Junior Bridgeman GF #2

Height: 6-5 (196cm)

Weight: 210 lbs (95kg)

Born: Sep 17, 1953 (Passed away Mar 11, 2025, aged 71)

Hometown: East Chicago, Indiana

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1975 Round 1, Pick 8, Los Angeles Lakers

Pre-Draft Team: Louisville (Sr)

High School: East Chicago Central High School (East Chicago, Indiana)

#2 retired by MIL

Junior Bridgeman Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS	REB	AST	STL
3/25/1987	Pacers	8	3	1	0
3/18/1987	Celtics	4	1	0	1
3/14/1987	Cavaliers	1	0	0	0
3/12/1987	Nets	12	3	1	0
3/11/1987	Wizards	6	2	0	1

NBA Career
NCAA Career

NBA Career

12 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1975-76	22	MIL	81	20.3	8.6	3.6	1.9	0.6	0.3	-	.439	-	.795
1976-77	23	MIL	82	29.4	14.4	5.1	2.5	1.0	0.3	-	.449	-	.864
1977-78	24	MIL	82	22.9	13.6	3.5	2.1	0.9	0.4	2.1	.503	-	.810
1978-79	25	MIL	82	23.9	15.5	3.6	2.0	1.1	0.5	1.7	.506	-	.829
1979-80	26	MIL	81	28.6	17.6	3.7	2.9	1.2	0.2	2.1	.478	.185	.865
1980-81	27	MIL	77	28.8	16.8	3.8	3.0	1.1	0.4	1.9	.487	.143	.884
1981-82	28	MIL	41	22.5	12.5	3.0	2.7	0.7	0.1	1.6	.483	.444	.864
1982-83	29	MIL	70	26.5	14.4	3.5	3.0	0.6	0.1	1.7	.492	.077	.837
1983-84	30	MIL	81	30.0	15.1	4.1	3.3	0.7	0.2	1.8	.465	.194	.807
1984-85	31	LAC	80	25.5	13.9	2.9	2.1	0.6	0.2	1.4	.465	.359	.879
1985-86	32	LAC	58	20.0	8.8	2.1	1.9	0.5	0.1	1.2	.441	.333	.891
1986-87	33	MIL	34	12.3	5.1	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.4	.462	.250	.727
CAREER			849	25.0	13.6	3.5	2.4	0.8	0.3	1.7	.475	.247	.845

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1975-76	22	MIL	81	-	20.3	8.6	3.5	8.0	.439	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	.795	1.4	2.2	3.6	1.9	0.6	0.3	-	2.9
1976-77	23	MIL	82	-	29.4	14.4	6.0	13.3	.449	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	.864	1.6	3.5	5.1	2.5	1.0	0.3	-	2.7
1977-78	24	MIL	82	-	22.9	13.6	5.8	11.5	.503	-	-	-	2.0	2.5	.810	1.4	2.1	3.5	2.1	0.9	0.4	2.1	2.5
1978-79	25	MIL	82	-	23.9	15.5	6.6	13.0	.506	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.829	1.4	2.2	3.6	2.0	1.1	0.5	1.7	2.2
1979-80	26	MIL	81	-	28.6	17.6	7.3	15.3	.478	0.1	0.3	.185	2.8	3.3	.865	1.3	2.4	3.7	2.9	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.7
1980-81	27	MIL	77	-	28.8	16.8	7.0	14.3	.487	0.0	0.3	.143	2.8	3.1	.884	1.0	2.7	3.8	3.0	1.1	0.4	1.9	2.4
1981-82	28	MIL	41	4	22.5	12.5	5.1	10.6	.483	0.1	0.2	.444	2.2	2.5	.864	0.9	2.1	3.0	2.7	0.7	0.1	1.6	2.2
1982-83	29	MIL	70	5	26.5	14.4	6.0	12.2	.492	0.0	0.2	.077	2.3	2.8	.837	0.6	2.9	3.5	3.0	0.6	0.1	1.7	2.2
1983-84	30	MIL	81	10	30.0	15.1	6.3	13.5	.465	0.1	0.4	.194	2.4	3.0	.807	1.0	3.1	4.1	3.3	0.7	0.2	1.8	2.8
1984-85	31	LAC	80	15	25.5	13.9	5.8	12.4	.465	0.2	0.5	.359	2.3	2.6	.879	0.7	2.2	2.9	2.1	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.6
1985-86	32	LAC	58	14	20.0	8.8	3.4	7.8	.441	0.1	0.3	.333	1.8	2.1	.891	0.5	1.6	2.1	1.9	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.4
1986-87	33	MIL	34	4	12.3	5.1	2.3	5.0	.462	0.0	0.1	.250	0.5	0.6	.727	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.5
CAREER			849	52	25.0	13.6	5.7	11.9	.475	0.1	0.3	.247	2.2	2.6	.845	1.1	2.5	3.5	2.4	0.8	0.3	1.7	2.3

