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Jaylen Brown is an American male basketball player born on October 24, 1996, in Marietta. He holds United States citizenship and speaks English as his native language. Brown attended the University of California, Berkeley before beginning his professional career in 2016. He plays in the National Basketball Association and was drafted by the Boston Celtics.
On the court, Brown is listed as a small forward and a shooting guard, wearing sport number 7. He is a member of the Boston Celtics and the United States men's national basketball team. He has represented the United States in international competition, including the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. His partner in business or sport is Jayson Tatum.
Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Thesportsdb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Position
- Small forward / shooting guard
- League
- NBA
- Born
- ( 1996-10-24 ) October 24, 1996 (age 29) , Marietta, Georgia , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
- Listed weight
- 223 lb (101 kg)
- High school
- Wheeler (Marietta, Georgia)
- College
- California (2015–2016)
- Nba draft
- 2016 : 1st round, 3rd overall pick
- Drafted by
- Boston Celtics
- Playing career
- 2016–present
- 2016 present
- Boston Celtics
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- Boston Celtics
- Position
- Shooting Guard
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Brown
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Marietta
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Educated at
- University of California, Berkeley
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- small forward
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 101
- Image
- Jaylen Brown 2017.jpg
- Height
- 201
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- Commons category
- Jaylen Brown
- date of birth
- 1996-10-24
- sport number
- 7
- drafted by
- Boston Celtics
- start of work period
- 2016-00-00
- social media followers
- 841387
- partner in business or sport
- Jayson Tatum
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Encyclopedic overview
Jaylen Marselles Brown (born October 24, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one year of college basketball for the California Golden Bears and was named first-team all-conference and Freshman of the Year in the Pac-12 Conference. Declaring for the 2016 NBA draft after his freshman season, Brown was selected by the Celtics with the third overall pick. As a professional, he has split his time between shooting guard and small forward.
Brown is a five-time NBA All-Star, a two-time All-NBA Team member, and reached the Eastern Conference finals six times with Boston. He helped the Celtics reach the 2022 and 2024 NBA Finals, winning a championship and the Finals MVP award in the latter. Brown and Jayson Tatum make up the Celtics' "Jays" duo.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jaylen Brown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.