SirValiant Brown

SirValiant Martin "Val" Brown (born December 21, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player. He played high school basketball at Robert E. Lee High School in Springfield, Virginia, and then signed for the George Washington Colonials in the NCAA Division I. During the 1999–2000 season, his freshman year, he was second in the nation in scoring with 24.6 points per game, behind Courtney Alexander of Fresno State, after leading the nation for part of the season. After his freshman year at George Washington, Brown was named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year and was an Honorable mention All-American. He left the college after his sophomore year in 2001 and declared for the NBA draft but went undrafted, and started his professional career in the NBA Development League. He has played in Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Canada and Germany throughout his 10-year career as a pro.

High school career Brown was born in Washington, D.C. and Marcella Brown. His father named him after Prince Valiant, one of the knights of King Arthur's Round Table, and named his other son SirLancelot after Lancelot, another of the Arthurian legend knights. Brown was known as "Val" during his high school years at Robert E. Lee High School in Springfield, Virginia, and in his freshman year he was cited as one of the most impactful players of the varsity team by local newspaper Fairfax Connection. and was named an Honorable mention All-Met selection by the Washington Post as one of the best players in the Washington, D.C. area. For his junior year, Brown initially transferred to Mount Zion Christian Academy in Durham, North Carolina, but left in December 1997 after a brief period and spent the rest of the year at Notre Dame Academy in Middleburg, Virginia.

In the summer of 1998 Brown was invited to the ABCD Camp, a camp for the best high school players in the United States. For his senior year Brown returned at Robert E. Lee,

College career Freshman season (1999–00) Brown was recruited by Kentucky, UCLA among others; however, he had attracted the interest of Tom Penders after his assistant coach Rob Wright saw Brown play at Lee High School and started recruiting him since he was 15 years old. Brown himself cited his desire to play for Penders when he was coaching at Texas, and when Penders was hired by George Washington, Brown signed there in order to play for him. In his freshman year, Brown was a , shooting guard He had two back-to-back 33-point performances against South Florida (November 27) and Ohio (November 30). and Dayton Daily News. He led his team in several categories, including scoring, free throw percentage, three pointers made, Associated Press named him an Honorable mention All-American. On December 2 he scored 32 points against St. John's, which was ranked the #19 team in the nation. At the end of the season, Brown was named to the NABC All-District 4 Second Team. He scored a total 1,274 points at George Washington, which ranked 19th in program's history at the time, During the Chicago pre-draft camp, Brown moved to the point guard position, after playing at shooting guard in college. 76ers' coach Larry Brown did not give him much playing time, and decided not to play him for the final games of the tournament. After the summer league, Brown was not signed by the 76ers, and he joined the One World All-Stars, an exhibition team that toured the United States playing college teams.

In September 2002 Brown was allocated to the Roanoke Dazzle of the NBA Development League. He stayed with the club until the early months of 2004. In November 2006, Brown was signed by the Quad City Riverhawks of the American Basketball Association. After playing for Gigantes de Carolina in Puerto Rico's Baloncesto Superior Nacional, Brown spent the 2007–08 season in the Continental Basketball Association, playing for the Butte Daredevils. In 12 games with the Daredevils, Brown averaged 4.8 points, 1.7 rebounds and 0.8 assists shooting 44.9% from the field (40% on three-pointers).

In November 2008 Brown joined Canadian team Halifax Rainmen of the Premier Basketball League; he was released in late January 2009 after averaging 7.1 points in 23 minutes per game over 7 league appearances. He then went back to Puerto Rico and played for Leones de Ponce, appearing in 2 games and averaging 1.5 points per game. He spent the 2010–11 season playing for MTV Wolfenbüttel in Germany.