Thursday, February 24, 2011

DEE BROWN

Personal information
Date of birthAugust 17, 1984 (1984-08-17) (age 26)
Place of birthJackson, Mississippi
Nationality American
High schoolProviso East
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
CollegeIllinois
NBA Draft2006  Round: 2 / Pick: 46th overall
Selected by the Utah Jazz
Pro career2006–present
Career history
Utah Jazz (2006–07)
Galatasaray Café Crown (2007–08)
Washington Wizards (2008)
Phoenix Suns (2008-09)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (2009)
Air Avellino (2009-10)
Qingdao DoubleStar (2010-present)

ILLINOIS CAREER AVG'S & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
13.2 ppg.....4.9 ast....3.3 rbs....1.7 stls in 34.3 minutes per game !!!
Freshman yr he led the BIG 10 in steals per game(1.9)...
05 Consensus 1st Team All-American ....
Finalist for the John R. Wooden Award finishing 3rd....
05 was named National Player of the Year by The Sporting News....
06 2nd team all american....
Named the winner of the Bob Cousy award for 06 given to the nation's best collegiate male point guard.....
Brown is the winningest player in Illinois history (tied with James Augustine) with 114 victories leads in all-time minutes (4,698) and started the most games (136) of any player in the schools history. Brown played in 137 games in his career the most in school history (tied with James Augustine) he was 3rd on the Illini all-time scoring chart with 1,812 career points and 2nd in school history in career 3-pointers (299) career assists (674) and career steals (231). His career assists total ranks 5th in Big 10 history while his career 3-pointers and career steals totals rank 6th in Big 10 history. Brown is also the fighting illini' record holder in the NCAA Tournament for career points (179) and career field goals(64).....
PRO CAREER & HIGHLIGHTS
During the 06 NBA Draft Brown was selected 46th overall by the Utah Jazz but was not offered a guaranteed contract. Brown attended the team's training camp in the fall. On August 29 06 Dee Brown signed with the Jazz. Brown played in 49 games during his rookie season averaging just under 2 points per game.
After spending the 07–08 season with Galatasaray Café Crown in Turkey he was signed by the Washington Wizards to an offer sheet for a 2-year partially guaranteed deal on July 9 08. Since Brown was still a restricted free agent at the time the Jazz were given 1 week to match the offer but declined 2 do so  Brown officially signed with the Wizards as a free agent on July 30.
Brown was released by the Wizards on December 10 08. On December 23 Brown was signed by the Phoenix Suns who were looking for a backup point guard. After playing 2 games in which he averaged 2.5 points and 1.5 assists per game Brown was released.In 2010 the Dallas Mavericks invited Brown to their training camp but he was waived on October 21.On September 22 07 Brown decided that he would play the 07-08 season for Galatasaray Café Crown of the Turkish Basketball League rather than try to make the Jazz's roster in training camp.On January 23 09 Brown signed a contract with Israeli power house Maccabi Tel-Aviv for the remainder of the 08-09 season. Brown signed with Air Avellino of the Italian Basketball Federation on August 11 09.
On November 16 2010 Brown signed with the Qingdao DoubleStar Eagles of the Chinese Basketball Association.

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