What Is Shawn Bradley's Height And What Is His Net Worth? - The Sun

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SHAWN Bradley is a former German-American basketball player who played center for the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, and Dallas Mavericks.

The sports star was recently “paralyzed” in a bike accident in which a car struck him from behind.

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What is Shawn Bradley’s height?

Former NBA star Shawn Bradley was one of the tallest players in the league, standing at 7ft 6in.

Raised in Landstuhl, Germany, Bradley once agreed to have a geneticist named John Kauwe conduct a study on his stature which involved “extracting and sequencing his DNA”, as reported by the Wall Street Journal.

“Shawn had this incredibly unique combination of genetic variants,” Kauwe said.

“Any one of them can be carried by any one of us. But he happens to have a whole lot of the ones that make you taller and very few of the ones that make you shorter.”

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The findings from the study were published in the International Journal of Genomics.

“He just hit the jackpot,” added Mark Ebberts, one of the co-authors of Kauwe’s study.

The probability of anyone else in the world being born with Bradley’s genetic combination is 1 in 10 to the 30th power, which in translation, equals “less than 1 divided by the number of stars in the galaxy,” Kauwe said.

What is his net worth?

The retired basketball player is allegedly worth $27million according to Celebrity Net Worth.

Bradley played college basketball at Brigham Young University from 1990 until 1991.

The Philadelphia 76ers drafted him with second overall pick of the first round during the 1993 NBA draft.

He played with the 76ers until 1995, before moving on to the New Jersey Nets until 1997, and then the Dallas Mavericks from 1997 until 2005.

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He retired in 2005 with 6,752 career points, 5,268 rebounds and 2,119 blocks.

As well as playing in the NBA, Bradley also played on the men’s national German basketball team.

After his retirement, he went on to coach in Utah, where he currently lives with his wife and five children.

Bradley and his family are all practicing Mormons.

How was Shawn Bradley left “paralyzed?”

The seven-foot-six NBA legend was hit by the vehicle when he was traveling from his home in Utah back on January 20.

In a statement today, Dallas Mavericks said that Bradley suffered a traumatic spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed.

The sports star underwent neck fusion surgery and has since been in hospital undergoing rehabilitation, according to the team.

“Doctors have advised him that his road to recovery will be both long and arduous, perhaps an even more difficult physical challenge than playing basketball,” the statement read.

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Bradley is reportedly in “good spirits” and plans to “use his accident as a platform to bring greater public awareness to the importance of bicycle safety.”

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Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said: “We are saddened to hear of Shawn’s accident. Shawn has always been incredible determined and shown a fighting spirit.

“We wish him nothing but the best in his recovery. He will always be a part of our Mavs family.”

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