Brandon Robert Brown (born August 14, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for
Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Jerusalem is a sport organization in Jerusalem as a local branch of the Hapoel movement. The branch was established in the 1920s and represents the city in more sports than any other sport organization in Jerusalem. Today, the club's leadi ...
of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...
. In his career, he has also played in France, Russia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Brazil, Australia, Cyprus, and Greece.
Professional career
Brandon Brown won the
2018–19 Bulgarian Basketball Championship with
Balkan Botevgrad.
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Brown recalls that before he joined
Cluj-Napoca
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, he had never played in front of 10,000 visitors before. During the
2021–22 Champions League season he led his team
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca is a Romanian sports society from Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Founded in September 1919 by the "Sports Society of University Students" ( ro, Societatea Sportivă a Studenţilor Universitari). Its first chairman was Prof. ...
to the Quarterfinals. This placement exceeded expectations. Brown was one of the favorites to win the competition's
MVP
In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...
award. Other leading players on his side included
Patrick Richard
Patrick Richard (born January 25, 1990) is an American-born naturalised Romanian professional basketball player for Cluj of the Romanian Liga Națională. He played collegiately with the McNeese State Cowboys for four seasons before playing prof ...
,
Andrija Stipanović
Andrija Stipanović (born 18 December 1986) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian professional basketball player for Cluj of the Romanian Liga Națională. He also represents the Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team internationally.
Stipanović ...
,
Elijah Stewart
Elijah Stewart (born November 14, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for Napoli Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the USC Trojans. In high school, he was ranked as a four-star prospe ...
or
Dustin Hogue
Dustin Hogue (born June 30, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League. He played college basketball for Indian Hills Community College and Iowa State Cyclones. Hogue enter ...
.
On July 2, 2022, Brown signed with
Peristeri
Peristeri (Greek: Περιστέρι, meaning "pigeon/dove" in Greek) is a suburban municipality in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. With 139,981 inhabitants (2011 census), it is the seventh-largest municipality of Greece by ...
of the
Greek Basket League
The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...
and the
Basketball Champions League
The Basketball Champions League (BCL) is an annual professional basketball competition for European clubs, organised by FIBA. It is the top-level competition organised by FIBA Europe, therefore the champion participates in the FIBA Intercontin ...
. 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
Hapoel Jerusalem is a sport organization in Jerusalem as a local branch of the Hapoel movement. The branch was established in the 1920s and represents the city in more sports than any other sport organization in Jerusalem. Today, the club's leadi ...
of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...
.
References
External links
Profileat Eurobasket.com
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1989 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Australia
American expatriate basketball people in Brazil
American expatriate basketball people in Bulgaria
American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus
American expatriate basketball people in France
American expatriate basketball people in Greece
American expatriate basketball people in Poland
American expatriate basketball people in Romania
American expatriate basketball people in Russia
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Tacoma, Washington
Peristeri B.C. players
Point guards
University of Montana Western alumni
Wilki Morskie Szczecin players
Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. players
BC Balkan Botevgrad players
Associação de Basquete Cearense basketball players
Novo Basquete Brasil players
Siarka Tarnobrzeg (basketball) players
Turów Zgorzelec players
Trefl Sopot players
BC Nizhny Novgorod players
Metropolitans 92 players
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (men's basketball) players
Omonia B.C. players