EUROHOOPS:”If Albert Einstein’s quote (“the measure of intelligence is the ability to change”) is right, Derrick Brown should be really smart! The American forward of Lokomotiv was until the summer of 2012 an NBA prospect who was doing better and better. He started his career in Charlotte, played a little in New York and then returned in Chralotte believing that Bobcats could be his port. However after his best NBA season, 2011-12, Brown left Charlotte, Spurs offered him a contract, but finally he didn’t make the team’s final roster.Derrick Brown didn’t abandon his effort. He travelled overseas and signed with Lokomotiv Kuban, an relatively unknown until then Russian team. He impressed everyone being a modern type of forward and he continued to be the leader of his team in the Euroleague. Before the start of the Top 16, the 26-year-old American old talked to Eurohoops about the new challenge in his career and the upcoming battle against CSKA Moscow.”

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