Mikel Brown Jr.’s promising Nets debut comes with praise, patience and a familiar believer
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What happened
Long before Mikel Brown Jr. pulled up from 28 feet in his preseason debut, Day’Ron Sharpe saw him get his first dunk. Brown was 5-foot-3, maybe 5-foot-4, when Sharpe began following him in eighth grade. He watched the guard grow, score 40 points at Louisville and eventually become his Nets teammate. “I already knew. I’ve been watching [Mikel] since eighth grade, man. I already knew,” Sharpe ...
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