Nick Bradford
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 25, 1978 |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Fayetteville (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| College | Kansas (1996–2000) |
| NBA draft | 2000: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2000–2011 |
| Position | Small forward |
| Career history | |
| 2001–2003 | Kansas City Knights |
| 2003–2005 | Keflavík |
| 2005–2007 | Reims Champagne Basket |
| 2008–2009 | Grindavík |
| 2009–2010 | CSU Sibiu |
| 2009–2010 | Njarðvík |
| 2010 | Keflavík |
| 2011 | Grindavík |
| Career highlights | |
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Nicholas Evans Bradford (born August 25, 1978[1]) [2] is an American former professional basketball player. At 6 foot 7 inches in height, he played at small forward.[3]
Bradford is from Fayetteville, Arkansas. He played for his high school, Fayetteville Bulldogs and for AAU teams.[2] Both Gatorade and Scholastic Sports Magazine named Bradford Arkansas Player of the Year.[4][2] He was also named fourth team Parade magazine All-American.[4][2] Bradford's final list of college choices was the University of Kansas, Oklahoma State, Arkansas, and Connecticut.[4][2] He has stated that he choose Kansas because it is fairly close to home and had a good coach, Roy Williams.[4]
College career
At Kansas played at the small forward position for the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team.[3] His freshman year, 1997, his roommate was Paul Pierce and Bradford served as Pierce's back up.[2] He has stated that: "I think playing against Paul helped me get better. It helped my confidence. After guarding him every day, I knew I could guard anybody."[4] His freshman year he played in 34 games and averaged 2.3 points a game.[4][2] The 1997 team had a 35–4 season. His sophomore season at Kansas, he averaged about 4.2 points and 2.5 rebounds a game.[4][2] His 1998–99 season, his junior year, Bradford averaged 9.1 points and 6.1 rebounds a game.[4] His senior year, he played on a Kansas team that included Nick Collison, Drew Gooden, and Kirk Hinrich.[4] He averaged 7.6 points and 4.8 rebounds.[4] In 2000, he was named honorable mention All-Big 12 and the team gave him the "Phog Allen MVP Award"[4] In his final regular season home game, on March 5, 2000, Bradford hit six of eight shots from the floor and scored 15 points for Kansas, assisting the Drew Gooden-led Jayhawks to an 83–82 win over the University of Missouri Tigers.[5][2][6]