Jaylen Brown
Brown with the Celtics in 2017
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| No. 7 – Boston Celtics | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||
| League | NBA | ||||||||||||
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| Born |
October 24, 1996 Marietta, Georgia |
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Wheeler (Marietta, Georgia) | ||||||||||||
| College | California (2015–2016) | ||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2016 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall | ||||||||||||
| Selected by the Boston Celtics | |||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2016–present | ||||||||||||
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| 2016–present | Boston Celtics | ||||||||||||
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| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||
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Jaylen Brown (born October 24, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the California Golden Bears. As a freshman, he earned first-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12 and was named the conference's Freshman of the Year. After the season, he decided to forgo his remaining college eligibility, and was selected by Boston with the third overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft.
Brown attended Joseph Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia. As a senior, he helped lead his team to a victory in the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) AAAAAA state championship. With 0.6 seconds remaining, Brown hit two free throws to give Wheeler a 59–58 victory.
Brown was rated as a five-star recruit and was ranked by Scout.com, ESPN, and 247Sports.com as the fourth best recruit in his class behind Ben Simmons, Skal Labissière, and Brandon Ingram.Rivals.com ranked him third in his class.
Brown won a 2014 FIBA Americas Championship gold medal as part of the 2014 USA Basketball Men's U18 National Team while playing alongside future NBA players Stanley Johnson and Justise Winslow. Brown was also selected to play in the 2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game.
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