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'''Bradley Allen Lohaus''' (born September 29, 1964) is an American former [[professional sports|professional]] [[basketball]] player who was selected by the [[Boston Celtics]] in the second round (45th pick overall) of the [[1987 NBA Draftdraft]]. A 6'11" [[center (basketball)|center]]-[[power forward (basketball)|power forward]] from the [[University of Iowa]], Lohaus played in eleven11 NBA seasons for eight different teams: the Celtics, [[Sacramento Kings]], [[Minnesota Timberwolves]], [[Milwaukee Bucks]], [[Miami Heat]], [[San Antonio Spurs]], [[New York Knicks]], and [[Toronto Raptors]]. He was featured in the 1993 arcade edition of the popular video game ''[[NBA Jam (1993 video game)|NBA Jam]].''

He then played for the [[Miami Heat]] in 1994–95 with former Iowa teammate [[Kevin Gamble]], where Lohaus averaged 4.4 points per game. HeIn spent1996, hisLohaus finalwas threeacquired seasons withby the Spurs,[[New Knicks (via trade, with theYork Knicks]] getting Lohaus,alongside [[J. R. Reid]] andin a first-round pick in 1996,trade while the Spurs receivedfor [[Charles D. Smith|Charles Smith]] and [[Monty Williams]]. The following offseason, Lohaus and [[Anthony Mason (basketball)|Anthony Mason]] were traded to the [[Charlotte Hornets]] for [[Larry Johnson (basketball, born 1969)|Larry Johnson]]. Lohaus was cut by the Hornets before the start of the season. Lohaus then played for Toronto (November–December 1996), a stint with the Italian team Scavolini Pesaro (October–December 1997), then back again with the Spurs in 1997–98, later in the season and into the playoffs. During the lengthy NBA lockout in 1998–99,<ref>[http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM134 NBA Lockout Info]</ref> Lohaus contemplated retiring and ultimately did not play professionally again.

Notably, Lohaus appears in the video game ''[[NBA Jam (2010 video game)|NBA Jam]]'' as a member of the Milwaukee Bucks, as B.Lohaus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/bucks/features/leroy_100920.html |title=NBA Jam, You Complete Me |website=[[NBA.com]] |access-date=2011-08-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201082625/http://www.nba.com/bucks/features/leroy_100920.html |archive-date=2010-12-01 }}</ref>

He has had a home in the Iowa City area since 1987, and is a scout with the Spurs organization, covering the midwest region, and also is a broker for commercial airplanes and airplane parts. He endowed a full athletic scholarship to the Iowa Hawkeyes basketball program in 1996, the first former student-athlete to do so in the school's history.<ref>[http://www.iowalum.com/daa/lohaus.html Brad Lohaus & Anne Schuchmann Lohaus Distinguished Alumni Award] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120230516/http://www.iowalum.com/daa/lohaus.html |date=November 20, 2009 }}</ref> He and his wife Anne have two sons, Wyatt and Tanner, who both formerly played basketball for the [[Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball|Northern Iowa Panthers]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thegazette.com/2012/08/03/uni-is-perfect-fit-for-iowa-city-wests-lohaus|title = UNI is 'perfect fit' for Iowa City West's Lohaus}}</ref> His youngest son, Tayeton Lohaus is an all state football player from Humboldt.

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