Isaac
Years ago

Mark Bradtke to join Aus Basketball Hall of Fame

Represented Australia at four Olympic Games (Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000)
Represented Australia at two World Championships (1990, 1994)
Played 189 games for the Australian Boomers between 1987-2000
2-time Gaze Medallist for Australian Boomers International Player of the Year (1992, 1999)
Played 554 NBL games between 1988 and 2007 with the Adelaide 36ers, Melbourne Tigers and Brisbane Bullets
3-time NBL Championship winner (1993, 1997 - Melbourne Tigers 2007 – Brisbane Bullets)
NBL Most Valuable Player (2002)
10-time All-NBL First Team (1994, 1996-97, 1999-2004)
NBL Most-Improved Player (1989)
6,238 career rebounds – 1st all-time in NBL history
763 career blocks – 3rd all-time in NBL history
9,621 career points
Named in the NBL 20th Anniversary Team (1998)
Named in the NBL 25th Anniversary Team (2003)
Played in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1996-97 season

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GuesswhosBACK  
Years ago

Well deserved.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

We'll never see such a dominant big man in the NBL again like Bradtke.

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Mystro  
Years ago

did they find footage of him dunking on Dante's father?

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Happy Days  
Years ago

Well done Hoges!!!Great guy on and off the court.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Is he the 2nd most booed opponent in Powerhouse/Dome/Arena history?

I know the list is not short (in no order)

ulius
Heal
Hill
Kerle
Thomas
Kruger
Bradtke

That is a start at least

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Anonymous  
Years ago

A large part of the reason the Boomers golden era had those high ranking finishes. Australia's most underrated player.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

As a wildcats fan growing up, he was a great and worthy foe.

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sitiveni  
Years ago

Awesome, Bradtke was a Fav player of mine back in the 90's. Well Deserved

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Statsheet Stuffer  
Years ago

I wasn't old enough to see him in his prime, but would I be correct in saying he was a definite world class big man?

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HoldenV8  
Years ago

So, the biggest mullet in NBL history gets a well deserved spot in the Hall of Fame.

Well done Mark Bradtke.

And yes Statsheet, he was a definite world class big man. At 6'10" (208 cm) tall he was equally at home playing either centre or power forward. Most of his NBL career was at centre, but for the Boomers he generally played PF when Luc Longley was healthy. And apart from those achievements Isaac listed, Bradtke also played 36 games for the NBA for the Philadelphia 76ers in 1996-97.

Factoid #1 - Mark Bradtke sold me my first pair of Reebok pumps at the old Don Shipway's Sports Locker (formerly located on Main North Road at Prospect) in 1991. Damn things cost $179....had to save for months to get them.

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LC  
Years ago

Thoroughly deserved. One of Australia's best big men.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

For those not old enough check out Bradtke's career NBL stats:

http://andthefoul.net/NBLwiki/index.php?Mark%20Bradtke

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Proud  
Years ago

Well done, legendary player and I'm still stuffed if I know how to stop him

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Proud  
Years ago

Has a smoking got Missus and wasn't punching above his weight... A true legend

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sitiveni  
Years ago

Proud you think Nicole is smoking hot..... ok I guess we all have our own tastes

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Nicole provis definitely is/was NOT smoking hot

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Proud  
Years ago

Have you seen the female tennis players this country has produced since Provis/Bradtke?

They aren't in her league

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rjd  
Years ago

He was a warrior for the Tigers. I thought that he was underutilised at the offensive end under Lindsay Gaze, forced to play some major minutes, but he always played through like a man amongst boys.

I'd like to see his aggregate All-NBL 1st team votes over his career -- my guess is that he might be near, if not the holder of, the NBL-record over his career. Actually, has any other player been All-NBL 1st team 10 times?

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rjd  
Years ago

I mean, apart from 15-time Gaze. :-P

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Anonymous  
Years ago

wtf at the comments about the wife she is ugly

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fill smythe  
Years ago

Anon 444789, why don't you celebrate the guy's ability instead of trying to drag him down to your level? You WANKER

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Young Gun  
Years ago

I think it was Pro Basketball today that used to call Rebounds - Bradtkes

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Steven  
Years ago

I remember watching Bradtke at his best we won't see another Aussie big man like that in the nbl because if they're that good they will be playing in Europe or NBA.

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