Brad Waldow

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Brad Waldow
Free agent
Position Power forward
Personal information
Born (1991-12-30) December 30, 1991 (age 32)
Houston, Texas
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school Ponderosa (Shingle Springs, California)
College St. Mary's (2010–2015)
NBA draft 2015: undrafted
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–2016 Antwerp Giants
2016–2017 Fos Provence Basket
2017–2018 Turów Zgorzelec
2018 Caen Basket Calvados
2018–2020 Nishinomiya Storks
2020 Toyotsu Fighting Eagles Nagoya
2021 Toyoda Gosei Scorpions
2021–2022 Racing Luxembourg
2022–2023 Peja
2023–2024 Bashkimi
Career highlights and awards

Brad Ernest Waldow (born December 30, 1991) is an American basketball player who last played for the Bashkimi of the Kosovo Superleague. He competed in college for the St. Mary's Gaels.

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Early life

Waldow began playing competitive basketball in eighth grade. In his sophomore season at Ponderosa High School, he slimmed down and had a growth spurt that saw him increase his height from 6'2 to 6'7. Waldow averaged 26 points and 11 rebounds per game as a senior. Despite this, he was lightly recruited and one of the few collegiate offers came from St. Mary's. [1]

College career

Waldow redshirted his freshman year at St. Mary's, which he used to add muscle to his frame. [1] In an overtime win against San Diego on March 10, 2013, Waldow contributed 23 points, 16 rebounds, and four blocked shots and had a tooth knocked out while fighting for a rebound. He then tried to hand the tooth to coach Randy Bennett. [2] After the incident, Waldow used a vampire mouthguard and had reconstructive dental surgery. [1]

Due to better conditioning, Waldow put up 15 points and 7.5 rebounds per game as a junior and improved his post game. [1] Waldow was a First-Team All-West Coast Conference and NABC All-District selection as a junior and senior. He set a career high with 29 points in a game against Boise State on December 6, 2014. As a senior, Waldow posted 19.0 points and 9.1 rebounds per game. He was one of two players in the country to average in excess of 19 points and nine rebounds per game alongside Iona's David Laury. He finished his St. Mary's career ranked second in games played with 134 and fourth in points (1,743), rebounds (900) and blocks (133). Waldow participated in the Reese's Division I College All-Star Game on April 3, 2015, and had 12 points and six rebounds. [3]

Professional career

Prior to the 2015 NBA draft, Waldow worked out with a number of NBA teams including the Milwaukee Bucks. [3] In August 2015, Waldow signed with the Antwerp Giants of the Belgian league. [4] He was inside the Brussels airport at the time of the terror attacks of March 22, 2016. Waldow was scheduled to board a flight to Italy to play in the FIBA Europe Cup, but did not get on the plane due to the attacks. According to Waldow, he was inside the food court with a teammate when he heard screams and ran downstairs to meet with the rest of the team. [5]

He later played with Fos Provence Basket of the French Liga B and averaged 11.1 points and 6 rebounds per game. In September 2017, Waldow inked with the Turów Zgorzelec of the Polish Basketball League. [6] He posted 13.3 points and 7.6 rebounds per game in Poland. On August 1, 2018, Waldow signed with Caen Basket Calvados of the French second division. [7] On November 16, Waldow parted way with the team and announced tohe was heading to Japan, [8] and signed with Nishinomiya Storks of the Japanese second division on December 6, 2018. [9] During the 2019–20 season, he averaged 21.1 points, 10.4 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game. On June 30, 2020, Waldow signed with Toyotsu Fighting Eagles Nagoya. [10]

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