Brad Oleson
![]() Oleson with Barcelona in April 2013. | |
No. 14 – Amyntas BC | |
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Position | Shooting guard / Point guard |
League | Greek A2 League |
Personal information | |
Born | Fairbanks, Alaska | April 11, 1983
Nationality | American / Spanish |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | North Pole (North Pole, Alaska) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2005: undrafted |
Playing career | 2005–present |
Career history | |
2005 | Dodge City Legend |
2005–2008 | Rosalía de Castro |
2008–2009 | Fuenlabrada |
2009–2013 | Caja Laboral |
2013–2017 | FC Barcelona |
2017–2019 | Murcia |
2020-present Amyntas BC | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Bradley Scott Oleson Lashinski (born April 11, 1983) is an American-born naturalized Spanish [1] professional basketball player who currently plays for Amyntas BC of the Greek A2 League. He is a 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) tall point guard-shooting guard. His hometown of North Pole, Alaska, celebrates "Brad Oleson Day", every year, on April 24.[2]
College career
Oleson played college basketball at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Even though Alaska Fairbanks had a record of 4-23 the season before Oleson arrived at the school, in the three seasons that Oleson played with Fairbanks, the school's record was 64-24. He also set the Great Northwest Athletic Conference record for the most Player of the Week Awards won, with 9.
Professional career
Oleson began his professional career in the year 2005, with the Dodge City Legend of the USBL. He then moved to Rosalía de Castro, where he first played in the Spanish LEB2 League, and then later in the Spanish LEB League. In 2008, he joined the Spanish ACB League club Fuenlabrada. In 2009, he was supposed to play for Real Madrid, but his rights were soon transferred to rivals Caja Laboral, in exchange for Pablo Prigioni and Sergi Vidal.[3]
On 28 January 2013, Oleson signed a two-year deal with the Spanish team FC Barcelona Regal.[4] On March 3, 2015, he signed a two-year extension with the club.[5]
On 13 July 2017, Oleson signed a two-year contract with Spanish club UCAM Murcia.[6]
Spain national team
In October 2009, Oleson acquired Spanish nationality,[1] and was selected to the senior men's Spain national team training camp pre-squad for the 2010 FIBA World Championship.[7]
Career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
Bold | Career high |
EuroLeague
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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2009–10 | Baskonia | 12 | 1 | 13.7 | .408 | .400 | .857 | .9 | .4 | .3 | .1 | 5.0 | 2.8 |
2010–11 | 20 | 11 | 20.9 | .407 | .327 | .800 | 2.1 | 1.1 | .6 | .2 | 6.3 | 4.2 | |
2011–12 | 10 | 6 | 21.9 | .531 | .448 | .917 | 1.4 | 1.7 | .7 | .2 | 7.4 | 7.3 | |
2012–13 | 15 | 13 | 22.9 | .483 | .500 | .786 | 1.3 | 1.5 | .7 | .3 | 8.6 | 7.1 | |
2013–14 | Barcelona | 20 | 5 | 20.9 | .470 | .455 | .750 | 1.7 | 1.5 | .5 | .4 | 8.9 | 9.1 |
2014–15 | 20 | 5 | 19.0 | .419 | .394 | .944 | 1.5 | 2.4 | .7 | .2 | 6.5 | 6.7 | |
2015–16 | 29 | 6 | 14.5 | .316 | .266 | .824 | 1.1 | 1.3 | .2 | .0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | |
2016–17 | 24 | 18 | 21.4 | .682 | .345 | .800 | 1.8 | 2.0 | .6 | .2 | 5.3 | 6.0 | |
Career | 126 | 47 | 18.7 | .428 | .391 | .821 | 1.4 | 1.4 | .5 | .2 | 6.3 | 5.5 |
Awards and accomplishments
- Top of The World Tournament: MVP (2003)
- 2x Great Northwest Athletic Conference: Steals Leader (2003, 2005)
- 2x Great Northwest Athletic Conference: Scoring Leader (2004, 2005)
- 2x Great Northwest Athletic Conference: Player of the Year (2004, 2005)
- Great Northwest Athletic Conference: 3 Point Shots Made Leader (2005)
- University of Alaska Fairbanks: All-Time Career Scoring Leader
- NCAA Division II All-American First Team: (2005)
- USBL All-Rookie Team: (2005)
- USBL Champion: (2005)
- Spanish LEB2 Champion: (2007)
- Spanish League Rising Star Award: (2009)
- 2x Spanish League Champion: (2010, 2014)
- Spanish Cup Winner: (2013)
- Spanish Supercup Winner: (2015)
References
- ^ a b "Brad Oleson jura la Constitución y apunta a la Selección Española". solobasket.com (in Spanish). October 21, 2009.
- ^ Brad Oleson Day set for Saturday in North Pole
- ^ "Noticiasdealava.com El Baskonia cierra con el Real Madrid la venta de Prigioni y la llegada de Oleson" [Baskonia closes the sale of Prigioni and the arrival of Oleson with Real Madrid]. Diario (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
- ^ "El Barça Regal incorpora al escolta Brad Oleson". fcbarcelona.es (in Spanish). 28 January 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "Acuerdo de renovación con Brad Oleson hasta 2017". fcbarcelona.es (in Spanish). 3 March 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "Brad Oleson se alista en los Tercios del UCAM Murcia CB". ucamdeportes.com (in Spanish). 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "San Emeterio and Oleson new faces for Spain NT". TalkBasket.com. Archived from the original on 2010-08-23.
External links
- Brad Oleson at acb.com (in Spanish)
- Brad Oleson at draftexpress.com
- Brad Oleson at eurobasket.com
- Brad Oleson at euroleague.net
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Alaska Nanooks men's basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American men's basketball players
- Baloncesto Fuenlabrada players
- Basketball players from Alaska
- FC Barcelona Bàsquet players
- Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
- Liga ACB players
- Naturalised citizens of Spain
- Sportspeople from Fairbanks, Alaska
- People from North Pole, Alaska
- Point guards
- Saski Baskonia players
- Shooting guards
- Spanish men's basketball players