Marcus Brown
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Marcus James Brown is a retired American professional basketball player. At 6'4" (1.93 m), he played as a shooting guard
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...

. Brown has been mentioned as being one of the top U.S. athletes to ever play abroad. He was most recently a player-coach with BC Žalgiris
BC Žalgiris
BC Žalgiris is a professional basketball team that is based in Kaunas, Lithuania. It is one of the oldest teams in the Euroleague and plays domestically in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga , and regionally in the VTB United League...

.

Player profile

Brown, a 6'4" (193 cm) shooting guard
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...

, is the Euroleague's all-time leading scorer with over 2,500 career points scored. On March 11, 2009, Brown became the first player to 2,500 points in Euroleague history (since the 2000-01 season). In 2008, he passed Luis Scola
Luis Scola
Luis Alberto Scola Balvoa is an Argentine professional basketball player. The power forward-center for the Argentine national team is currently signed with the NBA's Houston Rockets. He formerly was a Euroleague star with the ACB's Saski Baskonia...

 to become the all-time Euroleague scoring leader (since the 2000-01 season). It was reported that earlier in his career he was once the highest paid American player in the history of Euroleague basketball which began in 2000.

A high-quality player who has always been able to make a big impact in top-level European teams, Brown has played at the Euroleague Final Four in 2004, 2005 and 2007. He has also earned All-Euroleague Team selections in 2003, 2004 and 2005. He was selected to the All-Euroleague Second Team for the 2002-03
Euroleague 2002-03
The Euroleague is an international basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2002–2003 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries...

 season when he played for Efes Pilsen, and he was selected to the All-Euroleague First Team for the 2003-04
Euroleague 2003-04
The Euroleague is an international basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2003–2004 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries...

 season and to the Second Team for the 2004-05
Euroleague 2004-05
The Euroleague is an international basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2004–2005 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries...

 season when he played for CSKA Moscow
PBC CSKA Moscow
PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's...

. He was nominated to the 2007 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors
50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors
The 50 Greatest Contributors in Euroleague History were chosen on February 3, 2008, in Madrid, Spain. The occasion was the fiftieth anniversary since the founding of the FIBA European Champions Cup, officially recognized as the predecessor to today's Euroleague.The list was made up of the...

 list, as one of the Euroleague's 35 greatest all-time players, although he was not selected to the final list.

College career

Brown attended and played collegiality
College basketball
College basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....

 at Murray State University
Murray State Racers men's basketball
Murray State Racers men's basketball program represents intercollegiate men's basketball at Murray State University. The school competes in the Ohio Valley Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and play home games at the CFSB Center in Murray, Kentucky. Steve...

 in the Ohio Valley Conference
Ohio Valley Conference
The Ohio Valley Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the midwestern and southeastern United States. It participates in Division I of the NCAA; the conference's football programs compete in the Football Championship Subdivision , the lower of two levels of Division I...

. In his senior college season, he averaged 26.4 points per game on 50 percent shooting from the field and 42 percent shooting from 3-point range
Three-point field goal
A three-point field goal is a field goal in a basketball game, made from beyond the three-point line, a designated arc radiating from the basket...

. It was announced in October 2009 that Brown was named to the Murray State University Athletic Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame on February 6, 2010. That same night his No. 5 jersey was retired and is hanging in the rafters at the CFSB Center.

Pro career

Brown was selected with the 17th pick of the 2nd round in the 1996 NBA Draft
1996 NBA Draft
The 1996 NBA Draft was the 50th draft in the National Basketball Association . It was held on June 26, 1996 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The draft was broadcast in the United States on the Turner Network Television...

 by the NBA
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...

 club the Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The Trail Blazers originally played their home games in the...

. He played the 1996–1997 NBA season with the Trail Blazers, where he averaged 4 points per game in 9 minutes per game, while shooting 41 percent from 3 point range in his rookie season. He then signed with the Vancouver Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies
The Memphis Grizzlies are a professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The team is part of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . Along with the Toronto Raptors, the Grizzlies were established in 1995 as part of the NBA's...

 for the 1997–1998 season, but he did not play in any regular season games for them.

The Grizzlies then released him during the season in 1998, and he then signed with the French League
Ligue Nationale de Basketball
The Ligue National de Basket is the top men's French professional basketball league. There are two divisions: French Pro A League and French Pro B League .-Pro A:...

 club ÉB Pau-Orthez
Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
The Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez is a French professional basketball club that is based in Pau. They play their home games at the Palais des Sports de Pau.- History :...

 for the remainder of the 1997–1998 season. He averaged 20.5 points per game in the French League with Pau-Orthez and led them to the 1998 French League championship. He was also named the French League's MVP that year. Unfortunately, Brown tore
Anterior cruciate ligament injury
An injury to the anterior cruciate ligament can be a debilitating musculoskeletal injury to the knee, seen most often in athletes. Non-contact tears and ruptures are the most common causes of ACL injury....

 the ACL
Anterior cruciate ligament
The anterior cruciate ligament is a cruciate ligament which is one of the four major ligaments of the human knee. In the quadruped stifle , based on its anatomical position, it is referred to as the cranial cruciate ligament.The ACL originates from deep within the notch of the distal femur...

 in his knee in the final game of the French playoffs.

