4 .486 .600 .588 2.0 1.0 .3 .1 5.8 2004–05 San Antonio 12 0 5.0 .350 .429 .571 .6 .3 .1 .0 1.8 2007–08 Cleveland 8 0 11.5 .265 .294 .667 2.4 1.1 .2 .0 4.1 2008–09 New Orleans 3 0 11.0 .375 .000 1.000 1.7 .0 .0 .0 2.7 2009–10 Chicago 1 0 2.0 1.000 .000 .000 1.0 .0 .0 .0 2.0 Career 33 0 9.6 .380 .368 .619 1.5 .6 .2 .0 3.5 Notes
- ^ NBA.com: Devin Brown bio
- ^ a b Hoopshype Devin Brown Profile
- ^ NBDL: 2003-03 NBDL Draft Board
- ^ a b Hornets Swarm into Salina
- ^ 2002-03 NBDL Draft Board
- ^ Wrapping Up The 2003 NBA Summer Leagues Through NBDL Eyes
- ^ Will Bynum Named D-League Rookie of the Year
- ^ "McGrady's 3-flowin' ways a real Rocket boost". Associated Press. December 9, 2004. http://espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=241209010. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
- ^ "Devin Brown Game-by-Game Stats: 2004-2005". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/nba/player/gamelog/_/id/1858/year/2005/devin-brown. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
- ^ Jazz sign free agent Brown
- ^ Warriors acquire Brown, McLeod and Owens from Utah
- ^ Warriors waive Brown
- ^ Hornets sign free agent Brown
- ^ Cavs make two moves
- ^ "Bulls acquire Devin Brown from New Orleans". NBA.com. 2010-01-25. http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/brown_gray_100125.html. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ Devin Brown Signs With Asseco Prokom
- ^ Asseco Prokom Gdynia released Devin Brown
External links
- Brown's official site
- Devin Brown at Basketball-Reference.com
- UTSA Roadrunners bio
- NBA biography, 2002-2006 in depth
- NBA biography, 2002-2006 in brief, 2006-2007 in depth
San Antonio Spurs 2004–05 NBA Champions 2 Nazr Mohammed | 3 Glenn Robinson | 4 Sean Marks | 5 Robert Horry | 8 Radoslav Nesterović | 9 Tony Parker | 11 Mike Wilks | 12 Bruce Bowen | 14 Beno Udrih | 17 Brent Barry | 20 Manu Ginóbili | 21 Tim Duncan (Finals MVP) | 23 Devin Brown | 34 Tony Massenburg | 43 Linton Johnson
Head coach Gregg Popovich
Assistant coaches P. J. Carlesimo | Mike Budenholzer | Chip Engelland | Don NewmanRegular season • Playoffs NBA Development League Most Valuable Player Award NBA Development League Rookie of the Year Award Categories:- 1978 births
- Living people
- African American basketball players
- Basketball players from Texas
- Basketball players from Utah
- People from Salt Lake City, Utah
- Sportspeople from San Antonio, Texas
- Fayetteville Patriots players
- UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball players
- Denver Nuggets players
- San Antonio Spurs players
- Utah Jazz players
- New Orleans Hornets players
- Chicago Bulls players
- Cleveland Cavaliers players
- Shooting guards
- Undrafted National Basketball Association players
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