Crystal Bradford

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Crystal Bradford
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Bradford in Brazil (2015)
Free agent
Position Guard
Personal information
Born (1993-11-01) November 1, 1993 (age 31)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school Inkster (Inkster, Michigan)
College Central Michigan (2011–2015)
WNBA draft 2015: 1st round, 7th overall pick
Drafted by Los Angeles Sparks
Career history
2015 Los Angeles Sparks
2016Vimpelin Veto
2017Flint Lady Monarchs
2017–2018Elitzur Holon
2018–2019Bnot Hertzeliya
2020–2011 Beşiktaş JK
2021 Ramat Hasharon
2021 Atlanta Dream
2021–2022 AZS Poznań
2022–2023 Uni Girona CB
2023 Los Angeles Sparks
2023 Athletes Unlimited League
2025 Las Vegas Aces
Career highlights
Stats at Basketball Reference   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Medals
Women's Basketball
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World University Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Kazan Team

Crystal Bradford (born November 1, 1993) is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. A star college player at Central Michigan University, she made history being the first player in the CMU program to ever be drafted to the WNBA. She was drafted seventh overall by the Los Angeles Sparks in the 2015 WNBA draft.

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Early life

Crystal Bradford attended Inkster High School.

College career

Bradford finished her college career as CMU's all-time leader in points (2,006), rebounds (1,140), made field goals (805) and blocks (177). She was the first CMU player to be drafted in the WNBA draft. [1]

Professional career

United States

Bradford was drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks with the 7th pick in the 2015 WNBA draft. She appeared in 15 games during the 2015 season, averaging 2.7 points per game.

During the summer of 2017, she played for the Flint Lady Monarchs of the Global Women's Basketball Association, helping the team win the GWBA title while being named the Finals MVP. [2]

In April 2021, Bradford signed with the Atlanta Dream. [3] On 24 August 2021, Bradford sustained a Jones fracture in her right foot and missed the remainder of the season. [4] For the season she averaged 8.8 points and 3.8 rebounds. In October 2021, it was reported that the Dream would not resign Bradford after a footage of her involvement in a fight outside of a club in Atlanta in May 2021 circulated on social media. [5] [6]

In February 2022, Bradford signed with the Chicago Sky. [7]

In May 2023, Bradford was waived by the Los Angeles Sparks after one preseason game. She scored 4 points against the Phoenix Mercury on May 12, 2023. [8]

On February 21, 2025, Bradford signed a training camp contract with Las Vegas Aces. [9] On June 11, she was waived by the Aces. [10]

Overseas

In January 2016, Bradford signed with Vimpelin Veto of the Naisten Korisliiga. In 11 games she averaged 15.8 points and 10.1 rebounds per game.

She played for Israel club Elitzur Holon during the 2017–2018 season. In 26 games, she averaged 19.6 points 13.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.5 steals helping Elitzur to both league and Cup finals. [2]

In May 2018, Bradford signed with Bnot Hertzeliya. [2] In 23 games for the club, she averaged 22.1 points and 14.5 rebounds. [11]

During the 2020–21 season, she played first played for Beşiktaş JK where she averaged 20.2 points, 10.9 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.0 steals in 19 games. [12] She later signed with Ramat Hasharon, where she averaged 19.3 points, 9.8 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.5 steals in 11 games. [12]

In May 2021, Bradford signed to play for Basket Liga Kobiet club AZS Poznań for the 2021–22 season. [12]

Athletes Unlimited

Bradford appeared in Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball in 2023, finishing 7th on the season. In 2024, she finished 3rd on the leaderboard.

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold Career best°League leader

WNBA

Stats current through game on June 7, 2025

WNBA regular season statistics [13]
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2015 Los Angeles 1519.5.278.231.7141.30.50.40.10.32.7
2016Did not play (injury)
2017Did not appear in league
2018
2019Did not play (waived)
2020Did not appear in league
2021 Atlanta 24918.3.429.358.4623.81.51.20.42.38.8
2025 Las Vegas 406.0.333.000—1.30.30.50.00.31.0
Career3 years, 3 teams391014.9.396.327.5002.81.10.90.30.76.5

College

NCAA statistics [14]
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2011–12 Central Michigan 321926.2.420.254.5108.42.42.21.83.014.2
2012–13 332428.2.432.309.5939.93.02.31.83.516.1
2013–14 292031.9.408.323.51612.24.62.71.33.820.3
2014–15 221933.0.400.252.6678.63.52.51.03.719.6
Career1168229.5.415.292.5629.83.32.41.53.517.3

References

  1. ↑ "CMU's Crystal Bradford will become first player in program history to get drafted on Thursday night" . Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Lior Mor (May 21, 2018). "Crystal Bradford signs at Bnot Hertzeliya". Eurobasket.com . Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  3. ↑ Spencer Nusbaum (June 12, 2021). "Nobody is having more fun than Crystal Bradford". The Next Hoops. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Crystal Bradford Injury Update". Atlanta Dream . WNBA. August 31, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  5. ↑ Scott Polacek (October 6, 2021). "Dream Won't Re-Sign Courtney Williams, Crystal Bradford After May Brawl Outside Club". Bleacher Report . Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  6. ↑ Mechelle Voepel (October 6, 2021). "Atlanta Dream won't bring back Courtney Williams, Crystal Bradford after fight, agent says". ESPN . Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Chicago Sky Sign Crystal Bradford". Chicago Sky. February 5, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Los Angeles Sparks Waive Crystal Bradford and Reshanda Gray – Los Angeles Sentinel". Los Angeles Sentinel. May 14, 2023. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Las Vegas Aces Sign Crystal Bradford to Training Camp Contract". Aces.WNBA.Com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. February 21, 2025. Retrieved February 22, 2025. Bradford has extensive international experience, competing in China, Finland, Israel, Poland and Turkey.
  10. ↑ "'Just trying something:' Aces waive forward, add new one in roster shuffle". Las Vegas Review-Journal. June 11, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Bnot Hertzeliya basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-eurobasket". EuroBasket.com . Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  12. 1 2 3 "Crystal Bradford is a newcomer at Poznan". Eurobasket.com . May 17, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Crystal Bradford WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference.
  14. ↑ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
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