Kobe Brown
{{short description|American basketball player (born 2000)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Kobe Brown
| image = Kobe Brown 2024.jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| position = Small forward
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 7
| weight_lb = 250
| league = NBA
| team = Los Angeles Clippers
| number = 21
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|1|1}}
| birth_place = Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
| high_school = Lee (Huntsville, Alabama)
| college = Missouri (2019–2023)
| draft_year = 2023
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 30
| draft_team = Los Angeles Clippers
| career_start = 2023
| years1 = {{nbay|2023|start}}–present
| team1 = Los Angeles Clippers
| team2 = →Ontario / San Diego Clippers
| highlights =
}}
Kobe Levose Brown (born January 1, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Missouri Tigers.
Early life and high school career
Brown grew up in Huntsville, Alabama and attended Lee High School.{{cite web|url=https://www.rocketcitynow.com/article/sports/college/kobe-brown-talks-about-his-freshman-year-at-missouri/525-76fd41ef-9871-41a9-8e6c-2bcae8616665|title=Kobe Brown talks about his freshman year at Missouri|first=Mo|last=Carter|website=RocketCityNow.com|date=April 2, 2020|access-date=March 22, 2023}} He averaged 20.9 points, 7.9 rebounds and 6.8 assists and was named first team All-State as a junior.{{cite web|url=https://www.al.com/recruiting/2018/11/in-state-4-star-gf-kobe-brown-commits-to-sec-west-team.html|title=In-state 4-star G/F Kobe Brown signs with SEC team|first=Daniel|last=Boyette|website=AL.com|date=November 19, 2018|access-date=March 22, 2023}} Brown repeated as a first team All-State selection and was named the Huntsville Region Player of the Year after averaging 24.1 points, 12 rebounds, and 8 assists per game during his senior season.{{cite web|url=https://www.al.com/highschoolsports/2019/03/i-just-had-to-suck-it-up-huntsville-player-of-the-year-kobe-browns-clutch-plays-while-sick-extended-lees-season.html|title=Huntsville Player of the Year Kobe Brown's clutch plays while sick extended Lee's season|first=Daniel|last=Boyette|website=AL.com|date=March 19, 2019|access-date=March 22, 2023}}
Brown was rated a four-star recruit and initially committed to play college basketball at Texas A&M during his junior year of high school.{{cite web|url=https://247sports.com/college/texas-am/Article/Texas-AM-basketball-recruiting-AM-lands-versatile-forward-in-Huntsville-Alabama-Kobe-Brown-124710083/|title=BREAKING: A&M basketball lands versatile forward in Kobe Brown|first=Damon|last=Sayles|website=247Sports.com|date=November 14, 2018|access-date=March 22, 2023}} He decommitted as a senior and re-opened his recruitment.{{cite web|url=https://www.al.com/recruiting/2019/03/texas-am-signee-kobe-brown-of-lee-huntsville-reopens-recruitment.html|title=Texas A&M signee Kobe Brown of Lee-Huntsville reopens recruitment|first=Daniel|last=Boyette|website=AL.com|date=March 21, 2019|access-date=March 22, 2023}} Brown ultimately signed to play at Missouri over offers from Minnesota, Penn State, and Vanderbilt.{{Cite web |last=Schiffer |first=Alex |date=May 14, 2019 |title=Kobe Brown, 6-7 forward commits to Mizzou basketball |url=https://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/sec/university-of-missouri/article230400994.html |access-date=March 22, 2023 |website=The Kansas City Star}}
College career
Brown played in all 30 of the Missouri Tigers' games with 26 starts during his freshman season and averaged 5.8 points and 3.7 rebounds.{{cite web|url=https://www.columbiamissourian.com/sports/mizzou_mens_basketball/a-look-at-missouri-mens-basketballs-2020-21-roster-as-it-stands/article_b9b64f82-66d9-11ea-9399-4f99570fcc33.html|title=A look at Missouri men's basketball's 2020-21 roster as it stands|work=Columbia Missourian|date=March 15, 2020|access-date=March 22, 2023}} He averaged eight points and 6.2 rebounds per game as a sophomore.{{cite web|url=https://www.columbiamissourian.com/sports/mizzou_mens_basketball/junior-forward-kobe-brown-is-ready-to-be-a-leader/article_bd5b8184-d05f-11eb-8849-cbff2a16a16f.html|title=Junior forward Kobe Brown is ready to be a leader|work=Columbia Missourian|date=June 18, 2021|access-date=March 22, 2023}} Brown was named second-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) after leading Missouri with 12.5 points and 7.6 rebounds per game.{{cite web|url=https://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/sec/university-of-missouri/article268192337.html|title=Missouri Tigers forward Kobe Brown named preseason All-SEC|work=The Kansas City Star|date=November 2, 2022|access-date=March 22, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/kobe-brown-returns-as-anchor-for-mizzous-remodeled-roster/article_f9b944af-9748-5b08-9d2f-290896c842d8.html|title=Kobe Brown returns as 'anchor' for Mizzou's remodeled roster|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=May 10, 2022|access-date=March 22, 2023}} He was a first-team All-SEC selection and the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a senior.{{cite web|url=https://www.komu.com/sports/mizzouxtra/kobe-brown-earns-first-team-all-sec-honors/article_cbb36ee0-bd48-11ed-80b4-4fc882e48f50.html|title=Kobe Brown earns first-team all-SEC honors|first=Stephanie|last=Southey|website=KOMU.com|date=March 7, 2023|access-date=March 22, 2023}}
