Drafting in the NBA is far from perfect. Some players who are projected to be stars end up being average players or worse.

In the days and time that have passed since, the Bridgeman family has been the recipient of an outpouring of love and support. Those feelings will be on center stage this weekend as masses plan to ...

The Milwaukee Bucks are wearing patches on their jerseys for the rest of the season to honor minority owner Junior Bridgeman. Bridgeman is a former Bucks player who died Tuesday at the age of 71. The ...

He died later that afternoon. A man whose No. 2 jersey was retired by the Bucks in 1988, he arrived in Milwaukee via a trade ...

The Los Angeles Lakers drafted the 6-foot-5 wing at No. 8 in 1975 then traded him to Milwaukee as part of a blockbuster deal for Bucks star Kareem Abdul ... Bridgeman for Abdul-Jabbar and Walt Wesley.

Bridgeman was the No. 8 pick of the 1975 NBA draft out of the University of Louisville by the Los Angeles Lakers, but was ...

Bridgeman was the No. 8 pick of the 1975 NBA draft out of the University of Louisville by the Los Angeles Lakers, but was traded to the Bucks as part of the deal that sent Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to L ...

It's a stat line so unique that only five other players in league history have put up at least those numbers: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O'Neal, Hakeem Olajuwon, Dikembe Mutombo and Elvin Hayes.

Unsurprisingly, they've housed a litany of the game's greatest talents, too, including Elgin Baylor, John Havlicek, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kevin McHale, Kobe Bryant and Paul Pierce, among others.

SPRINGFIELD, MASS. (March 7, 2025) — The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced that Creighton's Ryan Kalkbrenner is one of five finalists for the 2025 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award. Named ...

Despite putting up some tremendous numbers this season, Purdue junior forward Trey Kaufman-Renn has not been named a finalist for the Karl Malone Award or the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award. The five ...