Bradley Scott Oleson Lashinski (born April 11, 1983) is an American-born naturalized

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professional basketball player who currently plays for Amyntas BC of the Greek A2 League. He is a tall point guard- shooting guard. His hometown of

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, celebrates "Brad Oleson Day", every year, on April 24.

College career

Oleson played

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at the

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. Even though Alaska Fairbanks had a record of 4-23 the season before Oleson arrived at the school, in the three seasons that Oleson played with Fairbanks, the school's record was 64-24. He also set the

Great Northwest Athletic Conference The Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. It has historically operated in the northwestern United States, but al ...

record for the most Player of the Week Awards won, with 9.

Professional career

Oleson began his professional career in the year 2005, with the

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of the

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. He then moved to

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, where he first played in the Spanish LEB2 League, and then later in the Spanish LEB League. In 2008, he joined the Spanish ACB League club

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. In 2009, he was supposed to play for Real Madrid, but his rights were soon transferred to rivals

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, in exchange for

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and Sergi Vidal. On 28 January 2013, Oleson signed a two-year deal with the Spanish team

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. On March 3, 2015, he signed a two-year extension with the club. On 13 July 2017, Oleson signed a two-year contract with Spanish club UCAM Murcia.

Spain national team

In October 2009, Oleson acquired Spanish nationality, and was selected to the senior men's Spain national team training camp pre-squad for the

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Career statistics

EuroLeague

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Awards and accomplishments

*Top of The World Tournament:

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(2003) *2x

: Steals Leader (2003, 2005) *2x Great Northwest Athletic Conference: Scoring Leader (2004, 2005) *2x Great Northwest Athletic Conference: Player of the Year (2004, 2005) *Great Northwest Athletic Conference: 3 Point Shots Made Leader (2005) *

: All-Time Career Scoring Leader *

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All-American First Team: (2005) *

All-Rookie Team: (2005) *

Champion: (2005) * Spanish LEB2 Champion: (2007) * Spanish League Rising Star Award: (2009) *2x Spanish League Champion: ( 2010,

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) *

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Winner: (

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) * Spanish Supercup Winner: ( 2015)