Jim Bradley (basketball)


James Arthur Bradley was an American basketball player.

Early life and education

Bradley was born and raised in East Chicago, Indiana. He was a star athlete at Roosevelt High School. In 1970, he led the East Chicago Roosevelt Roughriders to the Indiana Boys State Basketball title; in 1972, he was named the MVP of the Midwestern Conference.
He played collegiately for nearby Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois.

Career

Bradley was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the third round of the 1974 NBA draft. Bradley played for the Kentucky Colonels and Denver Nuggets in the ABA for 98 games.

Death

In 1982, Bradley was found dead at age 29 in an alley in Portland, Oregon. The police later determined that he was shot in the back in a drug-related deal.