Christian Braun was congratulated by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver after being ranked 21st overall by the Denver Nuggets in the 2022 NBA Draft in New York.
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The NBA’s Denver Nuggets have signed his first professional contract with former Kansas men’s basketball player Christian Braun. General Manager Calvin Booth Announces Sunday On the official Nuggets website.
Brown, 6ft 7, 215lb native Signed a standard rookie scale deal for Burlington, Kansas, ranked 21st overall by Denver in the June 23 NBA Draft. According to hoopsrumors.com.. The Nuggets did not reveal financial details.
A graduate of Blue Valley Northwest High School who played for three seasons at KU, Brown was nominated for the 2022 All-Big 12-Second Team and the NCAA Tournament’s All-Midwest Region Team.
Ranked 21st in the 2022 NBA DraftAccording to the scale, Brown will earn $ 2,808,600 during the 2022-23 season, $ 2,949,120 in 2023-24, $ 3,089,640 in 2024-25 and $ 4,921,797 in 2025-26, for a total of $ 13,769,157.
He was one of the three nuggets he signed on Sunday. Denver also announced the signature of UCLA’s second round draft topic Peyton Watson and the undrafted Villanova guard Collin Gillespie.
On Saturday, it was announced that former KU Guard Ochaia Baj had signed a rookie scale deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Avaji, ranked 14th in the draft, is expected to win $ 3,918,360 in 2022-23, $ 4,114,200 in 2023-24, $ 4,310,280 in 2024-25, and $ 6,383,525 in 2025-26. .. That’s about $ 18.700,000 in four years.
Brown averaged 14.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per game last season for national champion Jay Hawks in 34.4 minutes. He hit 49.5% of the shots, 39% of which were 3 shots.
Brown played for 40 minutes with KU’s NCAA title victory over North Carolina, scoring 12 points with 12 rebounds and 3 assists. He defeated Villanova in the Kansas Final Four Semifinals and scored 1,000 points for the 65th time in Kansas.
Brown was asked What he brought to the Nuggets team at his introductory press conference in Denver last week.
“I think they liked my idea of victory and my toughness. I’m the guy who wants to compete on both sides of the floor,” Brown said. “I know they are proud of them here. We want to win the championship. I think they have those qualities.”
Brown will play for the next Nuggets The Las Vegas Summer League will be held in Las Vegas from July 7th to 17th.. Denver will face Minnesota at the Cocks Pavilion on UNLV’s campus at 8 pm CET on Friday. It will be aired on the NBA TV.
Gary Bedore covers all aspects of Kansas basketball for the stars — hired with ex-players and coaches as well as the current team. He attended KU and was born and raised in Chicago, Lyle and Illinois.