Brown took off the entire 1998–1999 season to rehab his knee injury. He then played in the NBA again with the Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are a franchise of the National Basketball Association based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills. It was originally founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne Pistons as a member of the National Basketball League in 1941, where...

 at the start of the 1999–2000 season. The Pistons released him in 1999, after he played with the club in 6 regular season games. He then returned to the French League, where he signed with CSP Limoges for the remainder of the 1999–2000 season. With Limoges, he won the French League championship, the French Cup championship, and the Korać Cup
Korac Cup
The Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971-72 and 2001-02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the European Champions' Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup...

 championship. He was once again named the French League's MVP and he was also named the MVP of the French playoffs.

After having dominated the French League for 2 seasons, he then moved up to the higher level Italian League, where he signed with the Italian Euroleague club Benetton Treviso
Pallacanestro Treviso
Pallacanestro Treviso, more often known by its sponsorship name of Benetton Basket, or Benetton Treviso, is an Italian Serie A League professional basketball club from Treviso, the headquarters city of its longtime owner Benetton Group...

 for the 2000–2001 season. With Benetton he played in the Euroleague for the first time and he averaged 19.9 points per game that season in the Euroleague. After that season, he signed with one of the biggest clubs in the Euroleague, the Turkish League
Turkish Basketball League
The Turkish Basketball League is the top men’s professional basketball league in Turkey, which is also called Turkish Premier Basketball League . There is also a Turkish Second Basketball League consisting of 2 divisions .-History:The first basketball game played in Turkey was at the Robert...

 club Efes Pilsen.

Over the next two seasons with Efes, Brown dominated in the Turkish League as he won 2 Turkish National Cups, 2 Turkish National Championships
Turkish Basketball League
The Turkish Basketball League is the top men’s professional basketball league in Turkey, which is also called Turkish Premier Basketball League . There is also a Turkish Second Basketball League consisting of 2 divisions .-History:The first basketball game played in Turkey was at the Robert...

, and 2 Turkish League MVP awards. He was also named to the Euroleague 2002-03
Euroleague 2002-03
The Euroleague is an international basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2002–2003 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries...

 season's All-Euroleague Second Team, after he averaged 19.6 points per game. Brown then moved the Russian Super League
Russian Basketball Super League
The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010...

 powerhouse CSKA Moscow
PBC CSKA Moscow
PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's...

.

Over the next two seasons with CSKA, he dominated in the Russian League as he won 1 Russian Basketball Cup, 2 Russian National Championships
Russian Basketball Super League
The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010...

, and 2 Russian League MVP awards. He was also named to the Euroleague 2003-04
Euroleague 2003-04
The Euroleague is an international basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2003–2004 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries...

 season's All-Euroleague First Team and to the Euroleague 2004-05
Euroleague 2004-05
The Euroleague is an international basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2004–2005 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries...

 season's All-Euroleague Second Team while he was a member of CSKA.

Brown then spent the next two seasons playing with Unicaja Málaga of the Spanish ACB League, where over those 2 years he would play alongside fellow ex-NBA players Daniel Santiago
Daniel Santiago
Daniel Gregg Santiago is a American-Puerto Rican professional basketball player, currently playing at the center position for the Capitanes de Arecibo in Puerto Rico. Santiago is the fourth player from Puerto Rico to play in a NBA game...

, Pepe Sánchez
Juan Ignacio Sánchez
Juan Ignacio Sánchez Brown, also known as Pepe Sánchez , is an Argentine professional basketball player. He is a point guard. He was part of Argentina's 2004 Olympic gold medal team. Pepe Sánchez was the first Argentine to play in the NBA...

, Jorge Garbajosa
Jorge Garbajosa
Jorge Garbajosa Chaparro, Jr., nicknamed "Garbo" , is a Spanish professional basketball player. At 2.07 m , he plays both power forward and small forward.-Pro career:*1994-97 Taugres*1997-00 TAU Cerámica...

, and Jiří Welsch
Jirí Welsch
Jiří Welsch is a Czech professional basketball player with Spirou Basket of the Basketball League Belgium. Welsch has played in the National Basketball Association league in the United States, having been drafted in 2002 by the Philadelphia 76ers.-Early years:Welsch began his professional career...

