Bridgeman, whose jersey number 2 was retired by the franchise back in 1988 and was inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999, purchased a 10% stake in the Bucks last September and was widely considered to be one of the wealthiest NBA players of all time with a reported net worth of $600 million.

Former Milwaukee Bucks player Ulysses “Junior” Bridgeman, who starred with the team for 10 years in the 1970s and ‘80s, became a billionaire businessman