14ers Brown Named D-League Performer of the Week
April 23, 2007 - NBA G League (G League)
Colorado 14ers News Release
Elton Brown is the D-League Performer of the Week for April 23, 2007. This is the first Performer of the Week honor for Brown, who was named First Team All-D-League for the 2006-07 season. He joins Von Wafer as a member of the Colorado 14ers who has earned Performer of the Week this season.
This week, Brown led the Colorado 14ers into the D-League Championship Game with wins over the Albuquerque Thunderbirds and the top-seeded Idaho Stampede. The 6-9 forward opened the week by scoring 28 points with 11 rebounds in the 14ers' 130-100 win over Albuquerque in the first round of the Western Division Playoffs. Brown returned to lead the 14ers in Friday's 94-91 win on the road in Idaho, scoring a team-high 26 points and pulling down 12 rebounds.
Over the first two games of the playoffs, Brown is averaging 27.0 points and 11.5 rebounds while shooting .511 (23-45) from the field. He has played 92 out a possible 101 total minutes for Colorado in their first two playoff games.
Brown started all 50 games for the 14ers during the regular season, leading Colorado to a 28-22 record in their first D-League season. He was the D-League's leading rebounder with 9.6 per game and also ranked eighth in scoring, averaging 18.4 points per game.
Brown played college basketball at Virginia and was the first overall pick in the 2006 D-League Expansion Draft . He spent 2006 preseason training camp with the New York Knicks.
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