Dee Brown (basketball, born 1968)

Dee Brown
Personal information
Born (1968-11-29) November 29, 1968
Jacksonville, Florida
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight 160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school Bolles School (Jacksonville, Florida)
College Jacksonville (1986–1990)
NBA draft 1990 / Round: 1 / Pick: 19th overall
Selected by the Boston Celtics
Playing career 1990–2002
Position Point guard
Number 7
Coaching career 2002–present
Career history
As player:
1990–1998 Boston Celtics
1998–2000 Toronto Raptors
2000–2002 Orlando Magic
As coach:
2002 Orlando Miracle
2004 San Antonio Silver Stars
2009–2011 Springfield Armor
2011–2013 Detroit Pistons (assistant)
2013–2015 Sacramento Kings (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 6,758 (11.1 ppg)
Assists 2,227 (3.7 apg)
Rebounds 1,569 (2.6 rpg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

DeCovan Kadell "Dee" Brown (born November 29, 1968) is an American retired professional basketball player who spent twelve seasons (1990–2002) in the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing for the Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors, and Orlando Magic.

Playing career

A 6'45" (1.85 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. Overall, during his career, he scored 6,758 total points.

Brown later served roles in the Women's National Basketball Association first as a head coach for the Orlando Miracle and then as the head coach for the San Antonio Silver Stars.[1] In 2005, he won a one-year contract as a studio analyst for ESPN as the winner of the reality show Dream Job, defeating former Houston Rocket Matt Bullard.[2] 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.

On July 29, 2009, Brown was named as the head coach of the Springfield Armor, a team in the NBA Developmental League.[3] He also became the team's Director of Basketball Operations.[4] 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.[5][6]

In November 2011, 2K Sports, the video game company responsible for the popular NBA 2K series, announced that Brown, along with 44 other basketball legends, was going to be included in a downloadable content add-on for NBA 2K12.[7]

On July 9, 2013, Brown joined the Sacramento Kings as an assistant coach and director of player development.[8][9]

References

Preceded by
Carolyn Peck		 Orlando Miracle head coach
2002 		Succeeded by
Mike Thibault
Preceded by
none		 Springfield Armor head coach
2009–11 		Succeeded by
Bob MacKinnon, Jr.
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