Lorenzo Brown

He made his debut that same day, scoring 5 points with 58 seconds left in the 4th quarter.

During his rookie season, he had multiple assignments with the Delaware 87ers.

Lorenzo Dontez Brown (born August 26, 1990) is an American-born naturalized Spanish professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the EuroLeague.

Brown played several seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and played college basketball for the NC State Wolfpack.

Brown initially attended Centennial High School in his native Roswell, Georgia (United States).

He averaged 20.8 points as a senior and was named a fourth-team Parade All-American and the Georgia 5A player of the Year.

When he graduated on 2009, he was the No. 36 nationally and the No. 7 shooting guard overall by Rivals.com.

After he graduated, he attended the Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Virginia.

Brown, a 6'5" guard, played for NC State from 2010 to 2013. He started all three seasons and led the Wolfpack to consecutive NCAA tournament appearances in 2012 and 2013. As a junior, Brown averaged 12.4 points and 4.3 rebounds per game and led the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in assists with 7.2 per game. At the close of the season, Brown was named second team All-ACC. During his college career Brown averaged 11.6 points, 4.2 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 32.6 minutes per game.

After the 2012–13 season, Brown decided to forgo his final season of college eligibility and declared for the 2013 NBA draft.

Brown was selected with the 52nd overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves and subsequently joined the team for the 2013 NBA Summer League.

On September 26, 2013, he signed his first professional contract with the Timberwolves.

However, he was waived by Timberwolves on October 25, 2013.

On November 1, 2013, he was acquired by the Springfield Armor.

On November 20, 2013, he signed with the Philadelphia 76ers.

On March 14, 2014, he was waived by the 76ers.

On March 16, 2014, he was re-acquired by the Springfield Armor.

On July 29, 2014, he signed with Reyer Venezia of Italy for the 2014–15 season.

On September 5, 2014, his contract was voided by Venezia after he failed physicals.

On September 25, 2014, he signed with the Detroit Pistons.

However, he was later waived by the Pistons on October 20, 2014.

On November 1, 2014, he was acquired by the Grand Rapids Drive.

On November 15, he made his debut for the Drive in a 112–103 loss to the Bakersfield Jam, recording 14 points, six rebounds and five assists in 33 minutes.

On February 4, 2015, he was named to the Futures All-Star team for the 2015 NBA D-League All-Star Game.

On January 28, 2015, he signed a 10-day contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Three days later, in just his third game for the Timberwolves, he was thrown into the starting line-up due to being the only healthy point guard on the team as Mo Williams and Zach LaVine were both out injured.

He was forced to play all but five seconds of their 90–106 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers as he recorded 9 assists, 6 rebounds and 1 point.

He moved back to the bench the following game on February 2 with the return of Ricky Rubio from long-term injury.

His playing time drastically decreased as he managed just 1:29 minutes of action in the 94–100 loss to the Dallas Mavericks.

On February 6, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Timberwolves.

On February 19, 2015, he signed with the Timberwolves for the rest of the season.

On October 24, 2015, he was waived by the Timberwolves.

On November 12, 2015, Brown was reacquired by the Grand Rapids Drive.

Two days later, he made his season debut in a 113–101 win over the Delaware 87ers, recording 13 points, two rebounds, two assists and three steals in 23 minutes off the bench.

On January 8, 2016, Brown signed a 10-day contract with the Phoenix Suns.

He made his debut for the Suns four days later, recording 7 points, 5 assists, 2 rebounds and 1 steal in a 116–97 loss to the Indiana Pacers.

On January 18, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Suns.

After his contract expired, the Suns decided to not retain him, making him a free agent.

On January 29, he was named in the East All-Star team for the 2016 NBA D-League All-Star Game, earning his second straight All-Star nod.

On February 2, he was reacquired by the Grand Rapids Drive.