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Bobby Brown (basketball)
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Robert 'Bobby' Douglas Brown (born September 24, 1984 in Los Angeles
, California
) is an American
professional basketball
player.
and played collegiately at California State University, Fullerton
. Previously, he attended L.A.'s Westchester High School
, playing alongside future NBA players Trevor Ariza
and Hassan Adams
.
team ALBA Berlin
in August 2007, whom he helped win the national league. He was also a participant in a five-overtime
ULEB Cup game in which he top-scored with 44 points, the second-highest total ever in the competition.
In 2008, Brown returned to the U.S. and played for the New Orleans Hornets in the Summer League, his highlight being a game-winning shot against the Charlotte Bobcats
in a 77–75 win.
He was rewarded for his stellar play by his offering of a two-year contract with the Sacramento Kings
, one of a handful of NBA teams that courted him. He was also pursued by multiple overseas teams that had offered him lucrative deals, among them Israeli league
's Maccabi Tel-Aviv. He also came close to accepting a multi-year contract "in the millions" from the Spanish league
's FC Barcelona
.
On February 19, 2009, he was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves
along with Sheldon Williams in exchange for Rashad McCants
and Calvin Booth
.
On September 9, 2009, he was traded to the New Orleans Hornets along with Darius Songaila
in exchange for Antonio Daniels
and a 2014 second round pick.
On January 26, 2010, Brown was again traded to the Los Angeles Clippers
for a conditional 2014 2nd round pick and cash considerations.
He was on the Toronto Raptors
roster for the 2010 NBA Summer League
.
In September 2010 he signed with Asseco Prokom Gdynia in Poland
, but he was released in December. On the 10th, he signed a two-month contract with Aris BC
in Greece
.
In 2011, Brown signed with EWE Baskets Oldenburg
in Germany
.
. In an interview, he affirmed jokes about his name: "Someone is always trying to be funny...asking me where Whitney
's at." Upon announcing his signing with the Kings, ESPN
ran the headlines "Their prerogative: Kings agree with Bobby Brown", and "New addition: Sources say Kings agree to deal with Brown", in reference to the singer's 1988 anthem "My Prerogative
", and his former boy band
New Edition
, respectively.
| align="left" | 2008–09
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 47 || 1 || 14.4 || .381 || .330 || .765 || .8 || 1.9 || .3 || .0 || 5.2
|-
| align="left" | 2008–09
| align="left" | Minnesota
| 21 || 1 || 12.2 || .416 || .389 || .889 || .8 || 1.4 || .3 || .1 || 5.5
|-
| align="left" | 2009–10
| align="left" | New Orleans
| 22 || 0 || 14.9 || .395 || .258 || 1.000 || .8 || 2.1 || .4 || .0 || 6.6
|-
| align="left" | 2009–10
| align="left" | L.A. Clippers
| 23 || 0 || 8.3 || .329 || .281 || .714 || .9 || 1.8 || .3 || .0 || 3.0
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 113 || 2 || 12.8 || .384 || .311 || .810 || .8 || 1.8 || .3 || .0 || 5.1
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, California
California
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) is an American
United States
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professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player.
Amateur career
Brown is a 6'2" (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) point guardPoint guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...
and played collegiately at California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Fullerton is a public university located in Fullerton, California. It is the largest institution in the CSU System by enrollment, it offers long-distance education and adult-degree programs...
. Previously, he attended L.A.'s Westchester High School
Westchester High School (Los Angeles)
Westchester High School is a public high school in the Los Angeles Unified School District, Local District 3.It is located in Westchester , USA, a suburban neighborhood adjacent to Los Angeles International Airport and bordered by Playa Vista to the north, Inglewood to the east, El Segundo to the...
, playing alongside future NBA players Trevor Ariza
Trevor Ariza
Trevor Anthony Ariza is an American basketball player in the National Basketball Association who plays for the New Orleans Hornets. Primarily a small forward, he is listed at tall and 210 pounds.-Biography:...
and Hassan Adams
Hassan Adams
Hassan Olawale Adams is an American professional basketball player currently playing for Rain or Shine Elasto Painters of the Philippine Basketball Association.-High school career:...
.
Professional career
Brown left Cal State Fullerton in 2007 but ultimately went undrafted by any NBA team. He signed with GermanGermany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
team ALBA Berlin
ALBA Berlin
-Depth Chart:* Denotes injured player.-Championships:*German Championships: 8 *German Cups: 6 *Korać Cups: 1 -Notable players:- Season by season :-External links:...
in August 2007, whom he helped win the national league. He was also a participant in a five-overtime
Overtime (sports)
Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw. In most sports, this extra period is only played if the game is required to have a clear winner, as in single-elimination...
ULEB Cup game in which he top-scored with 44 points, the second-highest total ever in the competition.
In 2008, Brown returned to the U.S. and played for the New Orleans Hornets in the Summer League, his highlight being a game-winning shot against the Charlotte Bobcats
Charlotte Bobcats
The Charlotte Bobcats is a professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association. The Bobcats were established in 2004 as an expansion team, two seasons after Charlotte's previous NBA...
in a 77–75 win.
He was rewarded for his stellar play by his offering of a two-year contract with the Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings
The Sacramento Kings are a professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California, United States. They are currently members of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...
, one of a handful of NBA teams that courted him. He was also pursued by multiple overseas teams that had offered him lucrative deals, among them Israeli league
Ligat Winner
Ligat HaAl , or the Israeli Basketball Super League, is the top tier of league basketball competition in Israeli basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball competition. For sponsorship reasons, the league is also referred to as Ligat Loto , lit...
