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Cal's Rodney Brown Jr. Enters Transfer Portal

Brown, who showed potential as a freshman, becomes the fourth Golden Bears player to enter the transfer portal
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Cal's Rodney Brown Jr. Enters Transfer Portal
Cal's Rodney Brown Jr. Enters Transfer Portal

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Cal guard Rodney Brown Jr., who showed potential as freshman this past season, has entered the transfer portal, according to Joe Tipton of On3 Sports and Rivals.com. Brown retweeted the On3 report on his Twitter site.

Brown becomes the fourth Cal player to enter the transfer portal, joining Devin Askew, Grant Newell and ND Okafor.

Brown showed potential in his freshman season at Cal in 2023-24.  He was the only freshman who saw significant playing time for Cal this past season, and he never seemed intimidated by the moment of his lack of experience.

Brown p[lay in all 32 games for game in 2023-24, all of the bench.  He averaged 17.1 minutes of playing time along with 3.5 points and 1.1 rebounds.

He scored 13 points against USC and 12 points against both Arizona and Washington State.

With the presumed departures of Askew, Newell, Okafor and Brown by way of the transfer portal, Cal may have only one player back from the 2023-24 team that received significant playing time.  That would be Jalen Celestine, who was a starter as a junior this past season.  Jaylon Tyson, the Bears' top scorer in 2023-24, is eligible to return for the 2023-24 season, but he might decided to turn pro and enter the 2024 NBA draft.  He is expected to be a later first-round pick or an early second-round selection.

Brown is likely to attract interest from some high-profile college programs.

Cover photo of Rodney Brown Jr. by Stephen Sylvanie, USA TODAY Sports

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JAKE CURTIS

Jake Curtis worked in the San Francisco Chronicle sports department for 27 years, covering virtually every sport, including numerous Final Fours, several college football national championship games, an NBA Finals, world championship boxing matches and a World Cup. He was a Cal beat writer for many of those years, and won awards for his feature stories.

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