Brad Lohaus





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BRAD LOHAUS

Position: Forward-Center
Born: 9/29/64, New Ulm, Minnesota
College: Iowa
Height: 7' 0"
Weight: 235 lbs.
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Background: A 6-foot-11 center-forward who does most of his damage with his outside shot, Brad Lohaus has made a career of backing up some of the league's finest big men, including Robert Parish, Moses Malone, and Kevin Willis. Lohaus played his college ball at Iowa, where he was named the club's most improved player following his freshman, sophomore, and junior years. Peaking as a senior, he contributed 11.3 points and 7.7 rebounds per contest in 1986-87. He also tossed in 25 three-pointers.

Lohaus came out of college as the 45th overall pick in the 1987 NBA Draft, going to the Boston Celtics in the second round. Playing behind the veteran Parish, Lohaus saw action in 70 games, averaging 4.2 points and 2.0 rebounds. Toward the end of the 1988-89 season he was dealt along with guard Danny Ainge to the Sacramento Kings for Joe Kleine and Ed Pinckney. His short stay with the Kings was followed by a pit stop with the Minnesota Timberwolves, who nabbed Lohaus in the 1989 NBA Expansion Draft. Midway through the 1989-90 season the Wolves traded Lohaus to the Milwaukee Bucks for center Randy Breuer.

Lohaus contributed immediately, starting all four playoff games for the Bucks in 1990 and averaging 9.5 points and 6.8 rebounds per outing. He also began to display his penchant for three-point shooting, unique for a player his size. He canned 47 of 137 long-range attempts.

Lohaus stayed in Milwaukee for four-plus seasons, sometimes as a reserve for Malone. He enjoyed his finest campaign in 1992-93 (9.1 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 85 three-pointers), when he was a spot starter during Head Coach Mike Dunleavy's first season with the club.

Prior to the 1994-95 season Lohaus signed as a free agent with the Miami Heat. He appeared in a career-low 61 games for the Heat, a club that already featured frontcourt talents Willis and John Salley. Lohaus took to the closer three-point arc, netting 63 treys, which ranked third on the club.

Transactions: Selected by the Boston Celtics in the second round (45th pick overall) of the 1987 NBA Draft. Traded by Boston with Danny Ainge to the Sacramento Kings for Joe Kleine and Ed Pinckney on 2/23/89. Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves from Sacramento in the NBA Expansion Draft on 6/15/89. Traded by Minnesota to Milwaukee for Randy Breuer and a conditional exchange of 1991 or 1992 second-round draft choices on 1/4/90. Signed by the Miami Heat on 10/7/94. Signed as a free agent by the San Antonio Spurs on 9/28/95. Traded with J.R. Reid and a first round draft pick to the New York Knicks for Charles Smith and Monty Williams on 2/12/96.

1994-95: Lohaus came to the Miami Heat as a free-agent signee on October 7 after 4½ seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks. Although not used extensively during the 1994-95 campaign, he continued to be a threat from long range. He appeared in 61 games, starting once, and logged only 12.0 minutes per contest. But while he ranked 12th on the team in total minutes at 730, he was third on the club in three-pointers attempted (155), three-pointers made (63), and three-point field-goal percentage (.406). His long-distance percentage would have tied him for 20th in the NBA, but he did not make enough three-pointers (82) to qualify for the leaderboard.

For the season, Lohaus averaged 4.4 points and 1.7 rebounds. In his lone start, which came on November 16 when Matt Geiger was out with a ruptured eardrum, Lohaus scored a dozen points against the Philadelphia 76ers. On December 29 he scored 18 points in 18 minutes against the Los Angeles Clippers while hitting 6 of 7 three-point attempts.

1993-94: In only his fourth full season with the Milwaukee Bucks, Lohaus became the most prolific three-point shooter in team history. On November 16 against the Minnesota Timberwolves he became the team's all-time leader in three-pointers attempted, and on April 9 against the Chicago Bulls his first trey of the game pushed him past Craig Hodges for the top spot on the Bucks' all-time list for three-pointers made. By season's end Lohaus had made 267 of 758 attempts from long range in his four-plus years with Milwaukee.

Despite the milestones, the seven-year veteran settled for a reduced role behind newcomers Ken Norman and Vin Baker. Lohaus posted career lows in scoring (4.0 ppg), field-goal percentage (.363), and games played (67). After having played 22.1 minutes per game in 1992-93, he saw only 14.4 minutes of action per contest in 1993-94.

Lohaus did equal two more club records, however, with a 6-of-11 three-point shooting effort in the November 16 game against Minnesota. The 6 treys tied Jack Sikma's single-game mark, and the 11 attempts tied Lohaus's own record set in 1993.

1992-93: Lohaus became an unrestricted free agent after the 1991-92 season but signed a two-year contract with the Milwaukee Bucks on October 24. He then posted the second-highest scoring average of his career with 9.1 points per game while playing in 80 games. He also pulled down 3.5 rebounds per contest.

