Bradley Bond Buckman (born January 11, 1984) is an American retired professional
basketball
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player.
College career
After playing high school basketball at
St. Michael's Academy and
Westlake, in West Lake Hills, Texas, Buckman played 4 seasons of
college basketball
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at the
University of Texas at Austin
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, with the
Texas Longhorns
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.
Professional career
Buckman went undrafted in the 2006 NBA Draft. In November 2006 he was assigned to the
Austin Toros of the NBA D-League.
In January 2008, he signed with the Romanian team
CS Universitatea Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca is a Romanian professional basketball club based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The club, for sponsorship reason under the name U-Banca Transilvania Cluj-Napoca, competes in the Liga Națională. As other sports teams that ...
.
He started the 2008–09 season in Cyprus with
Keravnos Strovolos, but was released in December 2008. In January 2009 he moved to Israel and signed with
Hapoel Gilboa Galil
Hapoel Gilboa Galil ( he, הפועל גלבוע גליל) is a professional basketball club that is based in north-east Israel. The club plays its home game in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (the top tier of Israeli basketball) in a 2,250- ...
for the rest of the season. For the 2009–10 season he signed with
Kepez Belediyesi of Turkey.
In September 2010, he signed a short–term deal with the German team
Fraport Skyliners
The Skyliners Frankfurt, currently known as Fraport Skyliners for sponsorship reasons, are a professional basketball club based in Frankfurt, Germany. Their home arena is Ballsporthalle.
The club has played in the Basketball Bundesliga sinc ...
. He left Skyliners in October 2010. In January 2011, he moved to Turkey and signed with
Antalya BB for the remainder of the season. In June 2011, he signed a one–year deal with another Turkish team
Tofaş S.K.
In August 2012, he signed a one-year deal with the Spanish team
Cajasol Sevilla. In December 2012, he parted ways with Sevilla. In January 2013, he moved to Germany and signed with
Artland Dragons for the rest of the season.
In July 2013, he signed a one-year deal with the Turkish team
Beşiktaş.
Life after basketball
In 2015, Buckman joined AQUILA Commercial, an Austin-based full services commercial real estate firm, as a tenant representation broker.
Personal life
Buckman is married to former ''
Survivor'' contestant
Alexis Jones
Alexis Whitney Jones (born July 6, 1983) is an American activist and motivational speaker best known for competing on the reality competition show '' Survivor''.
Early life and education
Jones was born in Austin, Texas, and grew up there w ...
.
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References
External links
Germanhoops.com InterviewTBLStat.net ProfileLiga ACB ProfileEurocup ProfileEurobasket.com Profile
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1984 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus
American expatriate basketball people in Germany
American expatriate basketball people in Israel
American expatriate basketball people in Romania
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi players
Artland Dragons players
Austin Toros players
Basketball players from Austin, Texas
Beşiktaş men's basketball players
Real Betis Baloncesto players
Hapoel Gilboa Galil players
Kepez Belediyesi S.K. players
Liga ACB players
McDonald's High School All-Americans
Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
Skyliners Frankfurt players
Small forwards
Texas Longhorns men's basketball players
Tofaş S.K. players
American men's basketball players