's Maccabi Tel-Aviv. He also came close to accepting a multi-year contract "in the millions" from the Spanish league
Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto
The Liga ACB, known as the Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Spain. It was founded in 1956 with the name of Liga Nacional. The league changed its name to the current one in 1983. The league is rated as one of the three "A" level European...
's FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona Bàsquet
FC Barcelona Bàsquet, known as FC Barcelona Regal for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional basketball club. It is part of the FC Barcelona sports club and was founded on August 24, 1926 which makes it the oldest club in Liga ACB. The club competes in the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto...
.
On February 19, 2009, he was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves
The Minnesota Timberwolves are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . Founded in 1989, the team is currently owned by Glen Taylor...
along with Sheldon Williams in exchange for Rashad McCants
Rashad McCants
Rashad Dion McCants is an American professional basketball player.-High school career:...
and Calvin Booth
Calvin Booth
Calvin Lawrence Booth is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent.-College career:...
.
On September 9, 2009, he was traded to the New Orleans Hornets along with Darius Songaila
Darius Songaila
Darius Songaila is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He is also a member of the Lithuania national team. He can play power forward and center positions. He currently plays for Galatasaray Medical Park in Turkey....
in exchange for Antonio Daniels
Antonio Daniels
Antonio Robert Daniels is an American professional basketball player. He most recently played for the Philadelphia 76ers.-Career:...
and a 2014 second round pick.
On January 26, 2010, Brown was again traded to the Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Clippers
The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, United States. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...
for a conditional 2014 2nd round pick and cash considerations.
He was on the Toronto Raptors
Toronto Raptors
The Toronto Raptors are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was established in 1995, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies, as part of the NBA's re-expansion...
roster for the 2010 NBA Summer League
NBA Summer League
The NBA Summer League is a period during which NBA teams come together to try out different summer rosters instead of their regular season line-ups. Typically, there is a mix of rookies and some of the younger bench players to see how well some players work with others...
.
In September 2010 he signed with Asseco Prokom Gdynia in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, but he was released in December. On the 10th, he signed a two-month contract with Aris BC
Aris BC
Aris Basketball Club is the professional basketball team of the Thessaloniki-based Greek sport club Aris Thessaloniki. Aris BC was founded in 1922, eight years after the founding of Aris Thessaloniki....
in Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
.
In 2011, Brown signed with EWE Baskets Oldenburg
EWE Baskets Oldenburg
EWE Baskets Oldenburg is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Oldenburg, Germany. The club plays in the Bundesliga and in the Eurocup. The club's name is derived from the team's main sponsor EWE AG, which is an electric utility company...
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
Personal
Brown shares the same name with the famous American R&B singerBobby Brown
Robert Barisford "Bobby" Brown is an American R&B singer-songwriter, occasional rapper, and dancer. After success in pop group New Edition, Brown began his solo career in 1987 and had a string of Top 10 Billboard hits, culminating in a Grammy Award. He was a pioneer of New Jack Swing music, a...
. In an interview, he affirmed jokes about his name: "Someone is always trying to be funny...asking me where Whitney
Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...
's at." Upon announcing his signing with the Kings, ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
ran the headlines "Their prerogative: Kings agree with Bobby Brown", and "New addition: Sources say Kings agree to deal with Brown", in reference to the singer's 1988 anthem "My Prerogative
My Prerogative
"My Prerogative" is a song by American recording artist Bobby Brown from his second solo studio album, Don't Be Cruel. It was released on October 11, 1988 as the second single from the album. After recording sessions for the album were completed, Brown and producer Gene Griffin travelled to New...
", and his former boy band
Boy band
A boy band is loosely defined as a popular music act consisting of only male singers. The members are expected to dance as well as sing, usually giving highly choreographed performances. More often than not, boy band members do not play musical instruments, either in recording sessions or on...
New Edition
New Edition
New Edition is an R&B group formed in Boston in 1978. The group reached its height of popularity during the 1980s. They were the progenitors of the boy band movement of the 1980s and 1990s and led the way for groups like New Kids on the Block, Boyz II Men, Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync...
, respectively.
Regular season
|-| align="left" | 2008–09
2008–09 NBA season
The 2008–09 NBA season was the 63rd season of the National Basketball Association . The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 28, 2008, and ended on Wednesday, April 15, 2009...
| align="left" | Sacramento
Sacramento Kings
The Sacramento Kings are a professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California, United States. They are currently members of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...
| 47 || 1 || 14.4 || .381 || .330 || .765 || .8 || 1.9 || .3 || .0 || 5.2
|-
| align="left" | 2008–09
2008–09 NBA season
The 2008–09 NBA season was the 63rd season of the National Basketball Association . The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 28, 2008, and ended on Wednesday, April 15, 2009...
| align="left" | Minnesota
Minnesota Timberwolves
The Minnesota Timberwolves are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . Founded in 1989, the team is currently owned by Glen Taylor...
| 21 || 1 || 12.2 || .416 || .389 || .889 || .8 || 1.4 || .3 || .1 || 5.5
|-
| align="left" | 2009–10
2009–10 NBA season
The 2009–10 NBA season was the 64th season of the National Basketball Association . The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, and ended on Wednesday, April 14, 2010....
| align="left" | New Orleans
| 22 || 0 || 14.9 || .395 || .258 || 1.000 || .8 || 2.1 || .4 || .0 || 6.6
|-
| align="left" | 2009–10
| align="left" | L.A. Clippers
Los Angeles Clippers
The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, United States. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...
| 23 || 0 || 8.3 || .329 || .281 || .714 || .9 || 1.8 || .3 || .0 || 3.0
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 113 || 2 || 12.8 || .384 || .311 || .810 || .8 || 1.8 || .3 || .0 || 5.1