| Kalani Brown | |
| Number: | 21 |
| Position: | Center |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 7 |
| Weight Lb: | 245 |
| League: | WNBA |
| Team: | Dallas Wings |
| Birth Date: | 21 March 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Slidell, Louisiana, U.S. |
| High School: | Salmen (Slidell, Louisiana) |
| College: | Baylor (2015–2019) |
| Draft League: | WNBA |
| Draft Year: | 2019 |
| Draft Round: | 1 |
| Draft Pick: | 7 |
| Draft Team: | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Career Start: | 2019 |
| Team1: | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Years2: | 2019–2020 |
| Team2: | Xinjiang Magic Deer |
| Years3: | – |
| Team3: | Atlanta Dream |
| Years4: | 2020–2021 |
| Team4: | Kayseri Basketbol |
| Years5: | 2021–2022 |
| Team5: | Hatayspor |
| Years6: | 2022–2023 |
| Team6: | Maccabi Bnot Ashdod |
| Years7: | 2023–2024 |
| Team7: | Xinjiang Magic Deer |
| Years8: | –present |
| Team8: | Dallas Wings |
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Kalani Brown (born March 21, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the WNBA. She has received multiple honors during her playing career, and was named an All-American by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) following the 2017 and 2018 seasons.[1]
On February 2, 2023, Brown signed a training camp contract with the Dallas Wings.[2] Brown went through training camp with the Wings, but was one of the last cuts they made and she did not make the 2023 Opening Night roster.[3] She returned a few weeks later to the Wings, as she signed a Hardship Contract due to the Wings having injuries on the team.[4] On June 23, 2023, Brown was released from her Hardship Contract with the Wings. [5] She returned a day later on another hardship contract with the Wings.[6]
Brown is the daughter of DeJuna (Dee) and former NBA veteran and champion with the Boston Celtics, P. J. Brown.[7] She has two sisters, Briana and Whitney, and a brother, Javani. Both of her parents played for Louisiana Tech University, and her mother was an assistant coach at Salmen High School. In December 2018, Salmen retired Kalani Brown's number. In 2015, she was named a McDonald's All-American during her senior year at the school.[8] At Baylor, she majored in communications studies.
|-| align="left" | 2019| align="left" | Los Angeles| 28 || 0 || 13.5 || .478 || — || .783 || 3.5 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 0.8 || 1.0 || 5.1|-| align="left" | 2020| align="left" | Atlanta| 10 || 0 || 6.1 || .522 || — || .600 || 1.2 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.5 || 3.0|-| align="left" | 2021| align="left" | Atlanta| 1 || 0 || 5.0 || .333 || — || — || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 2.0|-| align="left" | 2023| align="left" | Dallas| 32 || 5 || 16.4 || .629 || — || .802 || 4.5 || 1.0 || 0.2 || 0.7 || 1.3 || 7.8|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 4 years, 3 teams| 71 || 5 || 13.6 || .557 || — || .782 || 3.6 || 0.7 || 0.2 || 0.6 || 1.1 || 6.0
|-| align="left" | 2019| align="left" | Los Angeles| 3 || 0 || 5.7 || 1.000 || — || .500 || 2.0 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 0.7 || 4.3|-| align="left" | 2023| align="left" | Dallas| 5 || 0 || 8.6 || .583 || — || .400 || 2.2 || 0.4 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 0.8 || 6.0|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 2 years, 2 teams| 8 || 0 || 7.5 || .667 || — || .400 || 2.2 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 0.8 || 5.4
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| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | Baylor | 38 | 352 | 60.3% | 0.0% | 62.6% | 4.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 9.3 | |
| 2016-17 | Baylor | 37 | 569 | 67.9% | 0.0% | 76.0% | 8.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 15.4 | |
| 2017-18 | Baylor | 35 | 702 | 65.0% | 0.0% | 76.0% | 10.2 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 20.1 | |
| 2018-19 | Baylor | 37 | 586 | 61.4% | 0.0% | 75.2% | 8.2 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 15.8 | |
| Career | 147 | 2209 | 63.9% | 0.0% | 73.3% | 7.7 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 15.0 |