Michael Bradley (basketball)

Michael Thomas Bradley (born April 18, 1979<ref name=":1" />) is an American former professional basketball player and businessman. He is a 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m), 235 lb (107 kg), power forward/center.

Early life

Bradley was born in Worcester, Massachusetts.<ref name=":2" />

Career

After attending Burncoat High School, he accepted a scholarship to play college basketball at the University of Kentucky.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> After his sophomore season at Kentucky, Bradley transferred to Villanova University where he started. That season he averaged 20.8 points per game and 9.8 rebounds per game. He received All-Big East and All-America honors in 2001. In 2005, he graduated from Villanova with a bachelor of arts degree.<ref name=":2">Template:Cite web</ref>

NBA

Even though he had one year of college eligibility remaining, Bradley left school to go to the NBA in 2001 and was selected as the 17th pick in the 1st round of the NBA draft by the Toronto Raptors.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> During his rookie season, Bradley averaged 1.2 points per game and 0.9 rebounds per game. His statistics improved in 2002–03 (5 ppg and 6 rpg in 20 minutes), but in the following season was sidelined constantly with a right knee injury. He was let go by the Raptors in March 2004, and would later be signed by the Atlanta Hawks. In 2004–05 he started off with the Orlando Magic, but was traded twice during that season, to the Sacramento Kings and the Philadelphia 76ers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Played 46 games with the Sixers in 2005–06, his best in two years, mainly because of constant injuries to Chris Webber.

Bradley's final NBA game was played on April 19, 2006, in a 86–96 loss to the Charlotte Bobcats where he recorded 4 points, 2 assists and 1 rebound.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref>

ACB

In the 2006–07 season he signed for Bruesa GBC in the Spanish ACB.<ref>Michael Bradley Signs With Bruesa Template:Webarchive</ref> After spending one season with the Spanish team, Bradley moved to Germany and signed with ALBA Berlin in August<ref>2007 Alba Berlin signs big man Michael Bradley</ref> but was released in November.<ref>Berlin releases Michael Bradley, Dojcin injured Template:Webarchive</ref> He did not stay unemployed for long, signing with Lithuanian power Žalgiris on November 15.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> However, he was limited by injuries, averaging only 7 points and 4.9 rebounds in seven games.

On March 10, 2008, Bradley signed with CB Granada of the ACB to play the rest of the season.<ref>El CB Granada ficha al pívot Michael Bradley Template:Webarchive Template:In lang</ref>

Sports representative

From 2008 until 2011, Bradley was an NBA and FIBA sports representative with Bradley Sports Management.<ref name=":2" />

Coaching career

In 2010 Bradley was hired by the Summit Country Day School in Cincinnati, Ohio to be the coach of the Silver Knights boys varsity basketball team.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In March 2012, Bradley coached the Silver Knights to the D3 OHSAA State Championship, defeating Portsmouth High School 53–37.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He finished with a 93-13 score at Summit,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and never lost a home game.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Bradley now coaches and works for the NBA in Europe and the Middle East - leading camps, clinics and teaching the game of basketball to youth around the globe.

Personal life

Bradley has three daughters, Taylor Rose, Kya Melat, and Shae Quinn.

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

Template:NBA player statistics start |- | align="left" | 2001–02 | align="left" | Toronto | 26 || 0 || 4.5 || .520 || .000 || .500 || 0.9 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 1.2 |- | align="left" | 2002–03 | align="left" | Toronto | 67 || 11 || 19.6 || .481 || .167 || .522 || 6.1 || 1.0 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 5.0 |- | align="left" | 2003–04 | align="left" | Toronto | 5 || 0 || 7.6 || .333 || .000 || .500 || 2.2 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.6 |- | align="left" | 2003–04 | align="left" | Atlanta | 11 || 1 || 5.5 || .500 || .000 || .000 || 1.1 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 1.1 |- | align="left" | 2004–05 | align="left" | Orlando | 8 || 0 || 6.9 || .429 || .000 || .000 || 1.8 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 0.8 |- | align="left" | 2004–05 | align="left" | Sacramento | 8 || 0 || 6.0 || .667 || .000 || .333 || 1.4 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 2.3 |- | align="left" | 2004–05 | align="left" | Philadelphia | 2 || 0 || 8.0 || .800 || .000 || .500 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 4.5 |- | align="left" | 2005–06 | align="left" | Philadelphia | 46 || 1 || 8.0 || .405 || .200 || .667 || 2.3 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 1.5 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 173 || 13 || 11.7 || .477 || .143 || .511 || 3.4 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 2.8 |}

Playoffs

Template:NBA player statistics start |- | align="left" | 2001–02 | align="left" | Toronto | 1 || 0 || 3.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 |}

College

Template:NBA player statistics start |- | align="left" | 1997–98 | align="left" | Kentucky | 32 || 0 || 6.9 || .667 || .000 || .514 || 1.7 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 2.4 |- | align="left" | 1998–99 | align="left" | Kentucky | 37 || 37 || 21.9 || .657 || .000 || .455 || 4.9 || 1.0 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 9.8 |- | align="left" | 2000–01 | align="left" | Villanova | 31 || 31 || 34.0 || .692 || .353 || .590 || 9.8 || 2.6 || 0.9 || 1.8 || 20.8 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 100 || 68 || 20.9 || .677 || .353 || .541 || 5.4 || 1.3 || 0.6 || 1.0 || 10.9 |}

External links

• Template:Basketballstats
• College Stats