Kentucky’s Ramel Bradley is currently playing point guard at the University of Kentucky. He is originally from New York City. Ramel Bradley has a few attributes that help and hurt him as a player. He is a streaky shooter with good three-point range, a decent ball handler, but lacks good decision-making skills and is an average passer.
Ramel Bradley is a streaky shooter for Kentucky. He started out with a bang playing for Tubby Smith as a freshman and showed great promise in the NCAA tournament hitting some key three pointers. As his career has progressed his shooting has been average percentage from three-point range, but Ramel has hit some key shots in big games. Under Gillispie, Kentucky’s Ramel Bradley seems to have more confidence shooting the three pointer because Coach Gillispie actively tells his players to shoot when they’re open or he gets angry as a coach. This is different from Tubby Smith, who criticized many shots if he didn’t think they were high percentage shots.
Bradley is a decent ball handler, which has enabled him to play point guard at UK. Kentucky has lacked a decent point guard the last two years and the current thin roster is forcing him to play the position under coach Billy Gillispie. His natural position is probably the shooting guard position. Unfortunately, UK is lacking any significant talent at the point guard position. Kentucky’s Ramel Bradley has kept a good attitude while playing this position as a senior.
One of Ramel Bradley’s weaknesses is that he sometimes makes bad decisions on fast breaks. He will sometimes force passes into the middle, which end up as a turnover. This frustrated coach Tubby Smith and Billy Gillispie is not happy sometimes on the sidelines when this happens. It usually ends up resulting in a lecture from Billy Gillispie on the sidelines. In addition, Kentucky’s Ramel Bradley has also been known to get caught up in the heat of the moment and get into on-court conflicts with the other team and sometimes his teammates. He’s a very passionate player that needs to control his emotions sometimes.
As a passer, Ramel Bradley doesn’t see the floor that well at times. Ramel is probably one of the best passers on UK’s team though because he obviously has earned enough trust from coach Billy Gillispie to play him at the point guard position. He passes the ball well around the perimeter of the court, but his interior passing needs to be improved. Sometimes his passes are forced or they lack precision, which can end up in turnovers. It seems that Bradley isn’t very comfortable distributing the basketball compared to catching the ball on the wing and shooting it.
All things considered, Ramel Bradley is a valuable member of UK’s team. His shooting and ball handling skills are above average, but he needs improvement as a decision-maker and a passer. UK fans have always loved Kentucky’s Ramel Bradley and I’m sure he’ll always be welcomed back in Lexington after he graduates and moves onto the NBA or another professional position in life.
