Kendrick Shamar Brown (born October 24, 1989) is an American professional

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player for

KB Trepça KB Trepça is a professional basketball club based in Mitrovicë, Kosovo. The club competes in the Kosovo Basketball Superleague, Balkan basketball International League and Kosovo Cup. KB Trepca is one of the most successful clubs in Kosovo, KB T ...

of the

Kosovo Basketball Superleague The Kosovo Basketball Superleague (Albanian: Superliga e Kosovës në Basketboll) and known as the ArtMotion Superliga due to sponsorship reasons is the top men's professional basketball league in Kosovo. Basketball Superleague was founded in 1991 ...

. He plays at the

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position.

High school career

Brown played high school basketball at

Soldan High School Soldan International Studies High School (also known as Soldan High School) is a public magnet high school in the Academy neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri that is part of the St. Louis Public Schools. Soldan was known for its wealthy and pre ...

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. He was ranked as the No. 206 player in Missouri.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Brown signed with the Latvian club

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for the 2012–13 Latvian Basketball League season. The following season, he joined

Norrköping Dolphins The Norrköping Dolphins are a professional basketball club from Norrköping, Sweden. It plays in the Basketligan, the highest league in Sweden and won the league six times. Home games of Norrköping are played at the Stadium Arena. History Th ...

of the Swedish

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. For the 2015–16 season, Brown signed with

Donar Groningen Donar, also known as Donar Groningen, is a professional basketball club based in Groningen, Netherlands. The club competes in the BNXT League and its home arena is MartiniPlaza, which has a seating capacity of 4,350 people. Donar is one o ...

. On October 6, 2015, he recorded a

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in a 122–57 win against

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, with 18 points, 17 assists and 10 rebounds. On December 14, Donar bought Brown out. In January 2016, Brown signed with

BC Lietuvos rytas Rytas Vilnius is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Vilnius, Lithuania. The club was founded in 1997 from another club, Statyba, and has become one of the most successful Lithuanian basketball clubs. Rytas have won two EuroCup Ba ...

in Lithuania. On June 20, he left the team. On July 19, 2016, Brown signed with Koroivos Amaliadas of the

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. He left Koroivos after appearing in twelve games. On December 28, 2016, he signed with

Al Riyadi Beirut Al Riyadi Club Beirut ( ar, نادي الرياضي بيروت, lit=Sporting Club Beirut) is a multi-sports club based in Manara, a district in Beirut, Lebanon. Founded in 1934, the basketball team competes in the Lebanese Basketball League. T ...

of the

Lebanese Basketball League The Lebanese Basketball League is the top-tier professional men's basketball league in Lebanon. It is organized annually as a national championship with playoffs and a national cup by the Lebanese Basketball Federation (FLB). Currently, the leagu ...

. On July 13, 2017, Brown signed with

Aurora Basket Jesi Aurora Basket Jesi is an Italian professional basketball club based in Jesi. It plays in the second division Serie A2 as of the 2015-16 season. History In 1965, Gianni Rossetti (a television journalist for RAI), Carlo Barchiesi (current presiden ...

on the Italian second division ( Serie A2 East). On January 9, 2018, he parted ways with Jesi after averaging 19.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game. Seven days later, he signed with Latvian club VEF Rīga for the rest of the season. Brown signed with Lithuanian team

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on August 22, 2018. In the 2018–19 season, Brown played with Russian club

BC Parma BC Parma (russian: БК Парма), also known as Parma Basket, is a professional basketball team that is based in Perm, Russia. It plays in the VTB United League, the highest level of basketball in Russia. The club's full name is Parma Basket Pe ...

of the

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. On May 21, 2019, Brown signed with

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of the French

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, the national second-tier league. The signing was remarkable as Brown was signed for the last game of the season for Nantes. He went on to score 13 points in his only match with the team. On July 28, 2019, Brown returned to Lithuania by signing with

Lietkabelis BC Lietkabelis ( lt, Krepšinio klubas Lietkabelis), also currently known as BC 7bet-Lietkabelis or 7bet-Lietkabelis for sponsorship reasons, is a Lithuanian professional basketball team based in Panevėžys, Lithuania, participating in the Lithu ...

. On November 28, 2019, Brown signed with

Aris Thessaloniki Athlitikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis, means Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki
...

in Greece. He averaged 13.7 points and 3.2 assists per game. On September 10, 2020, Brown signed with

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. On April 3, 2021, Brown parted ways with the Greek club. On July 2, 2021, Brown signed with

Atomerőmű SE Atomerőmű SE, sometimes shortened to ASE, is a Hungarian professional basketball team based in Paks. The team plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the highest professional league in Hungary. The team was founded in 1979 and has won the Hungaria ...

of the Hungarian

Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A The Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A ( en, National Championship I/A, commonly abbreviated NB I/A) is the highest level league of club men's basketball in Hungary. Format The league comprises 14 teams. A NB I/A season is split into a league stage and a pl ...

. On January, 2023, Brown signed with

in Kosovo.

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