With their third round pick in the 1985 NBA Draft, the Bulls picked up the former George Washington 6-foot-9 and 260 pound center Mike Brown. The “New Washington Monument” didn’t pan out in the Windy City like so many others that were drafted in the mid 1980’s. His production proves that.
This Mike Brown is not the one that is currently the associate head coach under Steve Kerr with the Golden State Warriors, but the one that was a true journeyman in the NBA for a long while. This Brown played for the Bulls for two seasons in which they bridged the gap between the drafting of Jordan in 1984 and then Pippen in 1987.
However, Brown wasn’t very productive or efficient in the slightly over 100 games he played in with Jordan and the Bulls. He stuck around in the Windy City during two seasons from 1988-1990. In those two seasons, he started just over 30 games while averaging 4.2 points per game, 3.5 rebounds, 0.5 assists, 0.3 steals, and 0.1 blocks, while shooting 49.1 percent from the field and 60.8 percent from the charity stripe.
In today’s advanced stats, the production that Brown posted with the Bulls amounted to a box plus/minus rating of -5.3, value over replacement player rating of -1.1, 0.59 win shares per 48 minutes, and a 9.8 player efficiency rating. A subpar true shooting percentage of 52.0 and less than two total win shares also marked a disappointing run for Brown with the Bulls.