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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 96
BY SENATOR LONG
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend and congratulate Collier "P. J." Brown Jr. on being named to the 2016
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches, Louisiana, each year
collaborates with the Louisiana Sports Writers Association in selecting a limited number of
sports figures who embody the character, skill, and talents worthy of being named to the hall
of fame; and
WHEREAS, the 2016 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class includes
basketball great P. J. Brown; and
WHEREAS, a former Winnfield Senior High School and Louisiana Tech University
standout, P. J. Brown played fifteen years in the National Basketball Association (NBA)
with five teams, including four years with the New Orleans Hornets; and
WHEREAS, as a second-round draft pick of the New Jersey Nets in 1992, where he
played for three years, he distinguished himself as a defensive stalwart during his career; and
WHEREAS, from 1996 until 2000, he played with the Miami Heat, where he
received the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, was named to the NBA All-Defensive
Second Team twice, and averaged a career high of 11.4 points a game; and
WHEREAS, on August 1, 2000, P. J. Brown was traded to the Charlotte Hornets and
in his first season with the team was awarded his third NBA All-Defensive Second Team and
was the recipient of the NBA Sportsmanship Award; and
WHEREAS, prior to the 2002-2003 season the Hornets relocated to New Orleans,
where his stellar career continued and he was awarded the NBA Community Assist Award,
was chosen as the Central Division recipient of the NBA Sportsmanship Award for the
second consecutive time, and in 2004, received the NBA Sportsmanship Award, and during
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the 2006-2007 season became one of only twenty-six players in NBA history to have eight
thousand points, seven thousand rebounds, one thousand assists, and one thousand blocks;
and
WHEREAS, upon leaving the Hornets in 2006, he continued his career with the
Chicago Bulls and then the Boston Celtics, proving himself an excellent teammate on and
off the court and at the end of the 2008 season, retired after fifteen years of professional
basketball success; and
WHEREAS, the stellar career of P. J. Brown has rightly earned him a place among
the many greats in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend and congratulate Collier "P. J." Brown Jr. on being named to the 2016 Louisiana
Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Collier "P. J." Brown Jr.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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