[2] To further develop his potential, Brunner was encouraged to attend Dominguez High School in Compton, California – an hour-long bus ride away from his home but where he created a reputation by playing streetball.
[1] Five weeks after his registration, he was sitting out the semester as a transfer when he and teammate Avondre Jones were indefinitely suspended from the team for the robbery and assault of a Fresno State student with the use of a samurai sword.
[2] On May 24, 1998, Brunner was arrested on suspicion of armed robbery when he allegedly held up Los Angeles City College basketball coach Mike Miller at gunpoint inside the school's gymnasium.
[1] He signed a letter of intent to play for the Georgia Bulldogs under coach Jim Harrick, but his scholarship offer was overruled by the school's president when his official academic transcripts were not submitted by the deadline.
[3] Brunner began his professional career with the San Diego Wildfire of the American Basketball Association and averaged 15.3 points, 3.6 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game.
[6] Brunner has run coaching clinics for children in Melbourne, Victoria and in Fitzroy Crossing in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.