OAKLAND — The simplest of get to know you questions often stumps Mike Brown: Where are you from?
“Well…” Brown said. “See, I usually just have to explain.”
He was born in Columbus, but can’t rep that. His family moved to Okinawa, Japan before his first birthday, but didn’t stay long. Brown’s father was in the Air Force, which meant a nomadic youth. There were stops in Tucson, Colorado Springs and three different bases in Germany. He graduated high school in Würzburg. He was never in one place for more than three years.
“I tell people my parents are from Philadelphia,” Brown said.