Ira Brown
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| No. 33 – Ryukyu Golden Kings | |
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| Position | Power forward |
| League | B.League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
August 3, 1982 Corsicana, Texas |
| Nationality | Japanese / American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 231 lb (105 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Willis (Willis, Texas) |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 2009 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2009–present |
| Career history | |
| 2010 | Coras de Tepic |
| 2010-2011 | Asociación Española |
| 2011 | San Miguel Beermen |
| 2011 | Lagartos UAN de Tepic |
| 2011-2014 | Toyama Grouses |
| 2014–2017 | Sunrockers Shibuya |
| 2017–present | Ryukyu Golden Kings |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Ira Brown | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: August 3, 1982 Corsicana, Texas | |||
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Ira Demon Brown born August 3, 1982, is a US-born Japanese professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Ryukyu Golden Kings of the Japanese B.League.
Brown grew up in Corsicana, Texas. He became a Japanese citizen after extensive language testing and a waiting period which took two years. As of 2017, he resides in Tokyo.[1]
He was a member of Japan's national basketball team at the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge in Tehran, Iran, where he recorded most rebounds, steals and blocks for his team.[2]
Baseball career
He was drafted in 2001 by the Kansas City Royals, and played in the minors for five years.
Career statistics
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 | Toyama | 52 | 52 | 30.6 | .475 | .323 | .625 | 6.3 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 12.7 |
| 2012-13 | Toyama | 50 | 48 | 31.8 | .537 | .254 | .658 | 9.1 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 16.5 |
| 2013-14 | Toyama | 52 | 52 | 34.2 | .523 | .419 | .650 | 10.0 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 16.8 |
| 2014-15 | Hitachi | 54 | 45 | 27.8 | .503 | .364 | .651 | 7.9 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 13.7 |
| 2015-16 | Hitachi | 54 | 50 | 29.3 | .506 | .214 | .667 | 6.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 13.2 |
| 2016-17 | Shibuya | 57 | 44 | 29.3 | .517 | .358 | .597 | 8.3 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 13.7 |
| 2017-18 | Ryukyu | 60 | 58 | 28.7 | .490 | .409 | .614 | 7.0 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 11.2 |
References
- ↑ From Texas To Tokyo: How Ira Brown Found Family In Basketball Abigail Leonard (wbur.org), 10 March 2017. Accessed 8 May 2017.
- ↑ FIBA Asia Challenge 2016, FIBA.com, accessed 2 May 2017.
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