Chad Brown (born September 6, 1996) is an American professional

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player who last played for

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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 ...

. He played

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for the

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Early life and high school career

Brown attended

Deltona High School Deltona High School is a public high school located in Deltona, Florida, Deltona, Florida, United States. It is located on Wolf Pack Run, east of Interstate 4 in the city's northwestern corner. In the 2011–2012 academic school year, the school en ...

Deltona, Florida Deltona is a city in central Florida and the most populous city in Volusia County. It is located on the northern shore of Lake Monroe along the St. Johns River in central Florida. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 93,692. The city ...

. A four star prospect by

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, Brown averaged 14.7 points, 15 rebounds and 9.4 blocks per game as a senior.

College career

Brown played for

from 2015 to 2019. As a junior, he averaged 5.2 points and 4.6 rebounds per game, shooting 51 percent from the field, while playing along with

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. The same season, he led the team in blocks, averaging 1.1 blocks per game. During his senior season, he averaged 4.5 points, 5 rebounds, and 1 block per game.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Brown joined the

Dallas Mavericks The Dallas Mavericks (often referred to as the Mavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas. The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference (NBA), Western Conferenc ...

, on October 17, 2019, but was waived after two days. On October 26, 2020, he was acquired by the

Texas Legends The Texas Legends are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Frisco, Texas, and are affiliated with the Dallas Mavericks. The Legends play their home games at the Comerica Center. The team began as the Colorado 14 ...

. In 42 games, he averaged 5.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and 0.9 blocks per game. On August 6, 2020, he joined

Charilaos Trikoupis Charilaos Trikoupis ( el, Χαρίλαος Τρικούπης; 11 July 1832 – 30 March 1896) was a Greek politician who served as a Prime Minister of Greece seven times from 1875 until 1895. He is best remembered for introducing the vote of c ...

of the

. In 10 games with the Greek club, he averaged 12.5 points and 8.9 rebounds per contest. After his impressive tenure with Trikoupis, Brown was bought out by

Gießen 46ers The JobStairs GIESSEN 46ers (formerly GIESSEN 46ers) is a professional basketball club based in Gießen, Germany, that plays in the Basketball Bundesliga. Their home arena is Sporthalle Gießen-Ost, with a capacity of 4,003 people. History The ...

of the

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. In 12 games with the German club, he averaged 4.3 points and 3.1 rebounds per contest. Brown then finished the season off with the

Guelph Nighthawks The Guelph Nighthawks were a Canadian professional basketball team based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, that competed in the Canadian Elite Basketball League. The team played home games at the Sleeman Centre. History On June 12, 2018, it was announ ...

of the

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, averaging 13.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, and 2.8 blocks per game. On July 27, 2021, Brown signed with

Peristeri Peristeri (Greek language, 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 municipali ...

of the Greek Basket League and the

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. In 24 league games, he averaged 5.6 points, 7.1 rebounds and 0.9 blocks in 18 minutes per contest. On July 4, 2022, Brown signed with

Merkezefendi Merkezefendi is a new intracity district and second level municipality in Denizli Province, Turkey. According to Law act no 6360, all Turkish provinces with a population more than 750000, were declared metropolitan municipality. The law also crea ...

of the Turkish

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. On November 12, 2022, he moved to

Hapoel Gilboa Galil Hapoel Gilboa Galil ( he, הפועל גלבוע גליל) is a professional basketball club that is based in north-east Israel. The club plays its home game in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (the top tier of Israeli basketball) in a 2,250 ...

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 July 2023, Brown signed with Russian club

Uralmash Yekaterinburg FC Ural Yekaterinburg (russian: ФК Урал) is a Russian association football club based in Yekaterinburg. They play in the Russian Premier League. History The club was founded in 1930 and was known as Avangard (1930–1948, 1953–1957), Ze ...

of the

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. On October 18, 2023, he moved back to Greece for

. In 25 games, he averaged 12.3 points, 9.2 rebounds and 1.2 blocks in 29 minutes of play.

References

External links

UCF Knights bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Chad 1996 births Living people American men's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Canada American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Russia American expatriate basketball people in Turkey Apollon Patras B.C. players Basketball players from Florida Centers (basketball) Charilaos Trikoupis B.C. players Guelph Nighthawks players Giessen 46ers players Hapoel Gilboa Galil players Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket players People from Deltona, Florida Sportspeople from Volusia County, Florida Peristeri B.C. players UCF Knights men's basketball players