Texas Longhorns freshman Greg Brown showed why he is such an exciting NBA prospect by throwing an absolutely electrifying dunk on Tuesday.
Brown was a five-star recruit coming out of high school and chose to stay in-state to play for head coach Shaka Smart and the Longhorns. The 19-year-old came in with a first-round grade on the most recent update of our big board for the 2021 NBA Draft.
Currently averaging 11.9 points and 8.0 rebounds per game for Texas (11-4), he is the centerpiece for a roster that has been described as one of the “most athletic” college basketball teams in recent memory.
But even superb athleticism may not be an appropriate enough description of what Brown somehow did against Baylor, a defensive-minded program that came into the night undefeated:
GREG BROWN PUT HIM IN THE RIM 🤯 #SCtop10 pic.twitter.com/mGReyDOeji
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 3, 2021
Brown, who was spotting up on the weak side corner, saw an opening on a back door cut to the basket. He caught the ball just outside the right block in stride and … BOOM … he flew high and gave defender Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua a memory that the Baylor sophomore will want to soon forget.
As he admired the work he had just done to the rim, Brown also stared down his fallen opponent. This celebration earned a technical foul, which didn’t do him any favors in the eyes of coach Smart, but the highlight may be a sweet enough chaser to wash down the whistle.
Coming into the game, per Bart Torvik, Brown was one of less than twenty freshmen in high-major conferences who had recorded at least nine dunks on the season. This one, however, is one that will be remembered for a bit longer than his others.
Combine that with the fact that Brown is also one of the leaders in 3-pointers attempted among high-major freshmen and it becomes fairly obvious why he will likely hear his name called in the first round of the 2021 NBA draft.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4jYtp3Y7vM
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