Mike Bratz

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Michael Louis Bratz (born October 17, 1955) is a retired American basketball player and former the assistant general manager for the Sacramento Kings.[1] He played professionally in the NBA for the Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers, San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls, Golden State Warriors, and Sacramento Kings.

Early life and career

Bratz was born in Lompoc, California, and graduated from Lompoc High School. He played college basketball at Allan Hancock College and Stanford University.[2]

After being selected by the Phoenix Suns in the 1977 NBA draft,[3] and made his NBA debut on October 18, 1977, with the Suns.[4] Bratz played nine seasons in the NBA. He is famous for being the last Bulls player to wear number 23 prior to Michael Jordan.[5] Referencing his time wearing number 23 while with the Bulls, Bratz appeared in a commercial for the Chicago area sports bar Candlelite in 2008. The commercial teased that he was Michael Jordan before being revealed on camera, to which he said "What, you're expecting someone else?"

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
 *  Led the league

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1977–78 Phoenix 80 – 11.7 .403 – .824 1.4 1.5 0.5 0.1 4.7
1978–79 Phoenix 77 – 16.8 .454 – .818 1.8 2.3 0.8 0.1 8.1
1979–80 Phoenix 82 – 19.4 .392 .244 .870 2.0 2.7 1.1 0.1 8.5
1980–81 Cleveland 80 – 32.4 .390 .337* .811 2.5 5.7 1.7 0.2 10.0
1981–82 San Antonio 81 3 20.0 .407 .333 .783 2.0 5.4 0.8 0.1 7.7
1982–83 Chicago 15 0 9.3 .333 .125 .769 1.3 1.5 0.5 0.0 2.6
1983–84 Golden State 82 0 17.4 .409 .294 .876 1.7 3.1 1.0 0.1 6.8
1984–85 Golden State 56 6 13.3 .424 .231 .841 1.0 2.2 0.8 0.1 5.1
1985–86 Sacramento 33 0 8.2 .371 .286 .778 0.7 1.2 0.4 0.0 2.1
Career 586 9 18.1 .407 .305 .830 1.8 3.2 0.9 0.1 7.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1978 Phoenix 2 – 4.5 .200 – – 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0
1979 Phoenix 15 – 19.5 .496 – .763 1.4 2.0 1.0 0.2 10.6
1980 Phoenix 8 – 21.1 .512 .391 .900 2.5 2.0 1.1 0.0 13.0
1982 San Antonio 9 – 20.0 .288 .278 .800 1.6 5.3 1.0 0.0 4.8
1986 Sacramento 3 0 5.0 .500 – 1.000 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 2.3
Career 37 0 18.0 .454 .341 .788 1.6 2.6 0.9 0.1 8.5

References

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