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1975-76	22	MIL	81	-	1,646	700	286	651	.439	-	-	-	128	161	.795	113	181	294	157	52	21	-	235
1976-77	23	MIL	82	-	2,410	1,179	491	1,094	.449	-	-	-	197	228	.864	129	287	416	205	82	26	-	221
1977-78	24	MIL	82	-	1,876	1,118	476	947	.503	-	-	-	166	205	.810	114	176	290	175	72	30	176	202
1978-79	25	MIL	82	-	1,963	1,269	540	1,067	.506	-	-	-	189	228	.829	113	184	297	163	88	41	138	184
1979-80	26	MIL	81	-	2,316	1,423	594	1,243	.478	5	27	.185	230	266	.865	104	197	301	237	94	20	172	216
1980-81	27	MIL	77	-	2,215	1,290	537	1,102	.487	3	21	.143	213	241	.884	78	211	289	234	88	28	150	182
1981-82	28	MIL	41	4	924	511	209	433	.483	4	9	.444	89	103	.864	37	88	125	109	28	3	64	91
1982-83	29	MIL	70	5	1,855	1,007	421	856	.492	1	13	.077	164	196	.837	44	202	246	207	40	9	122	155
1983-84	30	MIL	81	10	2,431	1,220	509	1,094	.465	6	31	.194	196	243	.807	80	252	332	265	53	14	148	224
1984-85	31	LAC	80	15	2,042	1,115	460	990	.465	14	39	.359	181	206	.879	55	175	230	171	47	18	116	128
1985-86	32	LAC	58	14	1,161	510	199	451	.441	6	18	.333	106	119	.891	29	94	123	108	31	7	67	81
1986-87	33	MIL	34	4	418	175	79	171	.462	1	4	.250	16	22	.727	14	38	52	35	10	2	15	50
CAREER			849	52	21,257	11,517	4,801	10,099	.475	40	162	.247	1,875	2,218	.845	910	2,085	2,995	2,066	685	219	1,168	1,969

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1975-76	22	MIL	81	-	.485	.439	7.4	11.1	9.3	13.7	-	1.5	0.7	-	123.4	-	1.1	-	100.6	13.5
1976-77	23	MIL	82	-	.494	.449	5.5	12.4	8.9	11.7	-	1.5	0.5	-	131.3	-	1.1	-	104.0	14.4
1977-78	24	MIL	82	-	.539	.503	6.3	10.1	8.2	13.4	14.5	1.7	0.8	24.5	131.2	-3.1	1.2	102.9	104.0	16.9
1978-79	25	MIL	82	-	.544	.506	6.4	10.4	8.4	11.7	10.6	2.0	1.1	25.8	133.5	-1.5	1.2	108.1	104.7	18.8
1979-80	26	MIL	81	-	.523	.480	5.0	9.0	7.1	15.2	11.2	1.9	0.5	26.3	152.8	-0.6	1.1	107.1	105.0	17.8
1980-81	27	MIL	77	-	.534	.489	4.0	10.2	7.2	15.1	11.0	1.8	0.7	24.0	151.4	0.3	1.2	110.0	104.0	17.9
1981-82	28	MIL	41	4	.534	.487	4.8	10.5	7.8	17.6	11.8	1.5	0.2	24.1	179.1	0.9	1.2	109.5	105.1	16.1
1982-83	29	MIL	70	5	.534	.492	2.7	11.4	7.3	17.1	11.5	1.0	0.3	23.7	140.5	0.9	1.2	107.0	104.2	16.3
1983-84	30	MIL	81	10	.508	.468	3.9	11.3	7.8	16.7	11.0	1.1	0.3	23.4	146.5	1.2	1.1	105.5	106.3	14.8
1984-85	31	LAC	80	15	.516	.472	3.1	9.2	6.2	12.5	9.7	1.1	0.5	23.9	170.2	-0.1	1.1	107.4	112.9	14.8
1985-86	32	LAC	58	14	.507	.448	2.7	9.1	5.9	13.8	11.7	1.2	0.3	19.7	166.5	0.4	1.1	103.9	114.5	11.9
1986-87	33	MIL	34	4	.484	.465	3.6	10.5	7.0	11.9	7.7	1.1	0.3	18.9	143.9	2.0	1.0	103.4	112.1	10.8
CAREER			849	52	.520	.477	4.8	10.5	7.7	14.2	11.3	1.5	0.6	24.1	156.8	-0.2	1.1	106.7	105.9	15.7

