Ken Brown (basketball)


Kendrick Shamar "Ken" Brown is an American professional basketball player for Aris Thessaloniki of the Greek Basket League. He plays at the point guard position.

High school career

Brown played high school basketball at Soldan High School in St. Louis, Missouri. He was ranked as the No. 206 player in Missouri.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2012 NBA draft, Brown signed with the Latvian club Jūrmala for the 2012–13 Latvian Basketball League season. The following season, he joined Norrköping Dolphins of the Swedish Basketligan.
For the 2015–16 season, Brown signed with Donar Groningen. On October 6, 2015, he recorded a triple double in a 122–57 win against BS Weert, with 18 points, 17 assists and 10 rebounds. On December 14, Donar bought Brown out.
In January 2016, Brown signed with BC Lietuvos rytas in Lithuania. On June 20, he left the team.
On July 19, 2016, Brown signed with Koroivos Amaliadas of the Greek Basket League. He left Koroivos after appearing in twelve games. On December 28, 2016, he signed with Al Riyadi Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League.
On July 13, 2017, Brown signed with Aurora Basket Jesi on the Italian second division. On January 9, 2018, he parted ways with Jesi after averaging 19.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game. Seven days later, he signed with Latvian club VEF Rīga for the rest of the season.
Brown signed with Lithuanian team Dzūkija on August 22, 2018.
In the 2018–19 season, Brown played with Russian club BC Parma of the VTB United League. On May 21, 2019, Brown signed with Nantes of the French LNB Pro B, the national second tier league. The signing was remarkable as Brown was signed for the last game of the season for Nantes. He went on to score 13 points in his only match with the team.
On July 28, 2019, Brown returned to Lithuania by signing with Lietkabelis.
On November 28, 2019, Brown signed with Aris Thessaloniki in Greece.