Overview
- Wheeler High in Marietta retired Brown’s high school No. 0 on Friday during a visit aligned with the school’s MLK assembly.
- The rope on the banner malfunctioned before a staffer climbed to uncover it, a moment captured on video by WSB-TV’s Alison Mastrangelo.
- Brown told WSB-TV he had long dreamed of the honor and said returning to his community mattered most.
- He addressed students about overcoming adversity and revisited a teacher’s past jail remark that he said became motivation.
- The 2015 state champion later spent one season at Cal, went No. 3 to Boston in 2016, and earned 2024 NBA Finals MVP.