J'Covan Marquis Brown (born February 14, 1990) is an American professional

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player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the

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. He played

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for the

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before playing professionally in Greece, Dominican Republic, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Israel. Standing at , he plays at the

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and

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positions.

High school career

Brown attended

Memorial High School Memorial High School may refer to: United States As ''Memorial High School'' alone *Memorial High School (Millville, New Jersey) *Memorial High School (West New York, New Jersey) *Memorial High School (St. Marys, Ohio) * Memorial High School (Tul ...

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, where he averaged 29.9 points per game while playing in 11 contests during his senior season. Brown led Memorial to a 29–6 record while averaging 27 points, six assists, five rebounds and three steals per game and earned all-state, all-region and first-team All-District 21-5A accolades in his junior season.

College career

Brown played

for

The University of Texas The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

's Longhorns from 2009 to 2012. In his senior year at Texas, Brown averaged 20.1 points, 3.8 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game, almost two times the amount of the team's second-leading scorer,

Sheldon McClellan Sheldon Mac (born Sheldon Reeves McClellan; December 21, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Gigantes de Carolina of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns and the Mia ...

and was able to take his team to the Big 12 Tournament Semifinals in 2012. On March 5, 2012, Brown earned a spot in the All-

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First team. On April 2, 2012, Brown declared for the

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after completing his junior year at Texas.

Professional career

Rethymno Aegean (2012)

On August 28, 2012, Brown started his professional career with the Greek team Rethymno Aegean, signing a one-year deal. However, on December 1, 2012, he parted ways with the team after appearing in six games, averaging 9.3 points per game.

KAOD and Caneros de La Romana (2013–2014)

In July 2013, Brown joined the

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for the

2013 NBA Summer League The 2013 NBA Summer League is a pro basketball league run by the NBA just after the 2013 NBA draft. It gives newly drafted players a chance to test their skills against each other, and to give them a feel for professional basketball. All 30 NBA ...

. On November 5, 2013, Brown returned to Greece for a second stint, signing with KAOD for the rest of the season. Brown averaged 17.2 points per game and finished as the Greek League second best scorer. On May 17, 2014, Brown signed with the Dominican team Caneros de La Romana for the 2014 LNB Season.

Astana (2014–2015)

On August 8, 2014, Brown signed a one-year deal with the Kazakh team

BC Astana Astana Basketball Club ( kk, Astana Basketbol Kluby), commonly referred to as BC Astana, is a Kazakh professional basketball club that is based in Astana, Kazakhstan. Founded in 2011, it has competed in the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship a ...

. On November 11, 2014, Brown recorded a season-high 34 points, shooting 12-of-15 from the field, along with seven rebounds and three assists in a 106–102 win over

Tofaş Tofaş (acronym for ''Türk Otomobil Fabrikası Anonim Şirketi''; ''Turkish Automobile Factory Joint-Stock Company'' pronounced ) is a Turkish automobile manufacturer which was established in 1968 by Vehbi Koç, who was the founder of Koç Ho ...

. He was subsequently named EuroChallenge Week 2 Top Performer. Brown finished the season as the

EuroChallenge FIBA EuroChallenge (called the FIBA Europe League in 2003–05, and FIBA EuroCup in 2005–08) was the 3rd-tier level transnational men's professional continental club basketball competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015. It was organized and run ...

third leading scorer with 17.5 points per game. He helped Astana to win the 2015 Kazakhstan Basketball Championship, as well as reaching the 2015 VTB League Playoffs as the eighth seed, where they eventually were eliminated by

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece ...

Türk Telekom (2015–2016)

On June 4, 2015, Brown signed with the Turkish team

Türk Telekom Türk Telekom is a state-owned Turkish telecommunications company. Türk Telekom was separated from Turkish Post (PTT) in 1995. Türk Telekom Group provides integrated telecommunication services for PSTN, GSM, and wide-band Internet. The Türk ...

for the 2015–16 season. On December 6, 2015, Brown recorded a career-high 38 points, shooting 11-of-14 from the field, along with three assists in a 93–96 loss to Fenerbahçe.

AEK Athens (2016)

On January 19, 2016, Brown parted ways with Türk Telekom and signed with the Greek team

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in Nea ...

for the rest of the season, with a prospect of renewal for another year. Brown helped AEK to reach the 2016 Greek League Semifinals, where they eventually were eliminated by

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

Pınar Karşıyaka (2016–2017)

On July 14, 2016, Brown returned to Turkey for a second stint, signing a one-year deal with

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. On December 13, 2016, Brown recorded a season-high 36 points, shooting 13-of-20 from the field, along with four assists and two steals in a 99–59 blowout win over

Reyer Venezia S.S.P. Reyer Venezia Mestre, commonly known as Reyer Venezia or simply Reyer, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Venice, Veneto. The club currently plays in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the highest tier of basketball in ...

