Brad Sellers

American basketball player

Bradley Donn Sellers (born December 17, 1962) is an American retired basketball player, politician, and radio broadcaster. As a basketball player, Sellers played collegiately from 1981 1986 first at Wisconsin before transferring to Ohio State. He then professionally for several teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1986 1994, before going overseas to play for various international teams until retiring in 1999. As a politician, he is currently serving in his third term as the mayor of his hometown, Warrensville Heights, Ohio. As a broadcaster, he serves as a postgame radio analyst for the Cleveland Cavaliers AudioVerse (radio network) a job he has held for over a decade.

A 7'0" power forward/center from the University of Wisconsin and Ohio State University, he was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the first round (ninth pick overall) of the 1986 NBA draft. Sellers was a controversial selection among the Bulls' staff and players. General manager Jerry Krause was attracted to Sellers because of his above average shooting ability, which was rare in a player of Sellers's size. Michael Jordan and others, however, had wanted Krause to draft Johnny Dawkins, a hard playing guard from Duke University and a friend of Jordan's. Sellers eventually became a part time starter for Chicago, but he never averaged more than 9.5 points or 4.7 rebounds in a season, and, with the emergence of forward Horace Grant during the 1988 NBA playoffs, he began to see his playing time diminish. Sellers was elected mayor of his native Warrensville Heights on November 8, 2011, and sworn in on January 1, 2012. He was re elected on November 3, 2015 and again in November 2019. Sellers is a member of the Democratic Party.