Mark Herrmann of Newsday profiles Tony Brown Monday, a man whose journeyman career as a player (nine teams) and assistant coach (seven teams) has had many stops, but his best moments, his greatest opportunities have been as a Net.
"Being drafted by the Nets was a highlight of my life," Brown tells Herrmann of his selection in the fourth-round back in 1982. "It took a while before I got here, but I had a great experience playing for the Nets. Obviously we weren’t very good at that time but it gave me a chance to get my feet wet as a player in the NBA.