Bradford Burgess (born April 29, 1990) is an American professional

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player who last played for

Liège Basket Liège Basket was a Belgian professional basketball club from Liège. The club competed in the BNXT League. Founded in 1967, the team played at 5,600 seat Country Hall Ethias Liège. The club was one of the traditional clubs in Belgian basketbal ...

of the

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. Born in

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, Burgess played four seasons for the

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team, from 2008 till 2012. His jersey number 20 was retired by the Rams.

Professional career

Burgess started his professional career in Belgium with the Stella Artois Leuven Bears. He played two seasons in

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. In 2014, Brugess signed with

Orlandina Basket Orlandina Basket, known as Infodrive Capo d'Orlando for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Capo d'Orlando, Sicily. It plays in the second tier Serie A2 Basket. Founded in 1978, it was one of the you ...

of the Italian

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(LBA) and parted ways with them on March 25, 2015. On August 26, 2015, Burgess signed for the

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of the Austrian ÖBL. On July 1, 2016, Burgess signed with

Alba Fehérvár Alba Fehérvár is a Hungarian professional basketball club based in Székesfehérvár that compete Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the premier division of basketball in Hungary. Founded as the successor of Székesfehérvári MDSE, they took the Hungarian c ...

. With Alba, Burgess won the 2017 Hungarian Cup tournament. On January 27, 2018, Burgess signed with

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of the

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(DBL), who acquired him as a replacement for Stephen Domingo who suffered a season-ending injury. With Donar, he won the 2017–18 DBL championship, as well did he advance to the semifinals of the

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. He signed with

of the Belgian league on August 14, 2018. The Oklahoma City Blue has named Bradford Burgess an assistant coach on Head Coach Grant Gibbs’ staff, the team announced in January 2021. Burgess came to the Blue after spending the 2019-20 season as a performance analyst for the Oklahoma City Thunder. In 2021, Burgess was hired by the Chicago Bulls as a Player Development Coordinator. In May 2023, Burgess moved back to VCU as the Director of Student-Athlete Development.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burgess, Bradford 1990 births Living people Alba Fehérvár players American expatriate basketball people in Austria American expatriate basketball people in Belgium American expatriate basketball people in Hungary American expatriate basketball people in Italy American men's basketball players Basketball players from Richmond, Virginia Donar (basketball club) players Dutch Basketball League players Falco KC Szombathely players Leuven Bears players Liège Basket players Orlandina Basket players People from Midlothian, Virginia Small forwards VCU Rams men's basketball players 21st-century American sportsmen