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| Position | Shooting guard Small forward |
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| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| League | NBA D-League |
| Team | Iowa Energy |
| Born | January 6, 1983 Toronto, Ontario |
| Nationality |  Canadian |
| High school | West Hill Collegiate Institute |
| College | UConn |
| Draft | 2nd round, 40th overall, 2006 Seattle SuperSonics |
| Pro career | 2006–present |
| Former teams | Seattle SuperSonics (2006) Tulsa 66ers (2006–2007) Galatasaray Café Crown (2007) Tisettanta Cantù (2007–2008) Dakota Wizards (2008) |
Denham W. Brown (born January 6, 1983, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian professional basketball player, currently playing for the NBA D-League's Iowa Energy. He was selected in the second round (40th overall) of the 2006 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics.
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High school
Brown attended Bathurst Heights Secondary School in Toronto, and in his junior year, he averaged 30 points per game (ppg) on the basketball team. However, he transferred to West Hill Collegiate Institute for his senior season after Bathurst closed. In 2002, his senior year, Brown was highly celebrated in the media when he scored 111 points in a basketball game against R. H. King Academy. After Brown scored 111 points in a game he was featured in SLAM magazine; not only because of the 111 points, but also because he had committed to an elite college program at the University of Connecticut (UConn).
College
Brown was a member of the UConn Huskies team that won the national championship in 2004, which was his sophomore year. During his junior year in 2005, the Huskies won the Maui Invitational on a last-second jumper by Brown, against Gonzaga. In his senior year at UConn, he averaged 10.7 points, 1.3 assists, and 4.4 rebounds per game. His season-high came against Villanova where he scored 23 points. In the regional finals of the 2006 NCAA Tournament, Brown made a last-second lay-up to force overtime against George Mason. During his tenure with the Huskies, Brown had a reputation for being a clutch performer.
NBA
Brown was selected with the 40th pick in the 2nd round in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. After playing two preseason games with totals of eight points and five rebounds with the Sonics, he was waived by the team on October 26, 2006.[1] However, the Tulsa 66ers subsequently used the eighth overall pick in the 2006 NBA D-League Draft on Brown.
In his first preseason game with the SuperSonics, Brown scored 8 points in a winning effort against the Portland Trail Blazers. After that game Brown saw little action for the SuperSonics in the preseason appearing in just one more game. He was playing well in the D-League averaging close to 19 ppg for the Tulsa 66ers.
On November 7, 2008, Brown was selected with the 9th pick in the first round of the 2008 NBA D-League Draft by the Utah Flash.[2] He began the 2008–09 season with the Dakota Wizards.
On December 19, 2008, Brown was waived by the Wizards due to injury.
On March 4, 2009, Brown signed with the D-League's Iowa Energy.
Overseas
Brown left the Tulsa 66ers later in the 2006–07 season, and played in a pro league in Turkey for Galatasaray Café Crown. For the 2007–08 season, he signed with the Serie A Italian team Tisettanta Cantù.[3]
National team
Brown has extensive experience playing on the Canadian national team. He first made the team in 2003 when he was on the roster for the FIBA Americas Qualification Tournament. At the FIBA Tournament he played in ten games, starting none of them; but he averaged 12.4 ppg, 4.2 rebounds per game (rpg), 1.0 assist per game (apg) and 20 minutes per game (mpg). In 2004, he was on the roster for the Four Nations Tournament. At that tournament, he upped his scoring average to 13.8 ppg, while starting all six games and averaging 23.3 mpg, 5.3 rpg, and 1.3 apg. He also played with the team in 2005, but didn't play in 2006, as he was attempting to play in NBA. Brown played for the team during the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship.
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