Carlon Brown is a 2007 graduate of M.L. King High School and was a very valuable member of the Wolves community during his 4 years. Primarily a basketball player (he DID do one year of track), he excelled on the floor and off.

Carlon was a 3- time All-League Performer and in his senior year was All-CIF and All-State. He was Riverside County Player of the year in 2006 and 2007. He helped lead the Wolves to 2 League Championships. 2 CIF Playoff berths and a run to the State quarterfinals in 2007. He was the team MVP in ‘06 and ’07. His one season of track was significant as he sits in the All-time top 20 in the Long Jump and High Jump. Carlon was a fine student and made the Academic Honor Roll all four years in high school.

From King, Carlon went to the University of Utah where he lettered 3 years and made All-Mountain West Honorable Mention in 2008 and second team in 2009. In 2009, the Utes won the MWC regular season title; the conference tournament title and qualified for the NCAA tournament. Eventually, he transferred to the University of Colorado where made the All- Pac-12 second team. He led the Buffalos to the conference Tournament Championship and was named the tournament’s MVP. UC made it to the round of 32 I the NCAA Tournament and he was named team MVP.

Carlon went on to play professionally in the NBA Summer League; the G-League and overseas in Israel and Germany. In 2017, he started his own company-Point Advising LLC to help college seniors, bot men and women, in transitioning to professional basketball both at home and overseas. He eventually moved to the Phoenix, Arizona area and has served as a graduate assistant at Grand Canyon University. He has also worked as a counselor and basketball coach at Glendale Prep Academy and currently is the assistant coach and head of player development at Bella Vista College Prep in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Carlon has his degree in Sociology from the University of Colorado and his Master’s of Science in Psychology. He served as a school counselor for mental health at Glendale Prep and has been a speaker at various university and athletic events. As one of his coaches put it-“Carlon Brown is a Class act who has always been quietly confident and outwardly humble. He is the personification of what we want M.L King athletes to be.”

Among the many great players that participated in King Basketball over the years, Tony Snell is among the very best.

As a transfer student, Tony would spend his senior year at King and would help lead the Wolves to a 30-3 Record; the Big VIII Championship; the CIF Championship; a Southern California Regional Runner-up spot and a Number 7 ranking in the nation. Tony was All-Big VIII and all CIF. 

After King Tony enrolled at Westwind Preparatory Academy in Phoenix Arizona. While there, he averaged 19.7 points; 10 rebounds; 9 assists; 3 steals and 2 blocks per game. With that season, Tony earned a scholarship to the University of New Mexico. Tony played three seasons for the Lobos playing in 104 games; averaging 9 points per game. During his time in Albuquerque the team won back to back Mountain West Conference regular season titles; 2 MWC tournament titles and back-to back NCAA Tournaments. In his junior year he won the MWC Tournament MVP averaging 17.7 ppg on the way to the title. He was twice named to the MVC All-Tournament team and in 2013, he was 3rd team All-MWC. After his junior year, he declared for the NBA Draft and was picked 20th in the first round by the Chicago Bulls. 

Known throughout his career in the NBA as a fine outside shooter. For his versatility and for his strong defensive play, Tony played for 6 teams (Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, Atlanta, Portland and New Orleans) during his career. He averaged 6.1 ppg for his career. He made the playoffs 6 times with the Bulls, the Bucks and the Hawks. Over the past three seasons, Tony has played in the G-League and overseas.

The King High motto is “Leave your Legacy.” Eric Wise certainly did that over the span of his four years in the ML King boys’ basketball program. 

Eric was a three-year letter winner and a two-year starter for the Wolves. In 2007, he averaged 18.7 points per game and 8 rebounds a game and was named All-Ivy League and All-CIF. In his senior season, leading the Wolves to the 2008 CIF Championship, he would average 20.4 ppg and 9.3 rebounds a game. That year, he made All-Ivy League, team MVP and was the League MVP. He was named the CIF Player of the Year and Riverside County Player of the Year. He also earned 1st Team Los Angeles Times team and was an All-State Selection.

During his time with the Wolves, the team went 82-15 and won three straight league championships. They made three trips to the CIF playoffs (the quarterfinals in ’06-the semifinals in ’07 and won the Championship in 2008). The team also finished the State Playoffs as the Southern California Regional Runner-up.

From King, Eric went to UC-Irvine where he led the Anteaters in scoring for three consecutive years. In fact, in his second season, he became the first player inUCI history to led the team in scoring, rebounds and assists. During the 2010-11 season, he would earn All- Big West Honorable Mention. Eric ranks 11th All-Time in scoring at UCI. He would transfer to USC for his senior season where he led the team averaging 13 ppg and 5 rpg. He would earn a degree in Sociology from USC in 2013.

Eric went on to play professional basketball overseas in countries such as Iceland, Belgium, Finland and Israel. Currently, he is a successful entrepreneur and owner of his own clothes line, “Buckets on Deck.” According to one of his former coaches, “Eric is humble, thoughtful and proud of his King High history. Eric frequently comes back to support the program and the players in the community. Eric will always bring honor and dignity to our school and its hall of fame.”

Shortly after opening in 1999, ML King High School became one of the top boys basketball programs in the CIF Southern Section. With Coach Tim Sweeney at the helm, and all-state performers like, Marques Lea, Kawhi Leonard, Tony Snell, Eric Wise and Carlon Brown on the court-the Wolves enjoyed a 14 -year run rarely seen in Riverside.

From 2001 through 2014, the Wolves won 8 League Championships; 3 CIF Championships; were CIF Runner-ups twice and also had 2 Semi-final appearances. At the state level, the Wolves were the 2002 State Champions-the first team EVER in Riverside to win it. They also were the Southern California Regional Champion in 2002 and appeared in the State playoffs 5 times finishing as the Southern California Regional Runner-up twice. Perhaps the biggest win in King Basketball history was in the 2009  CIF Finals where the Wolves, behind the great play of Kawhi Leonard and Tony Snell, beat then undefeated Mater Dei-71-56.

Sweeney was named CIF Coach of the Year three times; and along the way was named League coach of the year three times as well as COY honors from the Press Enterprise and the LA Times. Tim coached 5 players who were CIF Players of the Year; 4 who were Riverside County POY and amassed 305 wins during his King career.