Dee Brown (basketball, born 1968)
Springfield Armor | |
| 2011–2013 | Detroit Pistons (assistant) |
|---|---|
| 2013–2015 | Sacramento Kings (assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| 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) is an American retired professional basketball player who spent thirty years in the NBA including twelve seasons as a player (1990–2002) in the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing for the Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors, and Orlando Magic, and as an executive with the Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, Sacramento Kings, and as Vice President of Holistic Player Performance with the Los Angeles Clippers. His daughter Lexie Brown plays for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Playing career
A 6'0" (1.83 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.[1] Overall, during his career, he scored 6,758 total points.
Television career
In 2005, Brown won a one-year contract as a studio analyst for
He went on to host an ESPN show called City Slam!.Coaching career
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.
Brown has coached in the
On July 29, 2009, Brown was named as the head coach of the
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.[6][7]
On July 9, 2013, Brown joined the Sacramento Kings as an assistant coach and director of player development.[8][9]
He joined the Los Angeles Clippers for the 2016–17 season and is now the general manager of their NBA G League team.
As of January 2022,[update] Brown is the Director of University and Athletics Relations at his alma mater, Jacksonville University.
References
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- ^ "InsideHoops.com – ESPN Dream Job – ESPN's Dream Job". Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- NBA.com. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ^ The Republican file photo/DAVE ROBACK (July 29, 2009). "Springfield Armor of NBA D-League name former Boston Celtics player Dee Brown head coach". masslive.com. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 6, 2009. Retrieved September 4, 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "www.freep.com/article/20110912/SPORTS03/110912058/Dee-Brown-Roy-Rogers-joining-Pistons-assistant-coaches". Archived from the original on September 24, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ^ Thomas, Jeff (September 12, 2011). "Dee Brown out as Springfield Armor coach; Bob MacKinnon in?". Springfield Republican. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
- NBA.com. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ^ "Kings notes: Kings add two assistant coaches, advance scout - Kings/NBA - the Sacramento Bee". Archived from the original on July 15, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2013.