k07
Years ago

Bradtke Retires

Sad to see. What a champion. Wherever he played, truly awesome.

The National Basketball League has lost a long-serving legend of the game with 20 year veteran and former Most Valuable Player Mark Bradtke announcing his retirement.

A winner of the NBL's MVP award in 2002, the competition's all-time leader in rebounds with 6283 and a selection in both the League's 20th Season and 25th Anniversary teams, Bradtke was one of the most dominant big-men ever to play in Australia.

Full article on the NBL site

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Anonymous
Years ago

GG Hogey.

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booga
Years ago

will he be staying in qld to live or here in s.a or vic.
if he moves back here do people think it would benifit bsa by having mark run big man camps here in s.a?

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Anonymous
Years ago

Who needs Bradtke, we've got Jerry Dennard!

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Anonymous
Years ago

I hear that he will be moving back to Melbourne and his wife will pursue her career as a coach on the pro tour.

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Anonymous
Years ago

God bless him, his friends and his family.

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Lommax
Years ago

Gold Anonymous(#125456)

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Anonymous
Years ago

Im not sad to see him finally retire. Has been a great consistent player over long period, but its time for another younger big to dominate the league.

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Andrew
Years ago

Unquestionably, the greatest centre in NBL history, Australian or American. Bradtke was also, from an SA perspective, the last remaining player to have represented the Sixers during the Apollo years.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Andrew you are spot on about Bradtke's shoes hitting the pine at Apollo while no other existing current player who is on an active roster of an NBL club can claim to have done that. Its the closing of the doors on an era that silly fans didn't really see when they booed and booed him for every game for many years everytime he touched the ball. Instead we should have been thankful to whatever or something up there that we could still watch the old Apollo man.

Thank you Andrew for this information because I was unaware of it until you posted it here.

As a side note, how good is Arcade Fire's new album. Sensational!

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Anonymous
Years ago

No Cars Go is f*cking awesome.

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billo
Years ago

Here here, I'd like to propose a toast to his great career.

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Anonymous
Years ago

No Cars Go, Intervention, Anti-Christ Television Blues, Keep The Car Running...All pure gold from the heavens!

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Tce44
Years ago

Boti's column in todays paper is gold.

The last two paragraphs have only made me respect him more.