Josh Bartelstein was born on July 17,1989 and is an American basketball executive and former college basketball player who is currently the CEO of the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association, Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the Footprint Center.
19 Facts About Josh Bartelstein
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Josh Bartelstein played college basketball for Michigan as a walk-on and was a 3x Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
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Josh Bartelstein was a two-year starter at Highland Park High School before spending a post-graduate season playing for Phillips Exeter Academy where he set a couple of school records.
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Josh Bartelstein is the son of NBA and National Football League sports agent Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports and Entertainment.
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Josh Bartelstein is the son of Mark and Sheri Bartelstein and has three sisters.
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Josh Bartelstein played basketball with a core group of friends from second grade through organized high school basketball.
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Josh Bartelstein played his first year of organized basketball in the Highwood Small Fry youth basketball 2000 spring season.
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In 2002, Josh Bartelstein was one of the leaders of The Highwood Heat of the Highwood Small Fry basketball league.
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Josh Bartelstein had to have screws put in his ankle.
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Josh Bartelstein regularly reviewed game film of every high school game with his father, who helped him make acquaintance with several professional athletes, such as Brad Miller and Antoine Walker of the NBA and Kurt Warner of the NFL.
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Josh Bartelstein finished his senior season with a total of 51 three point shots, a 9.8 scoring average and 3.9 rebounds for a Highland Park team that finished as the 2008 IHSA Class 4A regional champions.
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Josh Bartelstein was recruited by Penn and had walk-on offers from Michigan and Northwestern and claimed 9 Division I scholarship offers.
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Josh Bartelstein was connected to Michigan by former Beilein assistant Mike Maker.
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Josh Bartelstein was in communication with athletes that he had met as a youth such as Chris Quinn and Shannon Brown during his recruitment.
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Josh Bartelstein's father became the agent for three of those players: his former roommate, Hardaway, Stauskas, and McGary as well as future Wolverine and NBA player Derrick Walton.
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In September 2013, Josh Bartelstein released an ebook that chronicled Michigan's rise from a sub-.
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At the time Josh Bartelstein was a 7th and 8th grade basketball coach in Highland Park.
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The story regarding Josh Bartelstein's hiring as part of an overhaul by Ishbia, who like Josh Bartelstein was a walk-on Big Ten basketball player, broke on March 4,2023.
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Josh Bartelstein was not officially named CEO until April 10,2023.