Personal information | |
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Born |
Lower Hutt, New Zealand |
28 July 1983
Nationality | New Zealand |
Listed height | 208 cm (6 ft 10 in) |
Listed weight | 106 kg (234 lb) |
Career information | |
High school |
St. Bernard's College (Lower Hutt, New Zealand) Wellington (Wellington, New Zealand) |
College | Winthrop (2003–2007) |
NBA draft | 2007 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2002–2012 |
Position | Power forward / Center |
Career history | |
2002–2003 | Wellington Saints |
2007–2008 | Brisbane Bullets |
2008 | Efes Pilsen |
2008–2009 | Grupo Begar León |
2009 | Changwon LG Sakers |
2009–2010 | Gold Coast Blaze |
2010 | VEF Rīga |
2011 | Otago Nuggets |
2012 | Southland Sharks |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Craig Robert Bradshaw (born 28 July 1983) is a New Zealand former professional basketball player. Bradshaw played four years of college basketball at Winthrop University in the United States before playing professionally with clubs in New Zealand, Australia, Turkey, Spain, South Korea and Latvia from 2007 to 2012.
Bradshaw grew up in Stokes Valley and was a promising rugby union player. He was noticed for his basketball talent at St. Bernard's College in Lower Hutt and spent his last two years of high school at Wellington High School, where he focused solely on basketball. In 2002 and 2003, he played in the New Zealand NBL for the Wellington Saints. In 13 games for the Saints over two seasons, he averaged 3.8 points and 2.8 rebounds per game.
Bradshaw played four seasons of college basketball for Winthrop University in the United States between 2003 and 2007, where he averaged 9.2 points and 4.7 rebounds in 123 games (104 starts). During that time, the Eagles played in three NCAA Tournaments and won three Big South Conference championships. As a junior and senior, he was named to the Big South Conference All-Tournament Team, while also earning Tournament MVP and first-team All-Big South as a senior.
After going undrafted in the 2007 NBA draft, Bradshaw joined the Atlanta Hawks for the NBA Summer League tournament in Salt Lake City. In five games for the Hawks, he averaged 4.4 points and 1.8 rebounds in 10.0 minutes per game.