SPB 2025 - Panteras ink Brian Bridgeforth, ex Al Kahraba

- February 27, 2025

POSTED BY: Francisco Vega

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Brian Bridgeforth

Brian Bridgeforth

Panteras de Miranda (SPB) signed 30-year old American center Brian Bridgeforth (208cm-86kg-1994, college: WAU) for upcoming 2025 season. Bridgeforth joins another USA player Elijah Minnie who is already in the roster.
He just played at Al Kahraba in Iraqi Superleague. In 12 games he had very impressive stats: 16.9ppg, 14.3rpg, 1.7apg and 1.9spg last season. He also played for Al Bashaer in Omani league that season where in only one Superleague game he recorded also remarkable stats: 20 points, 13 rebounds and 1 steal.
He is quite experienced player. Bridgeforth has played in fifteen different countries on five different continents (Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa and of course North America). He has played previously professionally in Bahrain (Al-Ittihad and Al-Najma), Belize (Western Ballaz), Kuwait (Sulaibikhat), Lebanon (Homentmen), Morocco (MAS Fez), South Africa (Tigers), Sweden (Uppsala), Mali (Stade), Libya (Al Hilal and Al Morog), Palestine (Ibdae), Canada (Windsor Express), TTBL (Harford B.), The Basketball Tournament (DC Funkhouse P.) and TBL (Harford B. and Wichita SK). Bridgeforth was also voted to All-AII Div.II Defensive Player of the Year back in 2016 and 2017.
His team made it to the Basketball Africa League Semifinals in 2024.
He graduated from Washington Adventist University in 2017 and it is his eighth season as a professional player. Bridgeforth played also for Seward County Community College for one year.