Darius Brown II (born July 28, 1999) is an American basketball player for Dolomiti Energia Trento of the Lega Basket Serie A and the EuroCup. He played college basketball for the Cal State Northridge Matadors, Montana State Bobcats and Utah State Aggies.
College career Brown began his college career at Cal State Northridge (CSUN) in 2018, where he played four seasons, though his senior season was limited to 8 games by injuries, and he ultimately was granted a medical redshirt season. He then entered the transfer portal after the season, landing at Montana State under head coach Danny Sprinkle, who had been impressed with Brown at CSUN. Brown thrived at Montana State, earning the starting point guard position and earning Big Sky Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors. At the close of the season, Sprinkle was hired as the head coach at Utah State and Brown decided to follow.
Professional career Cleveland Charge and Cavaliers (2024–2026) Undrafted out of college in 2024, Brown landed with the Cleveland Charge of the NBA G League, where he averaged 7.7 points and 5.1 assists in his first professional season. For the 2025–26 season, Brown returned to the Charge. On January 10, he broke the Charge franchise single-game assist record, recording 22 in a loss to the Texas Legends.
On February 20, 2026, Brown was signed to a two-way contract by the Cleveland Cavaliers. He made his NBA debut on February 25, recording one rebound in three minutes of action against the New York Knicks. That was the only NBA game Brown appeared in, before being waived on March 3.
Dolomiti Energia Trento (2026–present) On July 22, 2026, Brown signed a one-year contract with Dolomiti Energia Trento of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A and the EuroCup, marking his move to European basketball after finishing the G League season as the league's leading assist provider.
Career statistics
NBA
| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland | 1 || 0 || 3.0 || .000 || || || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 1 || 0 || 3.0 || .000 || || || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0
College
| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19 | style="text-align:left;"| Cal State Northridge | 34 || 32 || 31.2 || .457 || .307 || .771 || 3.6 || 5.2 || 1.4 || .1 || 8.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20 | style="text-align:left;"| Cal State Northridge | 32 || 32 || 32.3 || .472 || .384 || .774 || 3.7 || 4.0 || 1.2 || .0 || 10.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21 | style="text-align:left;"| Cal State Northridge | 22 || 22 || 34.5 || .472 || .368 || .722 || 4.8 || 5.3 || 2.0 || .1 || 10.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22 | style="text-align:left;"| Cal State Northridge | 8 || 7 || 22.6 || .356 || .333 || .727 || 3.1 || 1.5 || .9 || .0 || 5.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23 | style="text-align:left;"| Montana State | 34 || 33 || 29.5 || .465 || .397 || .909 || 4.4 || 4.9 || 1.8 || .0 || 9.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24 | style="text-align:left;"| Utah State | 35 || 35 || 36.1 || .446 || .398 || .865 || 4.3 || 6.5 || 1.5 || .2 || 12.3 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 165 || 161 || 32.1 || .457 || .373 || .813 || 4.1 || 5.0 || 1.5 || .1 || 9.8
References
External links Cal State Northridge Matadors bio Montana State Bobcats bio Utah State Aggies bio