2008 NBA Finals Champion PJ Brown
Collier Brown Jr., also known as PJ Brown, currently plays for the NBA’s Boston Celtics as a center / power forward. In college, Brown played at Louisiana Tech for a four-year stint. He left school as the second all-time leader in blocks with 241 and fifth in rebounds with 1,017. In the 1992 NBA draft he was selected from Louisiana Tech University by the New Jersey Nets. He chose to play in Greece his first year out of college for the Panionios. His first season of playing with the Nets in 1993, he played in 240 regular season games, starting in 198 of those games and averaging 8 points and 6 rebounds in 30 minutes of play. In the 1994 NBA Playoffs he appeared in 4 playoff games and participated in the 1994 Rookie Challenge during the NBA ALL-Star Weekend.
Brown signed with the Miami Heat in the 1996 season, where he shone by receiving the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award and was also selected for the NBA’s Second Defensive Team. PJ Brown undoubtedly played a key role in leading the Miami Heat to the Eastern Conference Finals during the 1997 NBA Playoffs. The Heat lost to the Chicago Bulls that year, but the team did not miss the playoffs in the four seasons in which Brown was a part.
In 2000, PJ Brown was traded to the Chicago Bulls, but did not last longer than the 2006 season in which he signed with the Boston Celtics. Brown had an exceptional advance in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2008, where he scored 10 points and converted 6 rebounds. He also shone in the 2008 NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers in his 15-year career winning the championship for the Celtics.
