Brad Tinsley

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Brad Tinsley
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No. 5Porto
Position Point guard / shooting guard
League LPB
Personal information
Born (1989-05-10) May 10, 1989 (age 35)
Oregon City, Oregon
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school Oregon City (Oregon City, Oregon)
College Vanderbilt (2008–2012)
NBA draft 2012: undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2013 Okapi Aalstar
2013 SVBD
2014 Lakeside Lightning
2014–2015 MLP Academics Heidelberg
2015–2017 FC Porto
2017 Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas
2017–2018 Chemnitz 99
2018–2019 Junior Casale
2019–presentFC Porto
Career highlights and awards

Bradley Glen Tinsley (born May 10, 1989) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was the starting point guard and played high school basketball at Oregon City High School in Oregon City, Oregon, where he was a top recruit. Tinsley currently plays for FC Porto in the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol.

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High school career

In 2008, Tinsley led the Pioneers to state runner-up as a senior. He averaged 25 points, seven rebounds, seven assists, and three steals during the season. Tinsley also won the Oregon Player of the Year [1] as well as the Gatorade Player of the Year in the state of Oregon [2] in his last season at Oregon City High School. He finished second in all-time leading scoring for "big schools" and fourth overall in the state of Oregon. [3] First on that list is Cleveland Cavaliers power forward Kevin Love. [4] In December 2007, his squad was the runner-up at the Les Schwab Invitational. [5]

Tinsley was a first-team all-league selection in all four years of high school and was all-state in his junior and senior seasons. He also lettered four times in basketball and baseball and lettered twice in football. [3]

Recruiting

Tinsley was ranked 93rd in the ESPNU top 100 and was ranked 15th among point guards. [6] Tinsley originally committed to Pepperdine University but was released from his letter of intent in January 2008 [7] after the head coach, Vance Walberg, unexpectedly resigned. [8] Tinsley later signed with Vanderbilt [9] after also considering Wake Forest University. He was also recruited by the University of Oregon, University of Southern California, and Arizona State University. [6]

College career

Tinsley played four-years of college basketball for the Vanderbilt Commodores from 2008 to 2012. As a senior, he played and started in all 36 games, averaging 9.0 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game. [3]

Tinsley became the first Commodore to record a triple-double. On November 12, 2010, Tinsley finished with 11 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. [10]

Career statistics

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2008–09 Vanderbilt 312831.0.419.411.8242.52.8.6.211.0
2009–10 Vanderbilt 332726.0.405.295.8652.52.8.5.27.0
2010–11 Vanderbilt 343432.7.436.369.8243.74.6.8.210.6
2011–12 Vanderbilt 363627.5.474.415.8552.64.1.6.19.0
Career13412529.2.434.377.8382.83.6.6.29.4

Career highs

Professional career

Tinsley went undrafted in the 2012 NBA draft. In July 2012, he signed with EiffelTowers den Bosch of the Netherlands for the 2012–13 season. [11] However, he later left EiffelTowers due to an ankle injury.

In December 2012, he signed with Okapi Aalstar of Belgium for the rest of the season. [12] On January 31, 2013, he left Okapi after just seven games. [13] On February 5, 2013, he signed with Saint-Vallier Basket Drôme of the French LNB Pro B for the rest of the season. [14] [15]

In January 2014, he signed with the Lakeside Lightning for the 2014 State Basketball League season. [16] On August 9, 2014, he recorded a massive 56 points in the Lightning's 150–144 triple-overtime win over the Stirling Senators in Game 3 of their quarter-final series. [17] [18]

On August 8, 2014, he signed with MLP Academics Heidelberg of the German Pro A league. [19]

On July 29, 2015, he signed a one-year deal with FC Porto of the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol. [20]

He briefly played for BC Vytautas in the 2017–2018 season, but left in December. He joined BV Chemnitz of the German Pro A and averaged 9.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game. On July 5, 2018, Tinsley signed with A.S. Junior Pallacanestro Casale of the Italian Serie A2, [21] but he returned to FC Porto soon after, joining the Portuguese side in February 2019. [22]

Career statistics

SeasonLeagueTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2012–13
Basketball League Belgium
Okapi Aalstar
4119.5.333.286.0001.01.00.00.04.5
2012–13
EuroChallenge 3025.7.529.500.0001.01.30.30.07.3
2012–13
LNB Pro B
Saint-Vallier
13928.0.421.413.8062.71.70.50.110.3
2014
State Basketball League 3140.3.501.370.8024.46.00.70.228.4
2014–15
2. Basketball Bundesliga 3333.4.548.396.7673.83.50.80.016.8

Personal life

Tinsley's wife, Margaret, played college basketball at UC Santa Barbara. [16]

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