GOLD COAST NBL EXPANSION SET TO BECOME A REALITY?
October 15, 2026
Jensen Bradtke
- Nationality: AUS
- Date of Birth: 4/06/04
- Place of Birth: Melbourne (VIC)
- Position: FRD
- Height (CM): 208
- Weight (KG): 100
- Junior Assoc: VIC - Sandringham
- College: Saint Mary’s (2023-2024) / University of Montana (2024-2025)
NBL CAREER OVERVIEW
NBL DEBUT
19/09/25
Age 21
LAST NBL GAME
25/10/26
TEAM HISTORY
- Brisbane Bullets2026
- Melbourne2027
CHAMPIONSHIPS
NoneBIO: Jensen Bradtke was born in Melbourne (VIC) and began playing basketball as a junior with the Sandringham basketball program. Bradtke received a scholarship to attend the Australian Institute of Sport (Canberra) in 2022. He spent two years year there and played for the program’s state league team (2022, 2023).
FAMILY: Jensen Bradtke is the son of Mark Bradtke who played 554 games in the NBL.
NBL EXPERIENCE
Jensen Bradtke made his NBL debut with the Brisbane Bullets at 21 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.
After missing the playoffs the previous season, Brisbane entered 2025/26 without Keandre Cook, James Batemon, Josh Bannan (to Tasmania), Isaac White (to Adelaide), Josh Adams, Deng Adel, Rocco Zikarsky (to Minnesota) and Emmett Naar, while Casey Prather, Tyrell Harrison, captain Mitch Norton, Tohi Smith-Milner and Sam McDaniel returned from the previous season’s main rotation.
Brisbane replaced Justin Schueller with former senior basketball advisor Stu Lash, who added Taine Murray (via Virginia), Jacob Holt (via Sacramento State), Jaylen Adams (via Sydney), Alex Ducas (via Oklahoma City), Javon Freeman-Liberty (via Chicago), Jack Purchase (via Melbourne) and development player Jensen Bradtke (via Gold Coast).
The 21-year-old signed a two-year development player deal after returning from the University of Montana and rebuilding his game with the Gold Coast Rollers, where he averaged 16.5 points, 9.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists. The son of NBL legend Mark and Olympic bronze medallist Nicole continued his family’s connection to the Bullets by wearing the same number 50 his father wore during Brisbane’s 2007 championship season.
He made his NBL debut on October 15, playing the final 1:47 as Brisbane defeated Perth 110-93 at RAC Arena.
Ten days later, he scored his first NBL point at the free-throw line during Brisbane’s 109-86 home loss to South East Melbourne.
Brisbane’s season soon became unsettled, with Freeman-Liberty released in October before returning in November, Adams cut and Dakota Mathias (via Indiana), Terry Taylor (via Stockton) and Hunter Maldonado (via South East Melbourne) added as injuries mounted. Prather underwent season-ending knee surgery, while Lash stepped down in December and assistant Darryl McDonald took over as interim coach for the remainder of the campaign.
Bradtke (0.8 points across 11 games) received limited opportunities behind Brisbane’s experienced frontcourt but gained his first professional experience while developing alongside Harrison and Smith-Milner.
His best game came against Melbourne in Bendigo on January 21, where Bradtke (6 points and 3 rebounds) made the first two field goals of his NBL career during a 98-66 loss, scoring five quick points during the fourth quarter. Holt (23 points) and Maldonado (11 points, 5 assists, and 5 steals) led Brisbane, while Tyson Walker (17 points and 5 assists) was Melbourne’s leading scorer.
Prather (24.4 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 2 steals across 12 games) and Harrison (14.9 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks across 25 games) became Brisbane’s two leading offensive players, while Freeman-Liberty (13.4 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 1.7 steals across 9 games), Taylor (11.9 points and 6.4 rebounds across 17 games), Mathias (11.8 points and 3.4 rebounds across 8 games), Holt (9.1 points and 5.1 rebounds across 22 games) and Ducas (8.5 points across 30 games) were the other main contributors.
Brisbane closed the season at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on February 20, where Maldonado (16 points, 4 rebounds, and 6 assists) and Murray (13 points and 3 assists) led the Bullets, while Kendric Davis (31 points and 8 assists) carried Sydney to a 117-77 win, leaving Brisbane last on the ladder with a 6-27 record and 13 consecutive losses as Bradtke (1 rebound) played 6:59.
