DeCovan Kadell "Dee" Brown (born November 29, 1968) is an American former professional

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player who spent thirty years in the NBA including twelve seasons as a player (1990–2002) in the

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(NBA), playing for the

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, and

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, and as an executive with the

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, and as Vice President of Holistic Player Performance with the

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. His daughter Lexie Brown plays for the

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of the

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(WNBA).

Playing career

A guard from

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, Brown was selected by the Celtics with the 19th pick of the 1990 NBA draft. He was a member of the

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in his first year, when he played in all 82 games and averaged 8.7 points per game. One of the highlights of his career occurred in 1991, when he won the NBA

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with a no look

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. He was a starter for Boston during the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons and posted his best scoring numbers, averaging more than 15 points per game each of those years. After seven and a half seasons with the Celtics, he was traded to the Raptors along with Chauncey Billups in 1998. Overall, during his career, he scored 6,758 total points.

Television career

In 2005, Brown won a one-year contract as a studio analyst for

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as the winner of the

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'', defeating five other former NBA players. He went on to host an ESPN show called ''City Slam''.

Coaching career

In 2005, Brown established EDGE Basketball, LLC with himself as CEO. The outfit specializes in training players from middle school up to the professional ranks. Brown has coached in the

, first as a head coach for the

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and then as the head coach for the San Antonio Silver Stars. On July 29, 2009, Brown was named as the head coach of the Springfield Armor, a team in the

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. He also became the team's Director of Basketball Operations. In two seasons as coach of the Armor, the team finished with records of 7–43 (.140) and 13–37 (.260), for a total of 20–80 (.200). In September 2011, Brown announced that he would be joining the

as an assistant under Lawrence Frank. On July 9, 2013, Brown joined the

as an assistant coach and director of player development. He joined the

for the 2016–17 season and is now the general manager of their NBA G League team. Brown is the Director of university and Athletics Relations at his alma mater, Jacksonville University.

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