Anthony LeJohn Brown (born October 10, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League. He played college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal.
![]() Brown layup in 2014 as a member of the Stanford Cardinal | |
No. 21 – BC UNICS | |
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Position | Small forward / Shooting guard |
League | VTB United League |
Personal information | |
Born | (1992-10-10) October 10, 1992 (age 30) Bellflower, California |
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 224 lb (102 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Ocean View (Huntington Beach, California) |
College | Stanford (2010–2015) |
NBA draft | 2015 / Round: 2 / Pick: 34th overall |
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers | |
Playing career | 2015–present |
Career history | |
2015–2016 | Los Angeles Lakers |
2015–2016 | →Los Angeles D-Fenders |
2016–2017 | Erie BayHawks |
2016 | New Orleans Pelicans |
2017 | Orlando Magic |
2017–2018 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
2017–2018 | →Iowa Wolves |
2018 | Partizan |
2019 | Lakeland Magic |
2019 | Limoges CSP |
2019–2020 | Fuenlabrada |
2020–2021 | Metropolitans 92 |
2021–2022 | Frutti Extra Bursaspor |
2022 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
2022–present | UNICS Kazan |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats ![]() | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Brown attended Ocean View High School where he averaged 14.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game as a junior, while being named league MVP. That year he led the Seahawks to a CIF Southern Section championship and state runner-up finish and was named CIF Southern Section Player of the Year and a member of the first-team all-state. His high school jersey was retired and he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. He was the No. 7-ranked small forward, No. 41 player overall and a four-star recruit by Scout.com.[1]
Brown attended Stanford from 2010 to 2015.[2][3] Brown had a medical redshirt in his true junior season of 2012–13 due to a hip injury.[1] In his redshirt junior season of 2013–14, he averaged 12.3 points and 5.0 rebounds per game and shot 47.5% from the floor, 45.3% from beyond the arc and 78.5% on free throws. He was named the Pac-12’s Most Improved Player as the Cardinal reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.[4]
As a senior Brown led Stanford to the NIT championship while averaging 14.8 points (10th in the Pac-12), a team-high 6.9 rebounds (8th), and 2.5 assists per game. He had the eighth best free-throw percentage in the Pac-12, at 79.4 per cent.[5] During his career he averaged 10.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game.[6]
Brown completed his bachelor's degree in communication in May 2014 and was enrolled in Stanford's Master of Arts program in media studies in his redshirt senior season.[7]
On June 25, 2015, Brown was selected with the 34th overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers.[8] On July 9, he signed with the Lakers.[6] He made his debut for the Lakers on October 30, scoring five points off the bench in a loss to the Sacramento Kings.[9] During his rookie season, he had multiple assignments to the Los Angeles D-Fenders, the Lakers' D-League affiliate.[10] On October 24, 2016, he was waived by the Lakers.[11]
On October 30, 2016, Brown was selected by the Erie BayHawks with the first overall pick in the 2016 NBA Development League Draft.[12] After averaging 29.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists in three games, Brown signed with the New Orleans Pelicans on November 21.[13] On December 9, he was waived by the Pelicans. In nine games, he averaged 3.9 points and 2.5 rebounds in 15.9 minutes.[14] Three days later, he returned to Erie.[15]
On January 22, 2017, Brown signed a 10-day contract with the Orlando Magic.[16] On February 2, 2017, after the 10-day contract expired, Brown returned to the BayHawks.[17] Four days later, he was named in the Eastern Conference All-Star team for the 2017 NBA D-League All-Star Game.[18]
On August 1, 2017, Brown was signed to a two-way contract by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Under the terms of the deal, he will split time between the Timberwolves and their G-League affiliate, the Iowa Wolves. He became the first player in franchise history to sign a two-way contract.[19]
On August 29, 2018, Brown signed with the Philadelphia 76ers on a training camp contract.[20] On October 10, 2018, Brown was waived by the 76ers.[21]
On October 23, 2018, Brown signed with Serbian club Partizan for the rest of the 2018–19 season.[22] On November 27, 2018, he parted ways with Partizan.[23]
On January 10, 2019, the Lakeland Magic announced via their Twitter account that they had added Brown.[24]
On October 28, 2019, he signed with Limoges CSP of the LNB Pro A.[25]
On December 30, 2019, he signed with Montakit Fuenlabrada of the Liga ACB.[26]
On July 6, 2020, he signed with Metropolitans 92 of LNB Pro A.[27]
On October 29, 2021, he signed with Frutti Extra Bursaspor of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[28]
On January 12, 2022, he signed with Maccabi Rishon LeZion in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[29]
On August 27, 2022, he signed with UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League.[30]
Following the close of his freshman year at Stanford University, Brown was selected to represent USA Basketball on the team sent to Latvia for the 2011 FIBA Under −19 World Championship. Brown appeared in five games with his best performance against Egypt, 10 points, five rebounds and three assists. The United States finished 7–2. ([31])
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 |
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2015–16 | L.A. Lakers | 29 | 11 | 20.7 | .310 | .286 | .850 | 2.4 | .7 | .5 | .2 | 4.0 |
2016–17 | New Orleans | 9 | 0 | 15.9 | .341 | .250 | – | 2.9 | .7 | .6 | .1 | 3.8 |
2016–17 | Orlando | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | .444 | .333 | – | 3.5 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | 4.5 |
2017–18 | Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | – | .0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | 3.0 |
Career | 41 | 11 | 18.6 | .328 | .286 | .850 | 2.5 | .7 | .5 | .1 | 3.9 |
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