With Dale Ellis now playing for San Antonio Spurs, Lohaus led the Bucks in three-pointers made (85) and attempted (230), logging career highs in both categories. He paced Milwaukee in scoring seven times, tallying a career-high 34 points against the Kings at Sacramento on March 27. Lohaus set an individual club record in that game by making 4 of 11 three-point field-goal attempts.

1991-92: Lohaus played in 70 games for Milwaukee, starting eight times. He averaged 5.8 points as the Bucks plummeted to 31-51 and last place in the Central Division. Lohaus led the club in blocked shots (71) for the second straight season and continued his development as an unlikely three-point specialist.

Possessing an unusually soft shooting touch for a 6-foot-11 big man, Lohaus connected on 57 of 144 three-point attempts for the season. He ranked third on the team behind Dale Ellis (138-of-329) and Alvin Robertson (67-of-210) in three-pointers made and attempted, and his .396 long-range percentage just missed cracking the NBA's top 10. (Hersey Hawkins was 10th at .397.)

1990-91: Lohaus appeared in 81 games, starting three times, for a Milwaukee club that won 48 contests and finished third behind the Chicago Bulls and the Detroit Pistons in the Central Division. He averaged 5.3 points for the year, scoring a season-high 23 against the Houston Rockets on February 6.

Lohaus led Milwaukee in blocked shots with 74, swatting 28 in his final 16 games. He had a season-high 5 rejections against the Atlanta Hawks on November 21. He logged 41 minutes in three playoff appearances against the Philadelphia 76ers, averaging 4.7 points.

1989-90: The Minnesota Timberwolves selected Lohaus in the NBA Expansion Draft prior to their inaugural 1989-90 season. Lohaus, who was born in New Ulm, was the only Minnesota native on the Timberwolves' roster, but his homecoming didn't last very long. He appeared in only 28 games for Minnesota, starting 24, before the Timberwolves traded him to the Milwaukee Bucks on January 4 for Randy Breuer and a second-round draft choice.

Lohaus posted the best numbers of his career with the Bucks, averaging 10.0 points and 5.5 rebounds in 52 games. Overall, he recorded career highs in 16 statistical categories, finishing with 9.2 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.

Meanwhile, the Sacramento Kings finished last in the Pacific Division, and Minnesota was sixth in the Midwest. Together, those two clubs combined for one more victory than Milwaukee, which won 44 and finished third in the Central Division. In the playoffs, Lohaus played in all four games of the Bucks' opening-round series loss to the Chicago Bulls, averaging 9.5 points.

1988-89: Lohaus began the season in Boston but was traded along with Danny Ainge to Sacramento for Joe Kleine and Ed Pinckney on February 23. In his first 48 games with the Celtics, Lohaus had averaged 5.6 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.0 assists. He then became a starter in Sacramento, averaging 8.0 points and 2.9 rebounds in 29 games with the Kings.

For the year, Lohaus appeared in a total of 77 games, averaging 6.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 15.8 minutes per game. He reached double figures in scoring 18 times, including 11 times with Sacramento. He scored a then career-high 29 points against Phoenix on March 30.

1987-88: Brad Lohaus averaged only 6.3 points and 4.6 rebounds in 115 college games at the University of Iowa. However, he was voted the most improved Hawkeyes player following his freshman, sophomore, and senior campaigns. Plus, he was 6-foot-11, which was one reason why the Boston Celtics made him a second-round draft pick in 1987.

Lohaus proved to be a reliable role player for a powerful Celtics team. The rookie forward saw action in 70 games, starting four times, as Boston won the Atlantic Division title and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals. Lohaus averaged 4.2 points for the year, playing in 34 of the final 36 games and scoring in double figures nine times.

Lohaus registered a Celtics season high with 5 blocked shots in only 18 minutes against the Spurs at San Antonio on February 10. He also scored 8 points and grabbed 4 rebounds in that game. He appeared in nine playoff games, averaging 1.8 points.

BRAD LOHAUS

Sea. Team G Min. FG 3Pt. FT Reb. Ast. Stl. Blk. Tot. PG
87-88Boston70718.496.231.8061384920412974.2
88-89Bos-Sac771214.432.091.7862566630565026.5
89-90Min-Mil801943.460.343.72839816858887329.2
90-91Milwaukee811219.431.277.6852177550744285.3
91-92Milwaukee701081.450.396.6592497440714085.8
92-93Milwaukee801766.461.370.72327612747747249.1
93-94Milwaukee67962.363.343.6901506230552704.0
94-95Miami61730.420.406.6671024320252674.4
95-96New York55598.406.418.800644410171973.6
Career Totals:64110231.441.362.735185070830550138256.0
1996 Playoffs:00---------00000.000
Playoff Totals:16214.433.346.500406810684.3
All-Star Totals:00---------00000.000

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