{"id":3265,"date":"2025-07-18T13:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T13:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/3265\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T13:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T13:54:10","slug":"bradtke-is-back-bullets-sign-familiar-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/3265\/","title":{"rendered":"Bradtke is back: Bullets sign familiar name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jensen Bradtke, son of 2002 MVP and 10-time All-NBL First Team member Mark Bradtke, is ready to continue the family legacy after signing with the Bullets as a Development Player for the next two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old forward is following in his father\u2019s footsteps, stepping onto the court with the same winning mindset that helped the Bullets claim their last championship in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Bradtke currently plays for the Gold Coast Rollers in the NBL1 North, where he&#8217;s averaging 19.1 points and 9.4 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means the world to sign with the Bullets,\u201d he said. \u201cKnowing Dad played here makes it extra special, and I\u2019m grateful for the opportunity to learn and grow alongside the guys in this environment. I\u2019m ready to work hard and contribute however I can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bradtke previously played college basketball in the NCAA Division I system with the University of Montana Grizzlies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got size, he\u2019s tough, and he\u2019s hungry to improve \u2013 and that\u2019s exactly what we want from our development players,\u201d Bullets head coach Stu Lash said. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to have him join the group and take the next step in his professional basketball journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bradtke is the latest addition to a growing list of off-season signings, joining Jacob Holt and Taine Murray at the club as fellow signings out of college.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/687451e40ce51cb263571662_681e823466fb3c3c5ee8dd7a_a6e0d0a0-c9da-4bd4-bf10-ca5514573639.jpeg\" alt=\"1920x250 (2)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jensen Bradtke, son of 2002 MVP and 10-time All-NBL First Team member Mark Bradtke, is ready to continue&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-3265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}