Brown at Mizzou Arena in 2014
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No. 2 – Santa Cruz Warriors | |
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Position | Shooting guard / Point guard |
League | NBA Development League |
Personal information | |
Born |
Oakland, California |
December 18, 1992
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 202 lb (92 kg) |
Career information | |
High school |
Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nevada) Oakland (Oakland, California) |
College | |
NBA draft | 2014 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2014–present |
Career history | |
2014–2015 | Los Angeles D-Fenders |
2015 | Los Angeles Lakers |
2015–2016 | Foshan Long Lions |
2016 | Los Angeles D-Fenders |
2016–2017 | Jilin Northeast Tigers |
2017–present | Santa Cruz Warriors |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Jabari Akil Brown (born December 18, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA Development League. He played college basketball for the University of Missouri where as a junior he led not only Mizzou but the entire SEC in scoring with an average of 19.9 points per game. Brown was also named to the All-SEC first team in 2014.
Brown started his junior year of high school Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nevada where he averaged 16 points per game before transferring mid-year to Oakland High School, returning to his hometown of Oakland, California. For the rest of his junior campaign, he averaged 23.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game for Oakland High.
As a senior in 2010–11, Brown averaged 23.8 points and 4.1 rebounds per game as a senior for Oakland High. He was ranked the No. 19 national prospect in the class of 2011 and named a Jordan Brand All-American; he averaged nearly one point per minute in the All-America Game, scoring 14 points in 15 minutes.
Brown joined the Oregon Ducks men's basketball team for his freshman season in 2011–12. However, after playing 51 total minutes in two games for Oregon, Brown decided to transfer to the University of Missouri. As a sophomore in 2012–13, Brown averaged 13.7 points per game in helping Mizzou to a 23–11 record. Brown stepped up in his junior season and became the leader for his Mizzou team. Brown averaged a league-leading 19.9 points per game as he was named to the All-SEC first team and NABC Division I All-District 21 first team. Brown also made the Dean's List in the fall 2012 semester as a sophomore.
In April 2014, he declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his final year of college eligibility.
After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Brown joined the Houston Rockets for the 2014 NBA Summer League. On September 23, 2014, he signed with the Los Angeles Lakers. However, he was later waived by the Lakers on October 25 after appearing in four preseason games. On November 1, he was acquired by the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of the Lakers. On January 10, 2015, he scored a D-League season-high of 50 points on 16-of-22 shooting in a 124–99 win over the Sioux Falls Skyforce. He went on to play for the Futures All-Star team in the 2015 NBA D-League All-Star Game.