Mike Bratz

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

Regular season

|- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix | 80 || – || 11.7 || .403 || – || .824 || 1.4 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 4.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix | 77 || – || 16.8 || .454 || – || .818 || 1.8 || 2.3 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 8.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix | 82 || – || 19.4 || .392 || .244 || .870 || 2.0 || 2.7 || 1.1 || 0.1 || 8.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland | 80 || – || 32.4 || .390 ||style="background:#cfecec;"|.337* || .811 || 2.5 || 5.7 || 1.7 || 0.2 || 10.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio | 81 || 3 || 20.0 || .407 || .333 || .783 || 2.0 || 5.4 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 7.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Chicago | 15 || 0 || 9.3 || .333 || .125 || .769 || 1.3 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 2.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Golden State | 82 || 0 || 17.4 || .409 || .294 || .876 || 1.7 || 3.1 || 1.0 || 0.1 || 6.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Golden State | 56 || 6 || 13.3 || .424 || .231 || .841 || 1.0 || 2.2 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 5.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Sacramento | 33 || 0 || 8.2 || .371 || .286 || .778 || 0.7 || 1.2 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 2.1 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career |586 || 9 || 18.1 || .407 || .305 || .830 || 1.8 || 3.2 || 0.9 || 0.1 || 7.0

Playoffs

|- |style="text-align:left;"|1978 |style="text-align:left;”|Phoenix |2||–||4.5||.200||–||–||0.0||0.5||0.0||0.0||1.0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1979 |style="text-align:left;”|Phoenix |15||–||19.5||.496||–||.763||1.4||2.0||1.0||0.2||10.6 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1980 |style="text-align:left;”|Phoenix |8||–||21.1||.512||.391||.900||2.5||2.0||1.1||0.0||13.0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1982 |style="text-align:left;”|San Antonio |9||–||20.0||.288||.278||.800||1.6||5.3||1.0||0.0||4.8 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1986 |style="text-align:left;”|Sacramento |3||0||5.0||.500||–||1.000||1.3||0.3||0.0||0.0||2.3 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 37 || 0 || 18.0 || .454 || .341 || .788 || 1.6 || 2.6 || 0.9 || 0.1 || 8.5

References

1. ^ "Archived copy". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
2. ^ "Michael Louis Bratz (Mike)". databaseBasketball.com. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
3. ^ "Michael Louis Bratz". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
4. ^ "Michael Louis Bratz (Mike)". Legends of Basketball. 16 May 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
5. ^ "Bulls by the Numbers". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2012.

External links

• databaseBasketball.com
• Legends of Basketball
• Sports Illustrated: Bulls by the Numbers