P.J. Brown to be inducted into the LA Sports HOF

The original hometown Hornet, PJ Brown, had a long career where he accumulated nearly $70M.

PJ Brown - SPORTSNOLA.com

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His high school (Winnfield) and college career (Louisiana Tech University) was in North Louisiana.

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”There have been two important principles that I live by even today,” he said. ”Always finish what you start and quitting is never an option. I played to win and always gave maximum effort in practice and games.”

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”My first year of organized basketball was in the 11th grade, but I also tried out for the 7th grade football team. Football has always been my first love.”

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”In the summer of 1990, I played in the St. Cecilia summer basketball league in Detroit (his birthplace),” Brown said. ”I got a chance to play against some pro players and said to myself that there’s not much difference between us. I’m going for it. It was the first time I ever believed I could play at the next level).”

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”Starting my professional basketball career in Athens, Greece was the best decision for me at that time,” he said. ”The physical and aggressive nature of European basketball prepared me for the transition to the NBA.

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Long story short, the NBA should write an instruction/tutorial on how to succeed in the NBA. And, they should simply use Brown's story as the lone example.