Shannon Brown

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Shannon Brown

Position	Point guard / Shooting guard
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers
Nationality	United States
Born	November 29, 1985 (age 21) Maywood, Illinois
High school	Proviso East High School
Draft	25th overall, 2006 Cleveland Cavaliers
Pro career	2006–present

Shannon Brown (born November 29, 1985, in Maywood, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers.

Brown attended Proviso East High School in Maywood, where his teammates included fellow 2006 draftee Dee Brown (no relation). In 2003, Shannon Brown was named Illinois Mr. Basketball and a McDonald's All-American.

Contents 1 College career 1.1 Stats 2 NBA Draft 3 External links

[edit] College career

Brown played college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans. Was second-team All-Big Ten as a Junior and was an All-Big Ten Defensive selection.

[edit] Stats

Freshman (2003-2004):

22.9 mpg, 7.9 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 1.3 apg, 1.1 spg, 45.1% FG, 34.1% 3ptFG, 80.7% FT]]

Sophomore (2004-2005):

25.1 mpg, 10.9 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.2 spg, 44.7% FG, 33.0% 3ptFG, 84.8% FT

Junior (2005-2006):

35.2 mpg, 17.2 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 2.7 apg, 1.5 spg, 46.7% FG, 39.0% 3ptFG, 83.0% FT

[edit] NBA Draft

On June 28, 2006, Brown was drafted in the first round with the 25th overall pick of the NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. He joins LeBron James, hoping to contribute to a Cleveland Cavalier backcourt that was worst in the league in scoring.

[edit] External links

• Player profile @ NBA.com
• In-Depth Scouting Report at JustBBall.Com's HoopsAction
• Shannon Brown Pictures and Videos

2006 NBA Draft
First Round Andrea Bargnani | LaMarcus Aldridge | Adam Morrison | Tyrus Thomas | Shelden Williams | Brandon Roy | Randy Foye | Rudy Gay | Patrick O'Bryant | Mouhamed Sene | J.J. Redick | Hilton Armstrong | Thabo Sefolosha | Ronnie Brewer | Cedric Simmons | Rodney Carney | Shawne Williams | Oleksiy Pecherov | Quincy Douby | Renaldo Balkman | Rajon Rondo | Marcus Williams | Josh Boone | Kyle Lowry | Shannon Brown | Jordan Farmar | Sergio Rodríguez | Maurice Ager | Mardy Collins | Joel Freeland
Second Round James White | Steve Novak | Solomon Jones | Paul Davis | P.J. Tucker | Craig Smith | Bobby Jones | Kosta Perovic | David Noel | Denham Brown | James Augustine | Daniel Gibson | Marcus Vinicius | Lior Eliyahu | Alexander Johnson | Dee Brown | Paul Millsap | Vladimir Veremeenko | Leon Powe | Ryan Hollins | Cheick Samb | Guillermo Diaz | Yotam Halperin | Hassan Adams | Ejike Ugboaja | Edin Bavcic | Loukas Mavrokefalidis | J.R. Pinnock | Damir Markota | Will Blalock