Free agent guard/forward Troy Brown Jr. has signed a rest-of-season contract with the Adelaide 36ers of Australia’s National Basketball League, writes Olgun Uluc of ESPN.
The 15th pick in the 2018 draft, Brown spent six years in the NBA, suiting up for the Wizards, Bulls, Lakers, Timberwolves and Pistons. The 26-year-old last played in the league during the 2023/24 campaign.
Brown spent part of last season in Turkey, then briefly played in Puerto Rico in the spring.
“Troy has great size and length,” 36ers GM Matt Weston said in a press release. “He’s a legitimate shooter who is very good on the defensive side of the ball with great hands.”
Here are a few more odds and ends from around the basketball world:
- The Brisbane Bullets of the NBL have released former NBA point guard Jaylen Adams, Uluc reports for ESPN. Adams went undrafted in 2018 out of St. Bonaventure and spent most of his rookie year on a two-way deal with Atlanta, ultimately making 41 total NBA appearances through the 2020/21 campaign. He has spent most of the past four seasons in the NBL, including winning MVP in ’21/22 and leading the Sydney Kings to a title that season. However, the 29-year-old has looked disengaged of late, according to Uluc, and his statistics are down considerably from last season. The team cited behavioral and cultural concerns as reasons why it decided to cut Adams loose, sources tell Uluc.
- Eric Pincus of SportsBusinessClassroom.com has updated his NBA luxury tax tracker for the ’25/26 season, with 16 clubs currently below the tax line and 14 taypaying teams. The Nets and Jazz have the most room under the tax, while the Cavaliers have — by far — the most expensive roster in the league, with a projected tax bill of nearly $164MM.
- ESPN’s Zach Kram ranks the top 10 NBA rookies, writing that his list is based on how each young player has performed through the first three weeks of the season and not a projection or a prediction on who might win Rookie of the Year. Three Hornets (Sion James at No. 8, Ryan Kalkbrenner at No. 5, and Kon Knueppel at No. 3) are on Kram’s list, with Sixers guard VJ Edgecombe ranked second and Grizzlies wing Cedric Coward No. 1.
This rookie class is the best that I can remember since Bron, Melo, Wade & co back 20+ yrs ago. The Spida/Simmons/Tatum class was great too but this group is just so deep with difference makers. All of the top3 picks look like they’re gonna be perennial all-stars to me & so do Ace, Queen & a few other guys as well. Charlotte hit on all 4 of their rookies. Numerous rookies that haven’t gotten much pt also look like they could be special (Maluach, Hansen, Wolf, etc).
Obviously this infusion of top level talent is great for the league but what’s even better is that next year’s class projects to be even more special than this one. And with NIL $ in college basketball making guys stay in college longer that will also raise the talent level in the NBA (& in college ofc)… link to m.youtube.com