. Brown helped Karşıyaka to reach the 2017 Champions League Quarterfinals, where they eventually lost to

Hapoel Gilboa Galil (2017–2018)

On September 12, 2017, Brown signed with the Israeli team

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 ...

for the 2017–18 season. On November 13, 2017, Brown recorded 28 points, shooting 10-of-15 from the field, along with 8 assists, 5 rebounds and 3 steals in an 88–86 win over Hapoel Tel Aviv. He was subsequently named Israeli League Round 6 MVP. On April 9, 2018, Brown recorded a double-double of 32 points and 11 assists, shooting 6-of-6 from three-point range in a 94–91 win over

Hapoel Holon Hapoel Holon Basketball Club ( he, מועדון הכדורסל הפועל חולון), known for sponsorship reasons as Hapoel Atsmon Playgrounds Holon (), is a professional basketball club based in Holon, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli B ...

. He was subsequently named Israeli League Round 22 MVP. Brown helped Gilboa Galil to reach the 2018 Israeli League Playoffs, where they eventually lost to

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 ...

. Brown finished the season as the League third assists leader (5.9 per game) and also averaged 17 points and 3.2 rebounds per game, shooting a career-high of 42.5 percent from 3-point range.

Hapoel Jerusalem (2018–present)

On June 18, 2018, Brown signed a two-year deal with

. On February 2, 2019, Brown recorded a season-high 25 points, shooting 9-of-13 from the field, along with six rebounds and assists for 33 PIR in a 104–94 win over

Maccabi Ashdod Maccabi Ashdod B.C. ( he, מכבי אשדוד) is a professional basketball team based in the port city of Ashdod, Israel. The team currently plays in the Israeli National League. History The team was founded in 1961 by "Maccabi Ashdod Sports ...

. On February 14, 2019, Brown helped Jerusalem to win the 2019 Israeli State Cup after an 82–67 win over Maccabi Rishon LeZion, scoring 19 points off the bench. On March 4, 2019, Brown was named Israeli League Player of the Month after averaging 20.0 points and 4.7 assists per game in three games played in February. On February 13, 2020, Brown recorded 26 points, while shooting 10-of-21 from the field, along with six rebounds and five assists, leading Jerusalem to its sixth

Israeli State Cup The Israel State Cup ( he, גביע המדינה, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA). The State Cup was first held in 1928 as the People's Cup. Because it involve ...

title after a 92–89 win over

Ironi Nahariya Ironi Nahariya Basketball Club ( he, מועדון הכדורסל עירוני נהריה; ) known for sponsorship reasons as Ironi Rain Nahariya () is a professional basketball club based in city of Nahariya in northern Israel. The team plays in t ...

. He was subsequently named the Final MVP. Brown averaged 14.8 points and 5.3 assists per game during the 2019–20 season. On August 13, 2020, he re-signed with Hapoel Jerusalem.

Hapoel Tel Aviv (2021–present)

In summer 2021, he has signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv of the

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Personal life

Brown is the son of Johnny Ray and Angela Brown. His cousin, B. J. Tyler, is a former

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player who also played for the

. Tyler earned third-team All-America honors by The Associated Press as a senior in 1993–94 and was the No. 20 overall pick in the

1994 NBA Draft The 1994 NBA draft took place on June 29, 1994, at Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis. Two NBA rookies of the year were picked in the first round, as Jason Kidd and Grant Hill were co-winners of the award for the 1994–95 NBA season. Kidd and Hill ...

by the

Philadelphia 76ers The Philadelphia 76ers, colloquially known as the Sixers, are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The 76ers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eas ...

Career statistics

College

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Domestic Leagues

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Rethymno Rethymno ( el, Ρέθυμνο, , also ''Rethimno'', ''Rethymnon'', ''Réthymnon'', and ''Rhíthymnos'') is a city in Greece on the island of Crete. It is the capital of Rethymno regional unit, and has a population of more than 30,000 inhabitants ( ...

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Astana Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmo ...

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, style="text-align:center;" , BSL , 27 , , 29.4 , , .377 , , .326 , , .902 , , 1.7 , , 4.4 , , .9 , , .1 , , 11.1 , - , style="text-align:center;" , 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;" , Gilboa Galil , style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2,

IPL The Indian Premier League (IPL), also known as TATA IPL for sponsorship reasons, is a men's T20 franchise cricket league of India. It is annually contested by ten teams based out of seven Indian cities and three Indian states. The leagu ...

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European Competitions

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References

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