Kobe Brown

Kobe Levose Brown (born January 1, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Missouri Tigers.

Kobe Brown

Brown with the San Diego Clippers in 2024
No. 21 – Los Angeles Clippers
Position	Small forward
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(2000-01-01) January 1, 2000 (age 25) Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school	Lee (Huntsville, Alabama)
College	Missouri (2019–2023)
NBA draft	2023: 1st round, 30th overall pick
Drafted by	Los Angeles Clippers
Playing career	2023–present
Career history
2023–present	Los Angeles Clippers
2023–2025	→Ontario / San Diego Clippers
Career highlights
First-team All-SEC (2023) Second-team All-SEC (2022)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Early life and high school career

Brown grew up in Huntsville, Alabama and attended Lee High School.^[1] He averaged 20.9 points, 7.9 rebounds and 6.8 assists and was named first team All-State as a junior.^[2] Brown repeated as a first team All-State selection and was named the Huntsville Region Player of the Year after averaging 24.1 points, 12 rebounds, and 8 assists per game during his senior season.^[3]

Brown was rated a four-star recruit and initially committed to play college basketball at Texas A&M during his junior year of high school.^[4] He decommitted as a senior and re-opened his recruitment.^[5] Brown ultimately signed to play at Missouri over offers from Minnesota, Penn State, and Vanderbilt.^[6]

College career

Brown played in all 30 of the Missouri Tigers' games with 26 starts during his freshman season and averaged 5.8 points and 3.7 rebounds.^[7] He averaged eight points and 6.2 rebounds per game as a sophomore.^[8] Brown was named second-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) after leading Missouri with 12.5 points and 7.6 rebounds per game.^[9][10] He was a first-team All-SEC selection and the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a senior.^[11]

Professional career

Los Angeles / Ontario / San Diego Clippers (2023–present)

Brown was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the 2023 NBA draft with the 30th overall pick.^[12] The 2023 NBA Summer League boasted two players vying to be the second player to play in the NBA named Kobe (the other was Kobe Bufkin). Both were named after Kobe Bryant, although this is debated by Bufkin's family.^[13] Brown debuted in the Los Angeles Clippers first game of the season on October 25 against Portland without scoring in five minutes and 18 seconds of play.^[14] Throughout his rookie and sophomore seasons, he has been assigned several times to the Ontario and San Diego Clippers.^[15][16]

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

NBA

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2023–24	L.A. Clippers	44	0	9.0	.411	.292	.500	1.4	.6	.3	.1	2.0
2024–25	L.A. Clippers	40	0	6.8	.458	.231	.714	1.6	.6	.2	.1	1.9
Career		84	0	7.9	.432	.270	.667	1.5	.6	.2	.1	2.0

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2024	L.A. Clippers	3	0	3.2	—	—	—	.7	.0	.0	.0	.0
2025	L.A. Clippers	3	0	5.0	.875	1.000	1.000	.3	1.3	.0	.0	5.3
Career		6	0	4.0	.875	1.000	1.000	.5	.7	.0	.0	2.7

Personal life

Brown's father, Greg Brown, was his coach at Lee High School and played collegiately at Athens State University.^[17] His younger brother, Kaleb, played basketball at Missouri and was his teammate for his final two seasons at the school.^[18]