. He helped to lead Unicaja Málaga to its first ever Spanish National Championship during the 2005-06 season.

After spending two seasons with Málaga, Brown joined the Lithuanian League
Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga
The Lietuvos krepšinio lyga is Lithuania's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of 12 teams.- History :...

 club Žalgiris Kaunas
BC Žalgiris
BC Žalgiris is a professional basketball team that is based in Kaunas, Lithuania. It is one of the oldest teams in the Euroleague and plays domestically in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga , and regionally in the VTB United League...

. With Zalgiris in the 2007-08 season, Brown won the Lithuanian National Championship
Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga
The Lietuvos krepšinio lyga is Lithuania's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of 12 teams.- History :...

, the Lithuanian National Cup, and the Baltic Championship
Baltic Basketball League
Baltic Basketball League is a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004.Currently, the league is divided into two: the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic basketball clubs participate in the Elite division. The rest of the teams compete in the Challenge Cup...

 all in the same season. He was also named the MVP of the Lithuanian League playoff finals that season.

On October 19, 2008, Brown was loaned from (Žalgiris
BC Žalgiris
BC Žalgiris is a professional basketball team that is based in Kaunas, Lithuania. It is one of the oldest teams in the Euroleague and plays domestically in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga , and regionally in the VTB United League...

) and signed for the Euroleague
Euroleague
Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...

 club Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv (basketball)
Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv B.C. is a professional Israeli basketball club based in Tel Aviv. The team plays in three leagues: the Euroleague, the Israeli Basketball Super League, and the Adriatic League....

 of the 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...

 for the 2008-09 season and with them won yet another country championship in May 2009.

Brown rejoined (Žalgiris
BC Žalgiris
BC Žalgiris is a professional basketball team that is based in Kaunas, Lithuania. It is one of the oldest teams in the Euroleague and plays domestically in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga , and regionally in the VTB United League...

) in 2009, and helped the team win the BBL Cup.

It was announced in October 2009 that Brown was named to the Murray State University
Murray State University
Murray State University, located in the city of Murray, Kentucky, is a four-year public university with approximately 10,400 students. The school is Kentucky’s only public university to be listed in the U.S.News & World Report regional university top tier for the past 20 consecutive years...

 Athletic Hall of Fame.

On November 25, 2009 Marcus Brown became one of the just four players who have managed to score 300 or more three point shots in Euroleague.

On October 17, 2011, the Euroleague
Euroleague
Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...

 planned a ceremony to honor the legendary Marcus Brown during halftime on opening night of the 2011-2012 season in the new BC Zalgiris
BC Žalgiris
BC Žalgiris is a professional basketball team that is based in Kaunas, Lithuania. It is one of the oldest teams in the Euroleague and plays domestically in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga , and regionally in the VTB United League...

 16,000 seat arena in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Personal achievements and awards

  • 1997-98 French League
    Ligue Nationale de Basketball
    The Ligue National de Basket is the top men's French professional basketball league. There are two divisions: French Pro A League and French Pro B League .-Pro A:...

     MVP (ÉB Pau-Orthez
    Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
    The Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez is a French professional basketball club that is based in Pau. They play their home games at the Palais des Sports de Pau.- History :...

    )
  • 1999-00 French League MVP (CSP Limoges)
  • 1999-00 French Championship Finals MVP (CSP Limoges)
  • 2001-02 Euroleague
    Euroleague
    Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...

     Week-19 MVP (Efes Pilsen)
  • 2001-02 Turkish League
    Turkish Basketball League
    The Turkish Basketball League is the top men’s professional basketball league in Turkey, which is also called Turkish Premier Basketball League . There is also a Turkish Second Basketball League consisting of 2 divisions .-History:The first basketball game played in Turkey was at the Robert...

     MVP (Efes Pilsen)
  • 2002-03 Turkish League MVP (Efes Pilsen)
  • 2002-03 All-Euroleague Second Team (Efes Pilsen)
  • 2002-03 Euroleague Week-17 MVP (Efes Pilsen)
  • 2003-04 All-Euroleague First Team (CSKA Moscow
    PBC CSKA Moscow
    PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's...

    )
  • 2003-04 Russian League
    Russian Basketball Super League
    The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010...

     MVP (CSKA Moscow)
  • 2004-05 Russian League MVP (CSKA Moscow)
  • 2004-05 All-Euroleague Second Team (CSKA Moscow)
  • 2007-08 Euroleague December MVP (Žalgiris
    BC Žalgiris
    BC Žalgiris is a professional basketball team that is based in Kaunas, Lithuania. It is one of the oldest teams in the Euroleague and plays domestically in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga , and regionally in the VTB United League...

