Milwaukee Bucks Rumors
Get a free trial 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.
The next year, in 1988, Bridgeman invested what remained from his NBA savings — about $750,000 — to buy five Wendy’s locations in Milwaukee. He would still spend time with his current and former teammates in the Milwaukee area. Then, Bridgeman would say, “Well, I have to go to the restaurant.” And he’d be off. “He’d be working in the restaurant like he was an hourly worker,” Moncrief said. “I witnessed that. I was thinking, what the heck is he doing in there flipping burgers, washing dishes, and he had those work pants on. But he understood the value of learning thoroughly what you’re investing in — very, very hands on.” Moncrief watched how Bridgeman would write out checks, a small task that could have easily been delegated. “He wanted to know where every check was going,” Moncrief said. “When money went out, he wanted to feel that.”
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Lakers still interested in Bruce Brown
The Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks are two teams that showed interest in Brown last season, sources said, and Los Angeles maintains interest in him this offseason. One team whispered to have interest in Brown and was quietly mentioned as a possible suitor months ago is the Golden State Warriors. While unlikely to occur, the Warriors have the ability to move Andrew Wiggins, who is making more than $26 million this season, in a package from Toronto that includes Brown and other assets. This would open up more financial flexibility for the Dubs moving forward.
After leading the Greece national basketball team to the 2024 Paris Olympics earlier this month, there’s more good news coming for Giannis Antetokounmpo with today’s unveiling of his latest Nike signature shoe.
The releases of the Nike Giannis Freak 6 will kick off in August with the sail and red “Roses” colorway paying homage to Antetokounmpo’s late father, Charles, and the “Naija” makeup inspired by his Nigerian roots. The Nike Giannis Freak 6 will be released on Aug. 16 at Nike.com and at select Nike Basketball retailers.
The Greek national team for the Paris Olympics includes Kostas Papanikolaou, Nick Calathes, Giannoulis Larentzakis, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Georgios Papagiannis, Konstantinos “Dinos” Mitoglou, Thomas Walkup, Vassilis Charalampopoulos, Dimitris Moraitis, Panagiotis Kalaitzakis, Vassilis Toliopoulos, and Nikos Chougkaz. After winning the OQT in Piraeus, Greece qualified for the Olympics for the first time since 2008 and will face Australia, Canada, and Spain in Group A. Their first match will be against Canada on July 27th.
Giannis Antetokounmpo led Greece 17 points, grabbed five rebounds and dished out four assists as his team suffered its first loss under Vassilis Spanoulis after 10 straight wins.
Jeff Teague: 'Giannis Antetokounmpo can't function if he doesn't see his brother Thanasis'
ClutchPoints: “[Thanasis Antetokounmpo] had Covid. So he couldn’t come to the plane. That’s why we were down 0-2. Giannis was messed up, like him & his brother. They got some different kind of connection. He can’t function [if he doesn’t see him].” — Jeff Teague pic.twitter.com/dfSLQ4otJT
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