Elton Brown (basketball)

Professional career

Brown began his professional career in the Greek League with Makedonikos Kozani during the 2005–06 season, where he led the league in rebounding and was the only player to average a double-double. The following season he played in the NBA Development League for the Colorado 14ers, having been the first overall pick in the NBA Development Draft. He led the D-League in rebounding with 12.7 per game and ranked second in scoring with an 18.4 average, and participated in the second annual NBA Development League All-Star Game, scoring 20 points and grabbing 10 rebounds for the Red Team in a loss.

Before the 2007–08 NBA season, Brown attended the Los Angeles Lakers' training camp, and later played for the Denver Nuggets' Summer League team in the 2008 Las Vegas Summer League, averaging 13.3 points and 10 rebounds over five games. During the 2007–08 season he joined Hapoel Holon in Israel and won the Israeli League Championship. On December 2, 2008, he signed with Euroleague team Maccabi Tel Aviv. On February 6, 2009, he signed with German BBL side Brose Baskets Bamberg, playing a major role in the remainder of the season but unable to prevent a semifinal series loss to Oldenburg.

He re-signed with Bamberg in August 2009 for another season, winning the German Bundesliga and German Cup. For the 2010–11 season he signed with Barak Netanya of Israel, earning All-EuroChallenge Third Team honors. In the 2011–12 season he played for Trabzonspor in Turkey, averaging 18 points and 12 rebounds in 23 Turkish Basketball League games and being selected to the TBL All-Star game. In July 2012 he signed a one-year contract with Crvena zvezda in Serbia, winning the Serbian cup championship.

In October 2013 he signed with Paris-Levallois Basket of the LNB Pro A for the 2013–14 season, winning the LNB Sixth Man of the Year award. On January 4, 2015, he signed with BCM Gravelines of the LNB Pro A, but parted ways on February 2, 2015.

On March 10, 2015, he signed with Indios de Mayagüez of Puerto Rico, where he was the only player to average a double-double with 13.3 points and 11.8 rebounds per game. On November 19, 2015, he signed with French club STB Le Havre for the remainder of the 2015–16 season. On January 12, 2017, he signed with SLUC Nancy Basket for the rest of the 2016–17 Pro A season.