Brandon Brown (basketball, born 1989)

Brandon Robert Brown (born August 14, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Türk Telekom of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). In his career, he has also played in France, Russia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Brazil, Australia, Cyprus, Greece and Israel.

Brandon Brown

Brown with U-BT Cluj-Napoca in April 2022
Free Agent
Position	Point guard
Personal information
Born	(1989-08-14) 14 August 1989 (age 35) Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
Listed height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Listed weight	176 lb (80 kg)
Career information
High school	Silas (Tacoma, Washington)
College	Highline College (2008–2009) Montana Western (2009–2012)
NBA draft	2012: undrafted
Playing career	2012–present
Career history
2012–2013	Mount Gambier Pioneers
2013–2014	Cearense
2014–2015	Rio Claro
2015	Omonia Nicosia
2015–2016	Wilki Morskie Szczecin
2016	Siarka Tarnobrzeg
2017	Turów Zgorzelec
2017–2018	Sopot
2018–2019	Balkan Botevgrad
2018–2019	Nizhny Novgorod
2020–2021	Metropolitans 92
2021–2022	U-BT Cluj-Napoca
2022	Peristeri
2022–2023	Hapoel Jerusalem
2023	Palencia
2023–2024	Türk Telekom
Career highlights and awards
Basketball Champions League MVP of the Month (December 2021)[1] Romanian League champion (2022) Bulgarian League champion (2019)

Professional career

Brandon Brown won the 2018–19 Bulgarian Basketball Championship with Balkan Botevgrad.^[2]

Brown recalls that before he joined Cluj-Napoca, he had never played in front of 10,000 visitors before. During the 2021–22 Champions League season he led his team U-BT Cluj-Napoca to the Quarterfinals. This placement exceeded expectations. Brown was one of the favorites to win the competition's MVP award. Other leading players on his side included Patrick Richard, Andrija Stipanović, Elijah Stewart or Dustin Hogue.^[3]

On July 2, 2022, Brown signed with Peristeri of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League.^[4] However, on September 11, 2022, he parted ways with the club due to a pressing family matter.

On November 21, 2022, he signed with Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.^[5]

On December 25, 2023, he signed with Türk Telekom of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).^[6]

References

1. "From "not good enough" and "too small" to this: Cluj's Brown is MVP of December". Basketball Champions League. December 31, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
2. Brandon Brown, după victoria de senzație a lui U Cluj în Liga Campionilor: „Am putea fi mulțumiți, dar nu suntem!” Eduard Apostol (Gazeta Sporturilor), 7 April 2022. Accessed 17 June 2022.(in Romanian)
3. "Brandon Brown, pe locul secund în cursa pentru titlul de MVP al Basketball Champions League". Ziua de Cluj (in Romanian). February 23, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
4. "Ο Μπράντον Μπράουν στο Περιστέρι". ΠΕΡΙΣΤΕΡΙ (in Greek). Retrieved July 2, 2022.
5. "H.Jerusalem lands Brandon Brown, ex Peristeri". Eurobasket. November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
6. @basketsuperligi (December 25, 2023). "Brandon Brown Ankara Basketbolu için mücadele verecek" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

• Profile at Eurobasket.com