Craig Bradshaw
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Craig Bradshaw (Born: July 28, 1983 in Lower Hutt) is a professional basketball player. He is currently signed to the Brisbane Bullets in the Australian NBL.
Craig grew up in Stokes Valley and was a promising rugby player, he was noticed for his Basketball talent at St Bernards College in Lower Hutt and spent his last two years of high school at Wellington College, where he focussed solely on Basketball.
He is currently on an off season loan to Turkish club Efes Pilsen.[1]
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[edit] NCAA
Bradshaw completed a stellar college career at Winthrop University in South Carolina, where he helped the Eagles to their third consecutive Big South Conference championship and a second round appearance at the NCAA national championships.
He was named conference tournament MVP in his senior year.
Bradshaw averaged 12.8 ppg, 6.0 rpg and 1.0 bpg.
[edit] Play
Bradshaw has been noted for his shooting range for a big man. Bradshaw is capable of stepping out and shooting a 3 point shot. Bradshaw once shot 3-three pointers for the Winthrop Eagles. Besides his shooting capabilities, Bradshaw is known also for his strength and ability to use his strength and height to his advantage. He is a natural Power Forward but is capable of playing Center as he has done for New Zealand in recent times.
[edit] Tall Blacks
Bradshaw debuted for the Tall Blacks during their 2004 Olympics campaign and has stepped his game up a level since the retirements of veteran “bigs” Sean Marks and Ed Book.
He was named MVP of last year’s series win over Australia after scoring 25 points in the Tall Blacks’ first ever road win over the Boomers in Melbourne.
Craig Bradshaw has become a cornerstone of the New Zealand Tall Blacks national team. He played in the 2004 Olympics as well as the 2006 Fiba Championships.
[edit] NBA DRAFT
Despite playing successfully for the New Zealand Olympic team and the Tall Blacks, Bradshaw went undrafted in the 2007 NBA Draft.
[edit] Career
Bradshaw joined the NBL for the 2007/08 season playing for the Brisbane Bullets. Bradshaw is averaging 12.4 ppg. He recently negotiated a deal with New Zealand Basketball and the Brisbane Bullets for his off season release so that he could play in Turkey for the european season but return to Australia to play the NBL. He has since become a centrepiece in the Efes Pilsen S.K. offense.
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