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Former Bucks star, Junior Bridgeman, now part of ownership group [Video]

AT MPS HEADQUARTERS. KRISTIN: THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS HAVE A NEW OWNER THAT IS NO STRANGER TO THE TEAM. A ZOIE HENRY INTRODUCES US TO THE LEGENDARY EDITION. ZOIE: MILWAUKEE BUCKS LEGEND NUMBER TWO JUNIOR BRIDGEMAN IS NOW AT 2% STAKEHOLDER MEANING HE IS A KEY OWNER OF THE BUCKS TEAM. >> WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED ITSELF IT SEEMED NATURAL FOR ME TO GET A CHANCE TO BE PART, NOT JUST IN HEART, BUT PHYSICALLY, OF THE ORGANIZATION GOING FORWARD. ZOIE: MANY OF THE BUCKS STARS WERE ON HAND FOR THE BIG START THURSDAY. BRIDGMAN STARTED HIS CAREER WITH THE TEAM IN 1975. HE WAS TRADED IN 1985 FOR KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR BUT CAME BACK TO MILWAUKEE TWO WEEKS LATER. IN HIS CAREER BRIDGMAN NEVER MADE MORE THAN $350,000 PER YEAR. DID YOU EXPECT TO BE HERE? >> NO, NOT AT ALL. JIM FITZGERALD, THE OWNER OF THE BUCKS AND I WERE …

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