Ira Demon Brown is a US-born Japanese professional basketball player, he was born on 3 August 1982. He currently plays for the Osaka Evessa of the Japanese B.League. He had also spent three years with the Hirachi/Shibuya Sunrockers, as well as two years with the Toyama Grouses during his career in Japan. Today we will discuss about Ira Brown: Wife| Olympics| Parents| Net Worth.
Ira Brown: Wife| Olympics| Parents| Net Worth…
Brown grew up in Corsicana, Texas. He became a Japanese citizen after extensive language testing and a waiting period which took two years. As of 2018, he resides in Okinawa. He was a member of Japan’s national basketball team at the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge in Tehran, Iran, where he recorded most rebounds, steals and blocks for his team.
Wife
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don’t have much information about He’s past relationship and any previous engaged.
Olympics
Former Gonzaga guard Ira Brown, who turns 39 next month, will play for Japan’s entry in the Olympics’ inaugural 3×3 basketball event. Ira Brown, who didn’t play basketball at Gonzaga until he was 25, was once a promising minor league pitcher.
Parents
He grew up in Corsicana, TX, United States of America and says he had a difficult childhood because of his parents’ substance abuse problems. “The adults of our family, they were on drugs and they were out just running the streets, pretty much. And my mum and dad were on drugs really bad. You walk in and see your mum doing crack or catching your dad doing it.”
He lived in a three-bedroom house with around 20 family members, and there was no running water to do laundry or take showers, so at school he and his cousins were teased for smelling bad. “Of course I felt hopeless, but I knew that it’s either continue to be poor or continue to smell bad, or continue to do all these things or just simply do something about it.There were always ways in which I wanted to earn money and earn it the honest way.”
Net Worth
Brown’s net worth falls between $1 Million – $5 Million, he grew up in Corsicana, Texas. He grew to become a Japanese citizen after intensive language testing and a ready interval which took two years. As of 2018, he resides in Okinawa.