Daniel “Dee” Brown was born on the 17th August 1984 in Jackson, Mississippi USA, and is a former basketball player, who appeared in NBA, as well as in clubs based in Europe and Asia. Brown played in the position of a point guard, and was distinguished by having a great sense of the game, skilled in attracting the double of opponents and then to serve with precision to free colleagues. Dee played basketball professionally from 2006 to 2015.
So how much is the net worth of Dee Brown? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is as much as $8 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2017. Basketball is the main source of Brown’s wealth.
Dee Brown Net Worth $8 Million
To begin with, the boy grew up Maywood in Illinois, where he attended Proviso East High School. While playing basketball in high school, the student earned the attention of the experts and the media, and was rewarded with prizes such as Illinois Mr. Basketball, Illinois’ Gatorade Player of the Year, McDonald’s All-American, First-Team, All-State, and many others. He finished his career at the High School as the best ever player, averaging 25.6 points, 5.5 assists and 2.9 steals per game.
Afterwards, Dee Brown played for four seasons with the Fighting Illini representing the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, alongside with Deron Williams and Luther Head, averaging 13.4 points, 4.9 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game, and helping lead the Illini to the title of the Big Ten Conference in 2003, and then to the regional title in the Midwest and national NCAA in the 2005 finals. Despite losing to North Carolina, Dee obtained the title of the Best Player and the prestigious Bob Cousy Award. Brown was the most successful player in the history of the college of Illinois with 114 wins, the player with the most minutes played (4,698) and again deployed in the starting five (136 games). His statistics was excellent with scoring 1,812 points, 299 baskets of three points, serving 674 assists and effecting 231 steals.
Concerning his professional career, Dee was selected 46th in the NBA Draft of 2006 by the Utah Jazz. However, he played in the above mentioned league only for a season, then continued his career in the Turkish league with Galatasaray for a season, averaging 12.5 points and 4.8 assists per game. Before the start of the 2008 – 2009 NBA season, he signed as a free agent for the Washington Wizards, with whom he played 17 games before being cut in December. A few days later he signed a contract the Phoenix Suns, but two weeks later he was released, so he returned to Europe, finishing the season with Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli league. In 2009, he was a part of the Avellino team of Lega Basket Serie A in Italy, then went on to play in China. In 2011, Brown had contracts with Piratas de Quebradillas in Puerto Rico, and Teramo Basket in Italy. The last three years he played in Turkey, Latvia, Romania and Bulgaria, until in 2015 he announced his retirement from professional sport.
Finally, in the personal life of the former basketball player, Brown is believed to be still single.
