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Shawn Bradley

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🇩🇪 Germany🇺🇸 United States

American basketball player

About Shawn Bradley

Shawn Paul Bradley (born March 22, 1972) is a German-American former professional basketball player. A center, he was drafted with the second pick in the 1993 NBA draft and played for the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, and Dallas Mavericks between 1993 and 2005. He is one of the tallest players in NBA history at 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m).

Nicknamed The Stormin' Mormon, Bradley was named to the 1993-94 NBA All-Rookie Team and was the 1996-97 NBA blocks champion. Bradley was born in Landstuhl, West Germany, as his family was stationed at the U.S. military base medical facility, and grew up in Castle Dale, Utah. He holds citizenship in both the United States and Germany.

In 2021, he suffered a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the shoulders down.

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Known for
Space Jam, The Tamron Hall Show, Walker, Texas Ranger
Born
1972-03-22

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