- Brad Sellers
Bradley Donn Sellers (born
December 17 ,1962 inWarrensville Heights, Ohio ) is a retired American professionalbasketball player. A 7'0" power forward/center fromOhio State University , he was selected by theChicago Bulls in the first round (ninth pick overall) of the1986 NBA Draft .Sellers was a controversial selection among the Bulls' staff and players. General manager
Jerry Krause was attracted to Sellers because of his above-average shooting ability, which was rare in a player of Seller's size.Michael Jordan and others, however, had wanted Krause to draftJohnny Dawkins , a hard-playing guard fromDuke University and a friend of Jordan [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/1999/jordan_retires/archive/871109/] . Sellers eventually became a part-time starter for the Bulls, but he never averaged more than 9.5 points or 4.7 rebounds in a season, and with the emergence of forwardScottie Pippen during the1988 NBA Playoffs , he began to see his playing time diminish [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/1999/jordan_retires/archive/880516/] . In1989 , he was finally traded to theSeattle SuperSonics for the 18th overall pick of the NBA Draft, which would becomeB. J. Armstrong .Sellers also played briefly for the
Minnesota Timberwolves and theDetroit Pistons before leaving the NBA in1993 to embark on a lengthy overseas career. Sellers played inSpain ,Israel ,Greece (Aris BC ), andFrance before retiring in2000 to become community liaison director for his hometown.External links
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/sellebr01.html Career stats] at [http://www.basketball-reference.com/ basketball-reference.com]
* [http://www.cleveland.com/news/index.ssf?/news/pd/c02selle.html A March 2, 2001 article about Brad Sellers]
* [http://www.basketpedya.com/Acc002InfJug.php?idjug=1489&idioma=3 basketpedya.com]
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