Brad Oleson

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]

Brad Oleson
Oleson with Barcelona in April 2013.
No. 14 – Amyntas BC
PositionShooting guard / Point guard
LeagueGreek A2 League
Personal information
Born (1983-04-11) April 11, 1983
Fairbanks, Alaska
NationalityAmerican / Spanish
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High schoolNorth Pole (North Pole, Alaska)
College
NBA draft2005 / Undrafted
Playing career2005–present
Career history
2005Dodge City Legend
2005–2008Rosalía de Castro
2008–2009Fuenlabrada
2009–2013Caja Laboral
2013–2017FC Barcelona
2017–2019Murcia
2020-presentAmyntas BC
Career highlights and awards

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
Legend
  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

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

EuroLeague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2009–10 Baskonia 12113.7.408.400.857.9.4.3.15.02.8
2010–11 201120.9.407.327.8002.11.1.6.26.34.2
2011–12 10621.9.531.448.9171.41.7.7.27.47.3
2012–13 151322.9.483.500.7861.31.5.7.38.67.1
2013–14 Barcelona 20520.9.470.455.7501.71.5.5.48.99.1
2014–15 20519.0.419.394.9441.52.4.7.26.56.7
2015–16 29614.5.316.266.8241.11.3.2.03.22.6
2016–17 241821.4.682.345.8001.82.0.6.25.36.0
Career 1264718.7.428.391.8211.41.4.5.26.35.5

Awards and accomplishments

References
  1. "Brad Oleson jura la Constitución y apunta a la Selección Española". solobasket.com (in Spanish). October 21, 2009.
  2. "Brad Oleson Day set for Saturday in North Pole". Archived from the original on 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
  3. "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.
  4. "El Barça Regal incorpora al escolta Brad Oleson". fcbarcelona.es (in Spanish). 28 January 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  5. "Acuerdo de renovación con Brad Oleson hasta 2017". fcbarcelona.es (in Spanish). 3 March 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  6. "Brad Oleson se alista en los Tercios del UCAM Murcia CB". ucamdeportes.com (in Spanish). 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  7. "San Emeterio and Oleson new faces for Spain NT". TalkBasket.com. Archived from the original on 2010-08-23.
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