Brown was born in Jacksonville, Florida.[1] He grew up very poor in government housing in Jacksonville, moving through various one-bedroom apartments with his mother, his grandmother and his little brother.[2] As a junior in high school, his mother gave birth to his younger brother, Ja'Ron. He subsequently became a stand-in father for his brother.[2]
While at Arlington in 2009–10, Brown played for the basketball team and 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. The team finished with a 23–6 record and won the Florida Class 1A title game.[3]
In 2010–11, Brown split the year playing for both Body of Christ Christian Academy in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Oldsmar Christian School in Oldsmar, Florida.[3] He had to attend these prep schools and a sit out a redshirt college year in order to be deemed eligible by the NCAA.[4]
College career
After redshirting the 2011–12 season, Brown joined the High Point Panthers in 2012–13. He was named the Big South Freshman of the Year and become just the second freshman ever to be named to the first-team All-Big South.[3] In 28 games, he averaged 16.4 points, 6.1 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 1.2 blocks in 25.9 minutes per game.[5]
As a sophomore in 2013–14, Brown was named the Big South Conference Player of the Year.[6][7] He started all 31 of HPU's games while averaging 19.5 points and 7.7 rebounds.[3] He scored a career-high 34 points in February 2014.[3]
As a junior in 2014–15, Brown was named first-team All-Big South for third consecutive season, becoming fifth player in league history to do so.[3] In 32 games, he made 29 starts and averaged 19.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.0 blocks in 31.1 minutes per game.[5] In February 2015, Jay Bilas called Brown "the best dunker in college basketball".[8] That same month, he tied his career high of 34 points.[3]
As a senior in 2015–16, Brown became the first player in Big South history to be voted Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season, and became just the second player to be voted First-Team All-Conference all four years. He also became the sixth two-time Player of the Year honoree in league history. Brown capped the regular-season with 19.6 points (third in the Big South), a 60.2 field goal percentage (first), 7.1 rebounds (sixth), 1.75 blocked shots (third) and 3.25 offensive rebounds per game (first).[9] He also reached 2,000 career points in January 2016.[10] He injured his foot during the 2016 Big South Conference tournament and missed the Portsmouth Invitational.[11]
Professional career
Due to the injury suffered at the end of his senior year, Brown was only able to participant in three workouts during the last week of the NBA predraft workouts.[11] He subsequently went undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft[11] and only managed 12 minutes in one game for the Charlotte Hornets during the 2016 NBA Summer League in Orlando.[11][12]
On August 12, 2016, Brown signed with Virtus Roma of Italy's Serie A2.[13] In 34 games during the 2016–17 season, he averaged 19.9 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.9 steals per game.[14]
On July 28, 2017, Brown signed with Universo Treviso Basket of the Serie A2.[15] In 39 games during the 2017–18 season, he averaged 16.9 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.4 steals per game.[14]
On July 18, 2018, Brown signed with New Basket Brindisi of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[16] In 33 games during the 2018–19 season, he averaged 14.3 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.[14]
On July 16, 2019, Brown re-signed with New Basket Brindisi.[17][18] In 21 league games, he averaged 11.8 points, 6.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.9 steals per game. He also averaged 11.6 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.5 steals in 13 BCL games.[14]
On June 28, 2021, Brown re-signed with UNICS Kazan on a two-year deal.[20][21] In February 2022, he set a EuroLeague record for total steals in a single season, reaching 66 steals to surpass Manu Ginóbili's record from 2001.[22] Later that month, he exercised his right to leave the country following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[23][24]
On April 11, 2022, Brown signed with Basket Brescia Leonessa of the Italian LBA.[25] In seven games to finish the 2021–22 season, he averaged 9.3 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 2.1 steals per game.[26]
On May 26, 2022, Brown signed a three-year deal with AS Monaco Basket of the French LNB Pro A.[26][27] On July 11, 2023, he opted into the second year of his deal with the club.[28]
Personal life
Brown was very close to his mother and grandmother, both of whom died during Brown's college career at High Point.[11] He has one older brother, Javon, and one younger brother, Ja'Ron.[3]
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