Professional career
=Los Angeles / Ontario / San Diego Clippers (2023–present)=
Brown was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the 2023 NBA draft with the 30th overall pick.{{cite web|title=Clippers build depth by selecting Kobe Brown, Jordan Miller in NBA draft|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/clippers/story/2023-06-22/clippers-nba-draft-kobe-brown-jordan-miller|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 22, 2023|access-date=June 23, 2023}} The 2023 NBA Summer League boasted two players vying to be the second player to play in the NBA named Kobe (the other was Kobe Bufkin). Both were named after Kobe Bryant, although this is debated by Bufkin's family.{{cite web|title=Kobe's NBA legacy lives on in new way|url=https://www.thescore.com/news/2676350|website=TheScore.com|agency=Associated Press|date=July 12, 2023|access-date=March 7, 2024}} Brown debuted in the Los Angeles Clippers first game of the season on October 25 against Portland without scoring in five minutes and 18 seconds of play.{{cite web|title=Kobe Brown 2023-24 Game Log|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/brownko01/gamelog/2024|website=Basketball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=March 7, 2024}} Throughout his rookie and sophomore seasons, he has been assigned several times to the Ontario and San Diego Clippers.{{cite web|title=2023-2024 Ontario Clippers Transaction History|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/gleague/teams/Ontario-Clippers/65/Transaction_History/2024|website=RealGM.com|access-date=December 29, 2024}}{{cite web|title=2024-2025 San Diego Clippers Transaction History|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/gleague/teams/San-Diego-Clippers/69/Transaction_History/2025|website=RealGM.com|access-date=December 29, 2024}}
Career statistics
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
=NBA=
==Regular season==
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2023}}
| style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers
| 44 || 0 || 9.0 || .411 || .292 || .500 || 1.4 || .6 || .3 || .1 || 2.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2024}}
| style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers
| 40 || 0 || 6.8 || .458 || .231 || .714 || 1.6 || .6 || .2 || .1 || 1.9
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 84 || 0 || 7.9 || .432 || .270 || .667 || 1.5 || .6 || .2 || .1 || 2.0
{{S-end}}
==Playoffs==
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2024
| style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers
| 3 || 0 || 3.2 || — || — || — || .7 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2025
| style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers
| 3 || 0 || 5.0 || .875 || 1.000 || 1.000 || .3 || 1.3 || .0 || .0 || 5.3
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 6 || 0 || 4.0 || .875 || 1.000 || 1.000 || .5 || .7 || .0 || .0 || 2.7
{{S-end}}
Personal life
Brown's father, Greg Brown, was his coach at Lee High School and played collegiately at Athens State University.{{cite web|url=https://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/sec/university-of-missouri/article255660816.html|title=Missouri Tigers basketball: Kobe and Kaleb Brown reunited|work=The Kansas City Star|date=November 11, 2021|access-date=July 20, 2023}} His younger brother, Kaleb, played basketball at Missouri and was his teammate for his final two seasons at the school.{{cite web|url=https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/sports/college/tiger-extra/2023/01/21/mizzou-basketball-kobe-and-kaleb-brown-will-miss-alabama-game/69829123007/|title=Kobe and Kaleb Brown will miss Alabama game|work=Columbia Daily Tribune|date=January 21, 2023|access-date=July 20, 2023}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{basketballstats|nba=1641738|bbr=b/brownko01}}
- [https://mutigers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/kobe-brown/13629 Missouri Tigers bio]
{{Los Angeles Clippers current roster}}
{{2023 NBA draft}}
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