John Brown (basketball, born 1992)

John Edward Brown III (born January 28, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League. He played college basketball for the High Point Panthers.

John Brown
No. 00 – UNICS Kazan
PositionForward
LeagueVTB United League
EuroCup
Personal information
Born (1992-01-28) January 28, 1992
NationalityAmerican
Listed height2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight98 kg (216 lb)
Career information
High school
CollegeHigh Point (2012–2016)
NBA draft2016 / Undrafted
Playing career2016–present
Career history
2016–2017Virtus Roma
2017–2018Universo Treviso Basket
2018–2020New Basket Brindisi
2020–presentUNICS Kazan
Career highlights and awards

High school career

Brown attended Andrew Jackson High School and First Coast High School in his freshman and sophomore years. Brown then moved to Arlington Country Day School in Jacksonville, Florida for his junior year. In 2009–10, he was named the Florida 1A Player of the Year after averaging 17.9 points, 12.1 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game, leading his team in all three categories. He was also a first team All-State and Jacksonville Times-Union All-First Coast team. Arlington finished with a 23-6 record and won the Florida Class 1A title game. In 2010–11, he played for both Body of Christ Christian Academy in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Oldsmar Christian School in Oldsmar, Florida.[1]

College career

Brown redshirted his freshman season of 2011–12. In 2012–13, he was named the Big South Freshman of the Year, as well as becoming just the second freshman ever to be named to the first team All-Big South.[1] In 28 games, he averaged 16.4 points, 6.1 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 1.2 blocks in 25.9 minutes per game.[2]

On March 3, 2014, Brown was named the 2014 Big South Conference Player of the Year.[3][4] On March 31, he was named AP All-American honorable mention. In February 2015, Jay Bilas called Brown "the best dunker in college basketball".[5] On January 14, 2016, Brown scored his 2,000th career point in a loss to Winthrop.[6] On March 1, 2016 Brown was named Big South Conference Player of the Year for a second time. In addition, Brown won the 2016 Big South Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first player to win both awards in the same season.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Brown signed with the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA Summer League. On August 12, 2016, Brown signed with Virtus Roma of Italy's Serie A2.[7]

On July 28, 2017, Brown signed with Universo Treviso Basket of Italy's Serie A2.[8]

On July 18, 2018, Brown signed a deal with the LBA club New Basket Brindisi.[9]

On July 9, 2020, he has signed with Unics Kazan of the VTB United League.[10]

Personal

Brown is the son of Zarenia Dorsey and John Edward Brown Jr. and has one older brother, Javon.[1]

References
  1. "John Brown - 2012-13 Men's Basketball". HighPointPanthers.com. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
  2. "John Brown Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
  3. "Big South Awards: John Brown Named Player of the Year". MidMajorMadness.com. SB Nation. March 3, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  4. "HPU player, coach get top honors from Big South Conference". News-Record.com. March 3, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  5. "Best Dunkers in College Basketball". espn.com. Archived from the original on February 21, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  6. "High Point drops Thursday contest at Winthrop". highpointpanthers.com. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  7. "John Brown è un giocatore della Virtus Roma". Virtus Roma (in Italian). August 12, 2016. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  8. "La De Longhi Treviso Basket è al completo. Arriva John Brown". trevisobasket.it (in Italian). July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  9. "Happy Casa Brindisi signs John Brown". Sportando.basketball. July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  10. "John Brown III officially signs with Unics Kazan". Sportando. July 9, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
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