    )
  • 2007-08 Lithuanian League Finals MVP (Žalgiris)
  • 2009-10 Baltic Basketball League
    Baltic Basketball League
    Baltic Basketball League is a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004.Currently, the league is divided into two: the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic basketball clubs participate in the Elite division. The rest of the teams compete in the Challenge Cup...

     Championship MVP (Žalgiris)

Championships

  • 1997-98 French National Championship
    Ligue Nationale de Basketball
    The Ligue National de Basket is the top men's French professional basketball league. There are two divisions: French Pro A League and French Pro B League .-Pro A:...

     (ÉB Pau-Orthez
    Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
    The Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez is a French professional basketball club that is based in Pau. They play their home games at the Palais des Sports de Pau.- History :...

    )
  • 1999-00 Korać Cup
    Korac Cup
    The Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971-72 and 2001-02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the European Champions' Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup...

     Championship (CSP Limoges)
  • 1999-00 French National Championship (CSP Limoges)
  • 1999-00 French National Cup (CSP Limoges)
  • 2001-02 Turkish National Cup (Efes Pilsen)
  • 2001-02 Turkish National Championship
    Turkish Basketball League
    The Turkish Basketball League is the top men’s professional basketball league in Turkey, which is also called Turkish Premier Basketball League . There is also a Turkish Second Basketball League consisting of 2 divisions .-History:The first basketball game played in Turkey was at the Robert...

     (Efes Pilsen)
  • 2002-03 Turkish National Cup (Efes Pilsen)
  • 2002-03 Turkish National Championship (Efes Pilsen)
  • 2003-04 Russian National Championship
    Russian Basketball Super League
    The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010...

     (CSKA Moscow
    PBC CSKA Moscow
    PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's...

    )
  • 2004-05 Russian National Championship (CSKA Moscow)
  • 2004-05 Russian National Cup (CSKA Moscow)
  • 2005-06 Spanish National Championship (CB Málaga)
  • 2007-08 Lithuanian National Cup (Žalgiris
    BC Žalgiris
    BC Žalgiris is a professional basketball team that is based in Kaunas, Lithuania. It is one of the oldest teams in the Euroleague and plays domestically in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga , and regionally in the VTB United League...

    )
  • 2007-08 Baltic League
    Baltic Basketball League
    Baltic Basketball League is a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004.Currently, the league is divided into two: the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic basketball clubs participate in the Elite division. The rest of the teams compete in the Challenge Cup...

     Championship (Žalgiris)
  • 2007-08 Lithuanian League Championship (Žalgiris)
  • 2008-09 Israeli League Championship (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
  • 2009-10 Baltic Basketball League
    Baltic Basketball League
    Baltic Basketball League is a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004.Currently, the league is divided into two: the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic basketball clubs participate in the Elite division. The rest of the teams compete in the Challenge Cup...

     Cup (Žalgiris
    BC Žalgiris
    BC Žalgiris is a professional basketball team that is based in Kaunas, Lithuania. It is one of the oldest teams in the Euroleague and plays domestically in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga , and regionally in the VTB United League...

    )
  • 2009-10 Baltic League
    Baltic Basketball League
    Baltic Basketball League is a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004.Currently, the league is divided into two: the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic basketball clubs participate in the Elite division. The rest of the teams compete in the Challenge Cup...

     Championship (Žalgiris)
  • 2010-11 Lithuanian National Cup (Žalgiris
    BC Žalgiris
    BC Žalgiris is a professional basketball team that is based in Kaunas, Lithuania. It is one of the oldest teams in the Euroleague and plays domestically in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga , and regionally in the VTB United League...

    )
  • 2010-11 Baltic League
    Baltic Basketball League
    Baltic Basketball League is a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004.Currently, the league is divided into two: the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic basketball clubs participate in the Elite division. The rest of the teams compete in the Challenge Cup...

     Championship (Žalgiris)
  • 2010-11 Lithuanian League Championship (Žalgiris)

Regular season

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| align="left" | 1996–97
| align="left" | Portland
Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The Trail Blazers originally played their home games in the...


| 21 || 0 || 8.8 || .400 || .406 || .684 || .7 || 1.0 || .4 || .1 || 3.9
|-
| align="left" | 1999–00
| align="left" | Detroit
Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are a franchise of the National Basketball Association based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills. It was originally founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne Pistons as a member of the National Basketball League in 1941, where...


| 6 || 0 || 7.5 || .286 || .000 || 1.000 || 1.2 || .5 || .0 || .0 || 1.7
|-
| align="left" | Career
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| 27 || 0 || 8.5 || .381 || .333 || .714 || .8 || .9 || .3 || .0 || 3.4

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