Los Angeles Clippers Rumors
Get a free trial NBA Central: Draymond Green and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope both say they heard players on the Clippers quit in the bubble, even while up 3-1, and wanted to go home 😳 (🎥 @TheVolumeSports ) pic.twitter.com/qd9zRbUupX
Junior Bridgeman, who played for the Milwaukee Bucks from 1975 to 1984, laughed. What the woman didn’t know was that the recently-retired Bridgeman wasn’t merely working at that Wendy’s location. The 6-foot-5 former wing owned it — and others across the city. But Bridgeman understood her point. Salaries for players then weren’t that high by today’s standards. In Bridgeman’s 12-season career, which included a stint with the LA Clippers, he made about $2.95 million and never more than $350,000 in a season. After his career, he built a fast-food empire that, at its peak, totaled more than 450 restaurants nationwide. He became a Coca-Cola bottling distributor with territory across three states and into Canada. He bought Ebony and Jet magazines. His estimated net worth soared to nearly $600 million, behind just Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and LeBron James, among NBA players.
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Stephen Curry on 2012 Olympics: 'I didn’t get picked because I wasn’t on the level I needed to be'
“In 2012, I didn’t get picked because I wasn’t on the level I needed to be,” said Curry about the 2012 USA Basketball gold medal team that included Durant, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Russell Westbrook and James Harden. “In ’16, I was coming off the Finals run and I didn’t feel I would get the rest I needed to get ready for the next season. And in 2020, it was a COVID year. And just that whole process, I don’t remember what was going on family wise. But it wasn’t a good time for me. “[Warriors teammate] Draymond [Green] played. He won twice (2016 and 2020). So, obviously I was watching him and missed out. This year, the stars aligned. It feels great. I’ve obviously had some time off for the ramp-up and Paris. It is all really cool.”
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Paul George: 'If Will Smith can go to Beverly Hills, I think I can come to Philadelphia'
NBC Sports Philadelphia: Paul George: “I think I can make the transition. If Will Smith can go to Beverly Hills, I think I can come to Philadelphia.”
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Paul George on vibe he got for signing with Clippers: 'I'm on the B team'
Tomer Azarly: Paul George: “I think initially, coming back to LA that was home. But it’s not the same love. Because when I was in LA, they said, ‘you should’ve been a Laker.’ That’s all I was hearing… I’m on the B Team. That’s how the vibe and the love felt.”
Law Murray: Paul George says that he has no regrets or ill will towards the LA Clippers “I think both sides, we had a great mutual talk as it all played out… I’m happy for them, they’re happy for me. I’m a Sixer now.”
