Troy Sidney Brown (born April 3, 1971) is an American former professional

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player. Born in

Lynn, Massachusetts Lynn is the eighth-largest municipality in Massachusetts and the largest city in Essex County. Situated on the Atlantic Ocean, north of the Boston city line at Suffolk Downs, Lynn is part of Greater Boston's urban inner core. Settled by E ...

, Brown played collegiately at Providence College where he played

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. As a senior in 1994–95, he averaged 12 points and 7.9

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per game and shot 52 percent from the field. He was selected by the

Atlanta Hawks The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays its home games at ...

in the second round (45th pick overall) of the

1995 NBA Draft The 1995 NBA draft took place on June 28, 1995, at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It marked the first NBA draft to be held outside the United States and was the first draft for the two Canadian expansion teams, Toronto Raptors and Vancouve ...

, though he did not play any games as a Hawk, or in the

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(NBA). He played in the Continental Basketball Association for the

Grand Rapids Mackers The Michigan Mayhem was a minor league professional basketball team based in Muskegon, Michigan that competed in the Continental Basketball Association. In the CBA's 2004-05 season the Mayhem finished third in the league's Eastern Conference. The ...

before being traded to the

Connecticut Pride The Connecticut Pride (From 1993-94 the Hartford Hellcats) were an American professional basketball team based in Hartford, Connecticut that was a member of the Continental Basketball Association. They played in Hartford from 1993 to 2000, primar ...

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External links

SI.com Profile - Troy Brown
1971 births Living people African-American basketball players American men's basketball players Atlanta Hawks draft picks Basketball players from Massachusetts Brewster Academy alumni Connecticut Pride players Grand Rapids Mackers players Montpellier Paillade Basket players Providence Friars men's basketball players Small forwards Sportspeople from Lynn, Massachusetts The Governor's Academy alumni 21st-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American sportspeople {{1970s-US-basketball-bio-stub