| No. 9 New Jersey Nets | |
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| Shooting guard / Small forward | |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | January 26, 1989 |
| Place of birth | Long Branch, New Jersey |
| Nationality | American |
| High school | Tucker High School |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Providence |
| NBA Draft | 2011 / Round: 1 / Pick: 25th overall |
| Selected by the Boston Celtics | |
| Pro career | 2011–present |
| Career history | |
| 2011–present | New Jersey Nets |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
Marshon Brooks (born January 26, 1989) is an American professional basketball player with the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association. He was drafted by the Boston Celtics with the 25th pick in the 2011 NBA Draft.
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Brooks was born in Long Branch, New Jersey and lived there until he was six years old, when his family moved to Tucker, Georgia. He attended Tucker High School.[1]
Brooks played collegiate basketball in the Big East Conference for the Providence Friars. Not heavily recruited out of high school, Brooks saw little playing time his freshman (2007–08) and sophomore (2008–09) seasons.
Brooks began to become a major contributor for the Friars in his junior season (2009–10). He averaged 14.2 points a game, shooting 46.7% from the field. Brooks posted 20 points or more in several games, including a 24-point game on 8-of-10 shooting against Vermont on November 24, 2009, a game in which he also picked up five steals. He recorded 25 points and five rebounds on January 23, 2010 against South Florida.
As a senior in 2010–11, Brooks averaged 24.6 points per game, first in the Big East. Besides leading his team in scoring and rebounding, he was second in Division I in scoring. He was named to the 30-player national midseason watchlist and was one of 20 national finalists for the 2011 John R. Wooden Award.
On February 23, 2011, Brooks scored 52 points against Notre Dame, tying the school record held by Marvin Barnes, and breaking the Big East record of 48 points in a game. He scored 35 points in the second half alone, 15 of them in the final 2:57, leading a comeback that would fall short as Notre Dame picked up the win, 94–93. Brooks scored his final points on a 3-point shot with two seconds remaining, leaving the Friars down a point. He hit 20-of-28 shots on the night. Fellow Friar Eric Murdock held the previous record of 48, set against Pittsburgh in 1991. It was also Brooks' second 40-point game of the season; he had 43 in a loss at Georgetown on February 5, 2011. He became only the third player in Providence history with two 40-point games in a season.
On March 5, 2011, Brooks scored 28 points in a regular season-ending win over Rutgers, giving him 468 points on the Big East regular season. That broke the previous single-season conference mark of 462 points set by Connecticut's Donyell Marshall in 1994.
Brooks finished his college career with 1,629 points, ninth all-time for Providence. On March 28, 2011, he was named a third-team Associated Press All-American. He was picked to the Fourth Team All-America by Fox Sports.[2]
Brooks left Providence College with two months left in his senior year to focus on preparing for the 2011 NBA Draft. Brooks left school two classes short of obtaining his degree.[3]
He was drafted by the Boston Celtics in 2011, but the Celtics immediately traded Brooks to the New Jersey Nets for the Nets' 27th overall pick in the 2011 draft, JaJuan Johnson, and a second round pick in the 2014 NBA Draft.
So far in the 2011-2012 regular season, MarShon Brooks (nicknamed SWAG) has gotten off to a fantastic start impressing many. Head coaches such as Avery Johnson and Stan Van Gundy have given many compliments and Deron Williams,NBA Superstar, has spoken highly of swag.
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