Jensen Bradtke currently plays for the Melbourne United and has played 14 games in his NBL career. He has averaged 0.6 points, 0.7 rebounds, and 0.1 assists since entering the league in 2025.
CURRENT CONTRACT:
Melbourne United – 2 Year Deal (2026-28)
2nd Year Full Roster
NBL TOTAL STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 22 | Melbourne | 4-5 (7) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | ||
| 2025-26 | 21 | Brisbane | 6-27 (10) | 13 | 48 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 23% | 1 | 11 | 9% | 2 | 4 | 50% | 30% | 27% | 6 | Totals | 14 | 49 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 23.1% | 1 | 11 | 9.1% | 2 | 4 | 50.0% | 30% | 27% | 6 |
NBL PER GAME STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 22 | Melbourne | 4-5 (7) | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0 | ||
| 2025-26 | 21 | Brisbane | 6-27 (10) | 13 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 23% | 0.1 | 0.8 | 9% | 0.2 | 0.3 | 50% | 30% | 27% | 6 | Total | 14 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 23.1% | 0.1 | 0.8 | 9.1% | 0.1 | 0.3 | 50.0% | 30% | 27% | 6 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE
- Sandringham Sabres (2021), BA Centre of Excellence (2022–2023), Gold Coast Rollers (2025-2026)
Bradtke joined the BA Centre of Excellence for the 2022 NBL1 East season and official Saint Mary’s game notes credited him with averages of 16.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game while shooting 53.8 percent from the field and 34.5 percent from three-point range.
Bradtke returned to the BA Centre of Excellence for the 2023 NBL1 East season, with official college bios listing him at 10.4 points and 6.9 rebounds per game, and NBL1’s season preview noted that he had joined the Global Academy earlier in 2022 before adding his frontcourt size to the Centre of Excellence roster.
Bradtke joined the Gold Coast Rollers for the 2025 NBL1 North season and by mid-July was averaging 19.1 points, 9.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. His biggest scoring game came on 9 May when he had 39 points in a loss to Cairns, and he followed that with 33 points, 16 rebounds, three assists and three blocked shots against Sunshine Coast on 31 May, 20 points, 11 rebounds, two assists and two blocks against Townsville on 28 June, and 11 points with 12 rebounds in Gold Coast’s final regular-season game before the Rollers reached the semi finals.
Bradtke returned to the Gold Coast Rollers for the 2026 NBL1 North season and helped the club win the NBL1 North championship, earning All-NBL1 North Second Team honours. He finished with 28 points, 7 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks in the series-clinching 120-116 win over Ipswich, scoring 14 points in the final 6:25 as Gold Coast completed a 2-0 Grand Final sweep. He did not play at the NBL1 National Finals after joining Melbourne United for the NBL preseason, with Gold Coast going on to win the national championship without Bradtke, Preston Le Gassick and James Whitt.
COLLEGE
Jensen Bradtke played college basketball at the University of Montana, joining the Grizzlies after redshirting the 2023–24 season at Saint Mary’s, where he did not appear in any games before transferring to Montana for the 2024–25 campaign.
In the 2024–25 season with the Montana Grizzlies, Bradtke appeared in 25 games with one start and averaged 10.4 minutes per game, contributing 3.4 points and 1.4 rebounds per outing as a freshman forward.
He shot 38.2 percent from the field, 31.4 percent from three-point range, and an impressive 91.7 percent from the free throw line, showcasing his ability to stretch the floor and convert at the charity stripe.
Bradtke scored in double figures on four occasions during the season, including a career-high 17 points in his Montana debut at Utah State on November 18, 2024, where he shot 50 percent from the floor and 3-of-6 from three-point range.
He also had notable scoring and rebounding performances such as 11 points at St. Thomas on December 7 and 10 points with five rebounds at Idaho State on January 18, and went a perfect 4-for-4 from three-point range in a home win over Idaho on January 20.
Bradtke recorded career-high five rebounds on two occasions and contributed utility stats including four assists, six blocks, and three steals across the season, with more than half of his made field goals coming from beyond the arc.
He also appeared on the biggest stage when he made a three-pointer in Montana’s NCAA Tournament game against Wisconsin, marking a milestone moment in his first season with the Grizzlies.
Bradtke chose to forego his final three years of collegiate eligibility after the 2024–25 season for a chance to play with the Brisbane Bullets.
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