Reggio Emilia, the Christmas gift is Stephen Brown

Ballacanestro Reggiana has announced the signing of point guard Stephen Lawrance Brown Jr. The American athlete, born in Fairfax (Virginia) on March 27, 1996 and 180 cm tall, played the first part of the current season in Greece with PAOK Thessaloniki.

He grew up basketball at Bucknell University (NCAA Division I) and took his first professional steps between Turkey and Estonia in the 2018/2019 season. Throughout his European career he has worn the jerseys of Yekaterinburg (Russia), Giessen 46ers and BG 74 Göttingen (Germany), London Lions (Great Britain), Denain and Provence (France), and Szczecin (Poland).

Last season, in the Czech Republic with Nymburk, he won the national championship and cup, and also reached the quarterfinals of the Basketball Champions League, where his team was eliminated by Galatasaray, then a finalist in the competition. In the BCL he averaged 12.2 points and 4.8 assists per game. This year, at PAOK, he traveled to 12 points and nearly 7 assists in the first group stage of FIBA Europe Cup, holding similar figures in the Greek league as well.

“Brown is a player who can handle the ball and read the game – explained coach Dimitris Priftis -He can create opportunities for teammates and also score. He is in good shape, since he has been playing until recently, and he is in game rhythm, a positive aspect at this time of the season”.

“I am excited to start this new chapter in Reggio Emilia – admitted the new UNA Hotels Reggio Emilia acquisition -I have heard great things about the team, the staff and the fans, so I am looking forward to joining the team and being in Italy for the first time”.