Andre Brown

Andre Devon Brown (born May 12, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player.

He played college basketball for DePaul University and went on to play professionally in Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, and in the National Basketball Association and the NBA Development League.

In his sophomore season, Brown became the first DePaul player since Stanley Brundy in 1988–89 to lead the team in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage and blocked shots.

In his freshman season at DePaul, Brown joined Imari Sawyer as the first DePaul newcomers since 1992 to have a double-double in their first collegiate game, as he recorded 18 points and 11 rebounds against Lewis University.

He scored a season-high 19 points while also grabbing eight rebounds against Marquette.

In 30 games (six starts), he averaged 6.5 points and 4.9 rebounds in 22.6 minutes per game.

He is also a former two-year member of the USA Basketball World Youth Games team that won a gold medal 1998 and a bronze medal in 1999.

As a high school freshman, Brown attended Brother Rice High School in his hometown of Chicago.

As a sophomore, he transferred to nearby Leo Catholic High School where he led his new team downstate and along the way, captured Class A All-State honors, being the only sophomore on the ballot.

The following year Leo moved up in population and therefore changed classes to the larger Class AA.

In Class AA, Brown continued his dominating ways, garnering All-State honors again, this time initiating the record as the only player to ever be both Class A and AA All-State.

Things were changed up again for his senior year in 1999–2000 as Leo were moved back down to Class A, as Brown went on to help Leo win the Catholic League title and earn McDonald's All-American honors.

In his junior season, Brown was selected to the Preseason All-Conference USA team by the league coaches, and went on to record multiple double-doubles in 2002–03, none better than a game-high 20 points and 11 rebounds against UNLV.

In 28 games (18 starts), he averaged 9.4 points and 9.0 rebounds in 30.5 minutes per game.

In his senior season, Brown earned second-team All-Conference USA honors after he was first selected to the Conference USA All-Preseason team and during the season, he was twice named C-USA Player of the Week.

He was also named to the All-Tournament team at the Spartan Coca-Cola Classic.

In 23 games (all starts), he averaged 13.5 points and 9.2 rebounds in 32.2 minutes per game.

Brown finished his four-year career ranked fourth in Conference USA history with 855 rebounds and became one of only eight players in DePaul history to have 1,000 points and 800 rebounds in a career.

He went on to be named to the All-Tournament Team at the 2004 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament after averaging 18.3 points (4th in tourney) and 10.7 rebounds (2nd in tourney).

After going undrafted in the 2004 NBA draft, Brown joined the Cleveland Cavaliers for the 2004 NBA Summer League.

On October 4, 2004, he signed with the New Jersey Nets.

However, he was later waived by the Nets on October 20, 2004.

The following month, he signed with Sedima Roseto of Italy for the 2004–05 season.

In February 2005, he left Roseto and signed with Budućnost Podgorica of Montenegro for the rest of the season.

In April 2005, he joined the Barangay Ginebra Kings of the Philippines where he played seven games for the club before leaving in late May.

In July 2005, Brown joined the Seattle SuperSonics for the 2005 NBA Summer League.

In October 2005, he signed with the Daegu Orions of South Korea for the 2005–06 season.

In February 2006, he was traded to the Incheon ET Land Black Slamer.

In July 2006, Brown joined the San Antonio Spurs for the 2006 NBA Summer League.

On September 29, 2006, he signed with the Atlanta Hawks.

However, he was later waived by the Hawks on October 26, 2006.

On November 2, 2006, he was selected by the Sioux Falls Skyforce with the second overall pick in the 2006 NBA Development League Draft.

He went on to earn D-League Player of the Week honors on December 18 after recording three straight double-doubles over the week as he led the Skyforce to a 3–0 record.

In 16 games for Sioux Falls, he averaged 22.8 points and 10.8 rebounds per game.

On January 5, 2007, Brown signed a 10-day contract with the Seattle SuperSonics, going on to sign a second 10-day contract on February 15, and for the rest of the season on January 25.

Despite joining the Indiana Pacers but not playing for them during the 2007 NBA Summer League, Brown signed with the Memphis Grizzlies on July 20, 2007.

Despite a promising stint with the SuperSonics, Brown managed just 33 games for Memphis in 2007–08 as he averaged 3.0 points and 2.8 rebounds in 8.7 minutes per game.

He also ranked among Conference USA leaders for rebounding (second), scoring (13th) and field goal percentage (14th).

He set a C-USA single game record with 27 rebounds against TCU, which was the second-best single-game total in DePaul history.

In 26 games (25 starts), he averaged 14.5 points, 9.4 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 31.8 minutes per game.