Ken Brown (basketball)

Ken Brown
BC Dzūkija
Position Point guard
League Lietuvos krepšinio lyga
Personal information
Born (1989-10-24) October 24, 1989
St. Louis, Missouri
Nationality American
Listed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight 170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school Soldan (St. Louis, Missouri)
College
NBA draft 2012 / Undrafted
Playing career 2012–present
Career history
2012–2013 Jūrmala
2013–2014 Norrköping Dolphins
2014–2015 MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza
2015 Donar Groningen
2016 Lietuvos rytas
2016 Koroivos
2016–2017 Al Riyadi Beirut
2017–2018 Aurora Basket Jesi
2018 VEF Rīga
2018–present BC Dzūkija
Career highlights and awards

Kendrick Shamar "Ken" Brown (born October 24, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for BC Dzūkija of the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL).[1][2] He plays as point guard.

High school career

Brown played high school basketball at Soldan High School in St. Louis, Missouri. He was ranked as the No. 206 player in Missouri.[3]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2012 NBA draft, Brown signed with the Latvian club Jūrmala for the 2012–13 Latvian Basketball League season. The following season, he joined Norrköping Dolphins of the Swedish Basketligan.[4]

For the 2015–16 season, Brown signed with Donar Groningen.[5] On October 6, 2015, he recorded a triple double in a 122–57 win against BS Weert, with 18 points, 17 assists and 10 rebounds.[6] On December 14, Donar bought Brown out.[7]

In January 2016, Brown signed with BC Lietuvos rytas in Lithuania.[8] On June 20, he left the team.[9]

On July 19, 2016, Brown signed with Koroivos Amaliadas of the Greek Basket League.[10] He left Koroivos after appearing in twelve games. On December 28, 2016, he signed with Al Riyadi Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League.[11]

On July 13, 2017, Brown signed with Aurora Basket Jesi on the Italian second division (Serie A2 East).[12] On January 9, 2018, he parted ways with Jesi after averaging 19.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game.[13] Seven days later, he signed with Latvian club VEF Rīga for the rest of the season.[14]

Brown signed with Lithuanian team BC Dzūkija on August 22, 2018.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Ken Brown Basketball Player Profile, Donar Groningen, Philander Smith, News, Eredivisie stats, Career, Games Logs, Bests, Awards - eurobasket.com". www.eurobasket.com.
  2. ↑ "Ken Brown Player Profile, Philander Smith, NCAA Stats, International Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM". realgm.com.
  3. ↑ "Ken Brown-MaxPreps". Maxpreps.com. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ken Brown (ex Jurmala) agreed terms with Norrkoping". mlbb.d11.gr. August 29, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Ken Brown signs with Donar". Sportando.com. August 4, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  6. ↑ Donar verpulvert BS Weert "Donar destroys BS Weert"
  7. ↑ "Donar signs Tommy Mason-Griffin, parts ways with Ken Brown". Sportando.com. December 12, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Ken Brown signs with Lietuvos Rytas". Sportando.com. December 12, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  9. ↑ Lietuvos Rytas, Ken Brown part ways
  10. ↑ Ken Brown inks with Koroivos
  11. ↑ Ken Brown inks with Al-Riyadi
  12. ↑ "Ken Brown signs with Aurora Basket Jesi". Sportando. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  13. ↑ "Ken Brown, Aurora Basket Jesi part ways". Sportando. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  14. ↑ "VEF Riga signs Ken Brown". vefriga.com. January 16, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Dzukija Alytus signs Ken Brown, Devante Wallace, Dino Kobic and Ibrahim Mulaomerovic". Sportando. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
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