Education
Chaminade-Julienne High School.
Chaminade-Julienne High School.
Standing at 6 ft 8 in (203 m), he plays at the power forward position. Considered a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Brown was listed as the Number. 26 small forward and the Number.
115 player in the nation in 2005.
Brown played college basketball at Xavier University with Xavier Musketeers, from 2005 to 2009. Brown entered the 2009 National Basketball Association Draft, and was selected 40th overall by the Charlotte Bobcats.
On July 13, 2009, he was signed to a two-year contract by the Charlotte Bobcats. On February 24, 2011, Derrick Brown was waived by the Bobcats after a trade with the Thunder that sent Nazr Mohammed to the Thunder.
The New York Knicks announced on March 1, 2011 that they had claimed Brown off waivers.
On December 9, 2011, he returned to the Bobcats with a one-year minimum deal. On June 29, 2012, the Bobcats extended a qualifying to Brown, making him a restricted free agent. However, on July 18, 2012, the Bobcats withdrew the offer, making him an unrestricted free agent.
On September 27, 2012, Brown signed with the San Antonio Spurs.
However, he did not make the team"s final roster. On October 31, 2012, Brown signed a three-year contract with the Russian team Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar.
He was named to the All-Eurocup Second Team in 2013. On June 23, 2015, Brown signed a two-year contract with the Turkish club Anadolu Efes.
His career best jump was 8.00 metres, and his best international result was a fifth place at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. As a junior athlete, Brown had a personal best jump of 7.54 metres, achieved in June 1982 in Hull. The next year, he won his first medals in senior competitions, with a bronze medal at the Amateur Athletics Association (AAA) Championships, behind guest jumper Mike Conley, Sr. and Fred Salle, and a gold medal at the UK Championships. At the AAA Indoor Championships, he won a gold medal in 1984 and silver medals in 1985 and 1987, and at the AAA Championships, he won silver in 1985 and gold in 1986. Internationally, he competed at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, where he finished fifth with a jump of 7.65 metres. His career best jump was 8.00 metres, achieved in July 1985 in Viareggio.
