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Kentavious Caldwell-Pope on recent Nuggets playoff run: We had no gas, we felt like the Lakers should have beaten us
ClutchPoints: “We had no gas. We felt like the Lakers should have beat us. We was down every game.” Kentavious Caldwell-Pope on the Nuggets’ disappointing postseason run in 2024 🗣️ (via @TheVolumeSports) pic.twitter.com/i9QMyxvwfw
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.
Former Magic player Ignas Brazdeikis signed with Lithuanian team Zalgiris Kaunas until the 2025-26 season.
Franz Wagner had 27 points and eight rebounds in 20:12 as Germany defeated Japan 104 – 83 almost a week from the tipoff of the Olympic Games’ basketball tournament that will see these two teams clashing again.
The Orlando Magic have signed free agent guard Cory Joseph, President of Basketball Operations Jeff Weltman announced today.
League sources told ESPN that the Nuggets were interested in adding Westbrook if he were waived. The Nuggets can use a veteran backup point guard who can provide energy and defend after Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Reggie Jackson left in free agency. “I think we need some help in the backcourt,” Nuggets general manager Calvin Booth told Altitude TV on Tuesday. “We are going to try to continue to identify that and survey the market. We have a roster spot left and I think if we can add a high-level guard, we will be happy with that.”
“There is no Orlando Magic without Pat Williams,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement. “He was held in such high regard in the basketball community and was a friend to me and so many generations of league executives. Pat was never at a loss for a kind and supportive word and always brought great enthusiasm, energy and optimism to everything he did throughout his more than 50 years in the NBA.”
His cases were filled with far more than those. Williams wrote more than 100 books and ran 58 marathons, including the Boston Marathon 13 times. Diagnosed in February 2011 with multiple myeloma, Williams became an avid fundraiser for cancer research and sat on several boards for cancer groups throughout the country, including the board of directors for the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.
