Dee Brown, high school basketball stalwart, Fighting Illini star and former NBA and international player joined Jonathan Hood. Brown talks about his greatest experiences playing basketball on all levels, his biggest accomplishments and his lowest points in his life.
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Brown attended Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois. He earned Mr. Basketball honors in state of Illinois following his senior season, and was the ninth Mr. Basketball to attend Illinois since the award began in 1981. Brown was named Illinois' Gatorade Player of the Year in 2002, McDonald's All-American, Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette Illinois Player of the Year in 2002, First-Team All-State pick by the IBCA, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, and the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette.
Brown finished his high school career as Proviso East's all-time leader in scoring, assists and steals, averaging 25.6 points, 5.5 assists and 2.9 steals per game as a senior. He shot 44 percent from the three-point arc as a senior and once made 12 three-pointers on his way to 42 points against Addison Trail High School as a senior. Brown helped the Pirates to the Sweet Sixteen of the Illinois state tournament as a senior and averaged 19 points, eight assists, five rebounds and five steals per game as a junior while earning First-Team All-State honors from the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times and Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette. His tenacity in transition offense earned him the moniker "The One-Man Fast Break" from the Chicago-based media, a nickname that stayed with him throughout college.
Brown led Proviso East to a 25–4 record and the West Suburban Gold Conference championship was ranked by RivalsHoops.com as the No. 2 point guard and No. 11 player overall in the nation and ranked the No. 3 point guard and No. 18 player overall by Blue Chip Hoops and Ranked by All-Star Report as the nation's No. 19 player. Brown also played football at Proviso East, starting at quarterback and lettering in 2000 and 2001. Brown passed and ran for more than 1800 yards and 16 touchdowns in seven games as a quarterback during his senior season and earned recruiting overtures from Florida State University and the University of Nebraska for football. Brown played in the Jordan Classic, McDonald's All-American, and City-Suburban All-Star games.
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Jonathan Hood has been in broadcasting for over 25 years and
for the last decade, Hood has hosted "Chicago's Gamenight with Jonathan Hood" on ESPN Radio Chicago.
He expanded his sports talk to a worldwide audience with the ESPN Network as one of the hosts of the "Dickerson & Hood" show, heard weekends on over 350 affiliates in the U.S. and on-line on espnradio.com
Hood also hosts shows on the Sirius/XM NBA Radio Channel with various partners and former NBA players and executives.
Hood is also the radio/television voice of UIC (University of Illinois-Chicago)Men's basketball and baseball teams.
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