No. 32 – Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Power forward / small forward | ||||||||||||||||||||
League | PBA | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Tifton, Georgia, U.S. | April 23, 1988||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American / Filipino | ||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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High school | Choctawhatchee (Fort Walton Beach, Florida) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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NBA draft | 2011: undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2011–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
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2011 | Toros de Nuevo Laredo | ||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Maine Red Claws | ||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Erie Bayhawks | ||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Basket Brescia Leonessa | ||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Élan Chalon | ||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | ||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | San Miguel Alab Pilipinas | ||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Al Riyadi | ||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Al Sharjah | ||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | ||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Pelita Jaya | ||||||||||||||||||||
2024–present | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Justin Donta Brownlee (born April 23, 1988)[1] is an American-Filipino professional basketball player for Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm.
After going undrafted in the 2011 NBA draft, Brownlee played in the NBA Development League for the Maine Red Claws and Erie BayHawks. In 2016, he began his first of five stints at Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the PBA. With Barangay Ginebra, he won six PBA championships: four PBA Governors' Cups and two PBA Commissioner's Cups. He also played for San Miguel Alab Pilipinas in the ASEAN Basketball League, winning the 2017–18 championship. Brownlee also won championships in other leagues: the 2019 Lebanese Basketball League championship and Lebanese Cup with Al Riyadi Club Beirut, the 2020 UAE National Basketball League championship with Sharjah, and the 2024 Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) championship with Pelita Jaya. The other countries he has played in are Mexico, Italy, and France.
In January 2023, Brownlee became a naturalized Filipino citizen, allowing him to play for the Philippines national basketball team. He made his debut one month later. He won a gold medal in the 2023 Southeast Asian Games and in the 2022 Asian Games.