J'Covan Brown

J'Covan Brown

Brown with AEK Athens in 2016
No. 14 – AEK Athens
Position Point guard / Shooting guard
League Greek Basket League
Personal information
Born (1990-02-14) February 14, 1990
Port Arthur, Texas
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight 202 lb (92 kg)
Career information
High school Memorial (Port Arthur, Texas)
College Texas (2009–2012)
NBA draft 2012 / Undrafted
Playing career 2012–present
Career history
2012 Rethymno Aegean
2013–2014 KAOD
2014 Cañeros de La Romana
2014–2015 Astana
2015–2016 Türk Telekom
2016–present AEK Athens
Career highlights and awards

J'Covan Marquis Brown (born February 14, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who plays for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League. He played college basketball for the University of Texas.[1]

High school career

Brown played high school basketball at |Monsignor Kelly Catholic High School in Beaumont, TX and Memorial High School in Port Arthur, Texas. With Kelly, he won two 5A TAPPS State Championships (2005 and 2006).

College career

J'Covan Brown playing for University of Texas.

After high school, Brown played college basketball at Texas University with the Texas Longhorns, from 2009 to 2012. In his senior year at Texas J’Covan averaged 20.1 ppg and 3.8 apg, almost two times the amount of the team's second-leading scorer, Sheldon McClellan and was able to take his team to the Big 12 Tournament Semifinals in 2012. In his junior season also (2011–12) at Texas, Brown was selected to the All-Big 12 First team. He was also named the Big 12 All-Tournament team.[2]

Professional career

Brown went undrafted in the 2012 NBA draft. On August 28, 2012, he signed a one-year deal with Rethymno Aegean of the Greek Basket League. However, on December 1, 2012, he was released by the club after appearing in just six games with averages of 9.3 points per game.[3]

In July 2013, Brown joined the New York Knicks for the 2013 NBA Summer League. On November 5, 2013, he signed with KAOD for the rest of the 2013–14 Greek Basket League season.[4] He went on to average 17.2 points per game to finish as the league's second best scorer.[5] On May 17, 2014, he signed with Caneros de La Romana of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto.[3]

On August 8, 2014, Brown signed a one-year deal BC Astana of the Kazakhstan Division I Basketball League.[3]

On June 4, 2015, he signed with Türk Telekom of the Turkish Basketball League.[6]

On January, 19 2016, he left the club and signed with AEK Athens until the end of the season with a prospect of renewal for another year.[7]

Career statistics

Domestic Leagues

Regular season

Legend
  GP Games played  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     Led the league

Note: Only games in the primary domestic competitions are included. Therefore, games in cup or European competitions are left out.

Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 Greece Rethymno Aegean GBL 6 19.5 .339 .355 .636 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.0 9.3
2013–14 Greece KAOD GBL 23 30.3 .451 .403 .869 2.9 2.0 0.8 0.0 17.3

Playoffs

Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013–14 Greece KAOD GBL 2 30.5 .319 .222 866 2.0 4.0 0.5 0.0 16.5

References

  1. ↑ "J'Covan Brown". Realgm.com. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
  2. ↑ J'Covan Brown Named First Team All-Big 12 Basketball
  3. 1 2 3 ShamSports.com: J'Covan Brown player profile
  4. ↑ "J'Covan Brown signed by KAOD". Court-side.com. 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
  5. ↑ "J’Covan Marquis Brown profile". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
  6. ↑ "Turk Telekom Ankara lands Michael Jenkins and J'Covan Brown". Sportando.com. June 4, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  7. ↑ "AEK Athens B.C. signs J'Covan Brown". Aekbc.gr. January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.

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