Ramel "Smooth" Bradley (born February 5, 1985) is a retired American professional

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player who last played for Ankara DSİ of the

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. He played college basketball at the

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High school

Bradley attended Manhattan Park West High School in

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under coach Abram White, where he averaged 20.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game as a senior. From there he spent a year at the

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at IMG Academy in

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. He was then offered a scholarship to play at Kentucky, and was part of the recruiting class that included

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, Joe Crawford, and

Randolph Morris Randolph Albert Morris (born January 2, 1986) is a retired former American professional basketball player. High school As a senior for Atlanta, Georgia's Landmark Christian High School, Morris nearly averaged a triple-double at 23.0 ppg, 16.0 rpg ...

College

Although he was not a starter as a freshman, he played in every game and averaged 5.8 points per game during

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play. By his sophomore season, he was averaging 7.9 points per game, but was forced out with a broken left hand towards the end of the season. He averaged 13.4 points during his junior season, and opted to return for his senior season, despite the departure of

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. Bradley exploded to average 20+ PPG in SEC play his senior season.

After college

Ramel Bradley was invited by the

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to play in the

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, because the

liked his effort he gave in workouts and other

camps in which Bradley participated. He started playing European basketball in Zagreb, Croatia for the

Cedevita Zagreb Košarkaški klub Cedevita Junior ( en, Cedevita Junior Basketball Club), also known as Cedevita Junior, is a men's basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. The club is named after its main sponsor Cedevita, and competes in the Croatian HT Premi ...

team, where he wore the number twelve. Ramel averaged 15.1 points and 2.4 assists during 2008–2009 season with Cedevita. On June 28, 2009, Ramel Bradley signed with a French PRO-A team

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. He played the entire 2009–2010 season with the team, averaging 12.0 points, 3.7 assists, 2.7 rebounds and 1.0 steal per appearance. On August 10, 2010, Bradley signed to play for the Israeli team

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. After the eighteenth game of the season Bradley suffered a knee injury that forced him to undergo a surgery and miss the rest of the season. On January 26, 2012, after playing twelve games for Maccabi Ashdod at the beginning of 2011–2012 season, Bradley signed with the team of

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. He had his debut on the 29th with a winning of Hapoel over

Barak Netanya Elitzur Ironi Netanya ( he, אליצור עירוני קוסמוס נדל"ן נתניה) is a professional basketball club based in Netanya, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, since its promotion in 2021. History Eli ...

. On August 5, 2012, after playing the last season at

and

, Bradley stayed in the Israeli Top League, and signed to play for

Non-basketball activities

Bradley, who graduated from UK with a degree in

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, has moved back to Kentucky in 2017 and is with an organization in eastern Kentucky called AppHarvest that is promoting agriculture in

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. They are building greenhouses, as well as educating high school students in agriculture.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bradley, Ramel 1985 births Living people African-American basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Croatia American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Turkey Basketball players from New York City Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. players Hapoel Holon players JDA Dijon Basket players KK Cedevita players Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball players Maccabi Ashdod B.C. players Point guards Türk Telekom B.K. players Yeşilgiresun Belediye players American men's basketball players 21st-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American people