Bradford Burgess
 Burgess with VCU in November 2010 | |
| Free agent | |
|---|---|
| Position | Small forward |
| Personal information | |
| Born | April 29, 1990 Midlothian, Virginia |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 224 lb (102 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Benedictine (Richmond, Virginia) |
| College | VCU (2008–2012) |
| NBA draft | 2012: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2012–present |
| Career history | |
| 2012–2014 | Leuven Bears |
| 2014–2015 | Orlandina |
| 2015–2016 | Güssing Knights |
| 2016 | Falco Szombathely |
| 2016–2017 | Alba Fehérvár |
| 2018 | Donar |
| 2018–2019 | Liège |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Bradford Burgess (born April 29, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Liège Basket of the Pro Basketball League. Born in Midlothian, Virginia, Burgess played four seasons for the VCU Rams team, from 2008 till 2012.[1] His jersey number 20 was retired by the Rams.
Professional career
[edit]Burgess started his professional career in Belgium with the Stella Artois Leuven Bears.[2] He played two seasons in Leuven.
In 2014, Brugess signed with Orlandina Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and parted ways with them on March 25, 2015.[3]
On August 26, 2015, Burgess signed for the UBC Magnofit Güssing Knights of the Austrian ÖBL.[4]
On July 1, 2016, Burgess signed with Alba Fehérvár.[5] With Alba, Burgess won the 2017 Hungarian Cup tournament.
On January 27, 2018, Burgess signed with Donar of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL), who acquired him as a replacement for Stephen Domingo who suffered a season-ending injury.[6] With Donar, he won the 2017–18 DBL championship, as well did he advance to the semifinals of the FIBA Europe Cup.
He signed with Liège Basket of the Belgian league on August 14, 2018.[7]
The Oklahoma City Blue has named Bradford Burgess an assistant coach on Head Coach Grant Gibbs’ staff, the team announced in January 2021.
Burgess came to the Blue after spending the 2019-20 season as a performance analyst for the Oklahoma City Thunder.
In 2021, Burgess was hired by the Chicago Bulls as a Player Development Coordinator.
In May 2023, Burgess moved back to VCU as the Director of Student-Athlete Development.
References
[edit]- ^ "Bradford Burgess – Profile". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
- ^ Aaron Williams (2012-09-05). "VCU lands a big commit, Bradford Burgess gets signed, and season tickets are still hard to get". RVANews. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
- ^ "Bradford Burgess, Orlandina Basket part ways". Sportando.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "Bradford Burgess Neuzugang der Knights" (in German). ÖBL. 26 August 2015. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "Bradford Burgess az Alba első új légiósa". Bbl.hu. 1 July 2016. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "Donar versterkt zich met Amerikaan Bradford Burgess" (in Dutch). Rtvnoord.nl. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "Liege Basket signs Terrance Henry, Bradford Burgess, Naïm El Kounchar and Terry Deroover". Sportando. Retrieved August 14, 2018.[permanent dead link]
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Alba Fehérvár players
- American expatriate basketball people in Austria
- American expatriate basketball people in Belgium
- American expatriate basketball people in Hungary
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Richmond, Virginia
- Donar (basketball club) players
- Dutch Basketball League players
- Falco KC Szombathely players
- Leuven Bears players
- Liège Basket players
- Orlandina Basket players
- People from Midlothian, Virginia
- Small forwards
- VCU Rams men's basketball players
- 21st-century American sportsmen