Marcus James Brown (born April 3, 1974, in West Memphis, Arkansas) is an American professional basketball player, currently playing in Žalgiris Kaunas. As of December 7, 2007 Brown was the Euroleague's all-time top scorer with 2,119 points and was reported earlier in his career as the highest paid American player in the history of European Basketball garnering more per season than Dominique Wilkins, a former NBA player who left the NBA for a stint to play basketball in Greece. A quality player able to make a difference in a top team, he attended the Euroleague Final Four three times (2004, 2005, 2007) and earned an All-Euroleague Team selection twice (2004 First Team, 2005 Second Team). Brown by many prognosticators is said to be one of the best players to ever play in Europe. Already he was a write in nomination to the 2007 Euroleague fifty greatest players and he is still playing.
Brown, a 6'3" (191 cm) guard, attended and played collegiately at Murray State University and was selected with the 17th pick of the 2nd round in the 1996 NBA Draft by the National Basketball Association's Portland Trail Blazers. He played one season with the Trail Blazers and another with the Detroit Pistons. He signed with the Vancouver Grizzlies in the 1997-98 season, but did not play in any regular season games for them.
Brown has played professionally for clubs in France, Turkey, Italy, Russia, Spain and Lithuania and has won championships in nearly all of them. In 2005-07, he played in Unicaja Málaga of the Spanish ACB, where he played alongside fellow ex-NBA players Daniel Santiago, Pepe Sanchez, and Jiri Welsch.
Personal achievements
1997-98 French League MVP (EB Pau Orthez)
1999-00 French League MVP (CSP Limoges)
1999-00 French Championship MVP (CSP Limoges)
2001-02 Euroleague Week-19 MVP (Efes Pilsen)
2001-02 Turkish League MVP (Efes Pilsen)
2002-03 All-Euroleague Second Team (Efes Pilsen)
2002-03 Euroleague Week-17 MVP (Efes Pilsen)
2003-04 All-Euroleague First Team (CSKA Moscow)
2003-04 Russian Import MVP (PBC CSKA Moscow)
2004-05 All-Euroleague Second Team (CSKA Moscow)
2007-08 Euroleague December MVP (Žalgiris)
2007-08 LKL Finals MVP
Awards
1997-98 French National Championship (EB Pau Orthez)
1999 Korac Cup (CSP Limoges)
1999-00 French National Championship (CSP Limoges)
2000 French National Cup (CSP Limoges)
2001 Turkish National Cup (Efes Pilsen)
2001-02 Turkish National Championship (Efes Pilsen)
2002-03 Turkish National Cup (Efes Pilsen)
2002-03 Turkish National Championship (Efes Pilsen)
2003-04 Russian National Championship (CSKA Moscow)
2004-05 Russian National Cup (CSKA Moscow)
2005-06 Russian National Championship (CSKA Moscow)
2006 Russian National Cup (CSKA Moscow)
2006-07 Spanish National Championship (CB Málaga)
2008 Lithuanian National Cup (Žalgiris)
2008 Baltic League Championship (Žalgiris)
2008 LKL (Lithuanian basketball league) Championship (Žalgiris)
External links
@ euroleague.com
NBA & college stats @ basketballreference.com
Player profile @ unicajabaloncesto.com (Spanish)
Euroleague.net Profile
Player Profile @ ACB.com
Video Interview with Marcus Brown @ fiba.com
@ draftexpress.com
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1996 NBA Draft
First Round
Allen Iverson • Marcus Camby • Shareef Abdur-Rahim • Stephon Marbury • Ray Allen • Antoine Walker • Lorenzen Wright • Kerry Kittles • Samaki Walker • Erick Dampier • Todd Fuller • Vitaly Potapenko • Kobe Bryant • Predrag Stojaković • Steve Nash • Tony Delk • Jermaine O'Neal • John Wallace • Walter McCarty • Žydrūnas Ilgauskas • Dontae' Jones • Roy Rogers • Efthimios Rentzias • Derek Fisher • Martin Müürsepp • Jerome Williams • Brian Evans • Priest Lauderdale • Travis Knight
Second Round
Othella Harrington • Mark Hendrickson • Ryan Minor • Moochie Norris • Shawn Harvey • Joseph Blair • Doron Sheffer • Jeff McInnis • Steve Hamer • Russ Millard • Marcus Mann • Jason Sasser • Randy Livingston • Ben Davis • Malik Rose • Joe Vogel • Marcus Brown • Ron Riley • Jamie Feick • Amal McCaskill • Terrell Bell • Chris Robinson • Mark Pope • Jeff Nordgaard • Shandon Anderson • Ronnie Henderson • Reggie Geary • Drew Barry • Darnell Robinson
NBA Drafts
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