Brad Tinsley

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.

Brad Tinsley

No. 5 – Porto
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
League	LPB
Personal information
Born	(1989-05-10) May 10, 1989 (age 34) Oregon City, Oregon
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school	Oregon City (Oregon City, Oregon)
College	Vanderbilt (2008–2012)
NBA draft	2012: undrafted
Playing career	2012–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–present	FC Porto
Career highlights and awards
Portuguese League champion (2016) Portuguese Cup winner (2019) 2× Portuguese League Cup winner (2016, 2021) 2× Portuguese Supercup winner (2016, 2019)

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

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2008–09	Vanderbilt	31	28	31.0	.419	.411	.824	2.5	2.8	.6	.2	11.0
2009–10	Vanderbilt	33	27	26.0	.405	.295	.865	2.5	2.8	.5	.2	7.0
2010–11	Vanderbilt	34	34	32.7	.436	.369	.824	3.7	4.6	.8	.2	10.6
2011–12	Vanderbilt	36	36	27.5	.474	.415	.855	2.6	4.1	.6	.1	9.0
Career		134	125	29.2	.434	.377	.838	2.8	3.6	.6	.2	9.4

Career highs

• Points: 20 @ Alabama 3/12/09
• Rebounds: 10 – 2 times
• Assists: 10 – 2 times
• Steals: 3 – 3 times
• 3-point field-goals made: 5 – 2 times

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

Season	League	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2012–13	Basketball League Belgium	Okapi Aalstar	4	1	19.5	.333	.286	.000	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	4.5
2012–13	EuroChallenge	Okapi Aalstar	3	0	25.7	.529	.500	.000	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.0	7.3
2012–13	LNB Pro B	Saint-Vallier	13	9	28.0	.421	.413	.806	2.7	1.7	0.5	0.1	10.3
2014	State Basketball League	Lakeside	31	–	40.3	.501	.370	.802	4.4	6.0	0.7	0.2	28.4
2014–15	2. Basketball Bundesliga	Heidelberg	33	–	33.4	.548	.396	.767	3.8	3.5	0.8	0.0	16.8

Personal life

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

References

1. Greenfield, Patrick (April 9, 2008). "6A Boys All State Basketball Team". OregonLive.com. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
2. Mills, Marshall (March 19, 2008). "Oregon City's Tinsley named Gatorade Oregon Player of the Year". OregonLive.com. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
3. "Brad Tinsley Bio". vucommodores.com. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
4. Binder, Doug. (PDF). conradmorse.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 19, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2011.
5. Brown, Tim (December 29, 2007). "Game 32: Archbishop Mitty 86, Oregon City 75 - FINAL". OregonLive.com. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
6. "Brad Tinsley – Basketball Recruiting – Player Profiles". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
7. Odom, Joel (January 28, 2008). "Pepperdine releases Tinsley". OregonLive.com. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
8. Norwood, Robyn; Yoon, Peter (January 18, 2008). "Pepperdine's coach resigns". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
9. . NashvilleCityPaper.com. May 2, 2008. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
10. "Final: Vanderbilt 88, Presbyterian 47". vucommodores.com. November 12, 2010. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
11. "EiffelTowers nabs combo-guard Brad Tinsley". Eurobasket.com. July 24, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
12. "Okapi Aalstar lands Brad Tinsley to replace Jason Clark". Sportando.com. December 26, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
13. Brad Tinsley departs Okapi Aalstar
14. "Brad Tinsley agreed terms with St Vallier". Eurobasket.com. February 5, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
15. Brad Tinsley signs with Saint Vallier
16. . Lakeside.asn.au. January 20, 2014. Archived from the original on December 12, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
17. . Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
18. Lightning overcome Senators in triple OT epic (Week 2 Saturday night Quarter Final SBL wrap)
19. Bradley Tinsley signs a deal in Germany with MLP Academics Heidelberg
20. Brad Tinsley reforça FC Porto August 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
21. "Brad Tinsley officially signs with Junior Casale". Sportando. Retrieved July 6, 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}
22. "Oficial: Brad Tinsley está de regresso ao FC Porto" (in Portuguese). O Jogo. February 26, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2019.

External links

• Vanderbilt Commodores bio
• Eurobasket.com profile
• Yahoo.com profile
• Scout.com profile