Junior Bridgeman

Ulysses Lee " Junior " Bridgeman Jr. (Satumba 17, 1953 - Maris 11, 2025) ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon kwando ne kuma ɗan kasuwa ɗan Amurka. Bridgeman ya buga wasa a Ƙungiyar Kwando ta Ƙasa (NBA) ga Milwaukee Bucks da Los Angeles Clippers daga 1975 har zuwa 1987. Bayan aikinsa, Bridgeman ya mallaki ɗaruruwan gidajen cin abinci na abinci mai sauri, ya zama mai sayar da kwalba da rarrabawa na Coca-Cola, kuma ya sayi mujallun Ebony da Jet . Duk da cewa bai taɓa samun sama da dala 350,000 a kakar wasa ba a lokacin aikinsa na NBA, Bridgeman yana da dukiyar da ta kai sama da dala biliyan 1.4, wanda hakan ya sa ya zama ɗaya daga cikin tsoffin 'yan wasa mafi arziki a duniya. 

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Ulysses Lee Bridgeman Jr. a Gabashin Chicago, Indiana, ga Ulysses Lee Bridgeman Sr., ma'aikacin injin ƙarfe, da kuma Delores (Meaders) Bridgeman, mai gyaran gida.    Ya halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Washington kuma memba ne na ƙungiyar ƙwallon kwando ta 1971, wacce ba ta yi rashin nasara ba (29–0) kuma ta lashe gasar ƙwallon kwando ta makarantar sakandare ta jihar Indiana. Daga cikin abokan wasansa akwai ɗan'uwansa Sam, Pete Trgovich da Tim Stoddard . 

 Aikin kwaleji 
Tsawon  mai gadi / gaba, Bridgeman ya halarci Jami'ar Louisville kuma ya buga ƙwallon kwando ta kwaleji ga ƙungiyar ƙwallon kwando ta maza ta Louisville Cardinals . Bridgeman shine ɗan wasan shekara na Missouri Valley Conference a 1974 da 1975.  Bridgeman ya jagoranci Louisville Cardinals zuwa gasar ƙwallon kwando ta NCAA Division I a 1974 a matsayin ƙarami. A matsayinsa na ɗalibi na gaba, ya jagoranci Cardinals zuwa Final Four na gasar ƙwallon kwando ta NCAA Division I a 1975, inda suka sha kashi a hannun zakaran NCAA UCLA 75–74 a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe na ƙasa.  A cikin aikinsa na kwaleji a Louisville, Bridgeman ya sami matsakaicin maki 15.5, dawowa 7.6 da kuma taimakawa 2.7 a wasanni 87. 

 Sana'ar ƙwararru 

 Milwaukee Bucks (1975–1984) 
Kungiyar Los Angeles Lakers ta zabi Bridgeman a zagaye na farko, tare da zabin takwas a cikin jerin 'yan wasan NBA na 1975. A ranar 16 ga Yuni, 1975, kusan makonni uku bayan zaben, Lakers ta sayar da Bridgeman, David Meyers, Elmore Smith da Brian Winters zuwa Milwaukee Bucks don Kareem Abdul-Jabbar da Walt Wesley . 

A matsayinsa na sabon shiga a Milwaukee a tsakanin 1975 zuwa 1976 a ƙarƙashin koci Larry Costello, Bridgeman ya sami matsakaicin maki 8.6, sake dawowa 3.6 da kuma taimako 1.9. [1] A tsakanin 1976 zuwa 1977, Milwaukee ta kori Costello bayan fara wasa da ci 3-15, kuma an ɗauki mataimakin koci Don Nelson, wanda ya kasance ɗan wasa a gasar NBA ta 1976 Boston Celtics a shekarar da ta gabata, a matsayin koci. Bridgeman ya inganta, inda ya samu matsakaicin maki 14.4, sake dawowa 5.1 da kuma taimako 2.5. A ranar 15 ga Disamba, 1976, Bridgeman ya zira kwallaye 41 a tarihin aikinsa a rashin nasara da ya yi da Boston da ci 129-125. [2] Nelson da Bridgeman sun kasance tare a kakar wasa takwas masu zuwa.
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2025
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1953
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