2008 NBA Finals Champion PJ Brown

Collier Brown Jr., also known as PJ Brown, currently plays for the Boston Celtics of the NBA as a center/power forward. In college, Brown played at Louisiana Tech for a four-year stint. He left school as the 2nd all-time leader in blocks with 241 and 5th in rebounds with 1,017. In the 1992 NBA draft, he was selected by the New Jersey Nets out of Louisiana Tech University. He opted to play in Greece his first year out of college for the Panionios. His first season playing with the Nets in 1993- he played in 240 regular season games, starting 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 NBA ALL-Star Weekend.

Brown signed with the Miami Heat in the 1996 season, where he shined as a recipient of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award and was also selected to the NBA All-Defensive Second 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 all four seasons in which Brown was a part.

In 2000, PJ Brown was traded to the Chicago Bulls, but he didn’t last past the 2006 season, where he signed with the Boston Celtics. Brown had an outstanding breakthrough in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2008, where he had 10 points and 6 rebounds. He also shone in the 2008 NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers in his 15-year championship-winning career for the Celtics.