Mikel Brown Jr. selected No. 6 overall by Brooklyn Nets

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Mikel Brown Jr. was selected sixth overall by the Brooklyn Nets in the 2026 NBA Draft, becoming the highest Louisville player chosen since 1990. This underscores Brown’s significance as a basketball prospect.

With the sixth overall pick of the 2026 NBA Draft, the Brooklyn Nets selected Louisville point guard Mikel Brown Jr. Brown becomes the highest Louisville player selected in an NBA Draft since Felton Spencer was drafted sixth overall in 1990. The year before, Pervis Ellison had become the first, and still only, Cardinal to ever […]