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	40 Pts	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1975-76	22	MIL	81	-	0	0	.128	-	-	0.2	37	44	.457	0.8	1.2	2.1
1976-77	23	MIL	82	-	0	1	.190	-	-	0.2	30	52	.366	2.5	1.1	3.6
1977-78	24	MIL	82	-	0	0	.171	1.0	0.4	0.2	44	38	.537	2.9	1.1	4.0
1978-79	25	MIL	82	-	0	0	.180	1.2	0.6	0.2	38	44	.463	3.7	1.8	5.5
1979-80	26	MIL	81	-	0	0	.226	1.4	0.5	0.2	48	33	.593	3.6	2.5	6.1
1980-81	27	MIL	77	-	0	0	.207	1.6	0.6	0.2	56	21	.727	3.9	2.8	6.7
1981-82	28	MIL	41	4	0	0	.090	1.7	0.4	0.2	27	14	.659	1.4	1.2	2.6
1982-83	29	MIL	70	5	3	0	.180	1.7	0.3	0.2	45	25	.643	2.7	2.1	4.8
1983-84	30	MIL	81	10	1	0	.226	1.8	0.4	0.2	50	31	.617	2.1	3.0	5.1
1984-85	31	LAC	80	15	0	0	.179	1.5	0.4	0.2	30	50	.375	2.2	0.9	3.1
1985-86	32	LAC	58	14	0	0	.130	1.6	0.5	0.3	22	36	.379	0.7	0.2	0.9
1986-87	33	MIL	34	4	0	0	.078	2.3	0.7	0.1	19	15	.559	0.2	0.3	0.4
CAREER			849	52	4	1	.171	1.5	0.5	0.2	446	403	.525	26.6	18.2	44.9

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NBA Playoff Stats

Summary
Per Game
Totals
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Misc

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1975-76	22	MIL	3	22.3	8.3	3.7	1.7	0.3	0.0	-	.450	-	.636
1977-78	24	MIL	9	19.8	10.4	2.0	1.2	1.0	0.2	0.9	.484	-	.750
1979-80	26	MIL	5	24.8	10.2	3.8	3.4	1.0	0.4	2.8	.357	.000	.733
1980-81	27	MIL	7	26.1	14.0	2.1	3.3	0.9	0.0	1.6	.462	1.000	.813
1982-83	29	MIL	9	34.2	16.9	5.0	3.1	1.1	0.2	2.1	.469	.400	.933
1983-84	30	MIL	16	31.2	14.4	4.0	2.8	0.4	0.3	1.4	.456	.111	.815
CAREER			49	27.7	13.3	3.5	2.6	0.8	0.2	1.6	.454	.250	.814

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1975-76	22	MIL	3	-	22.3	8.3	3.0	6.7	.450	-	-	-	2.3	3.7	.636	1.3	2.3	3.7	1.7	0.3	0.0	-	3.3
1977-78	24	MIL	9	-	19.8	10.4	4.9	10.1	.484	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.750	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.2	1.0	0.2	0.9	3.4
1979-80	26	MIL	5	-	24.8	10.2	4.0	11.2	.357	0.0	0.2	.000	2.2	3.0	.733	0.8	3.0	3.8	3.4	1.0	0.4	2.8	3.4
1980-81	27	MIL	7	-	26.1	14.0	6.0	13.0	.462	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.9	2.3	.813	0.9	1.3	2.1	3.3	0.9	0.0	1.6	3.9
1982-83	29	MIL	9	0	34.2	16.9	6.8	14.4	.469	0.2	0.6	.400	3.1	3.3	.933	2.3	2.7	5.0	3.1	1.1	0.2	2.1	2.9
1983-84	30	MIL	16	0	31.2	14.4	5.5	12.1	.456	0.1	0.6	.111	3.3	4.1	.815	0.8	3.2	4.0	2.8	0.4	0.3	1.4	2.3
CAREER			49	0	27.7	13.3	5.4	11.9	.454	0.1	0.4	.250	2.4	3.0	.814	1.1	2.4	3.5	2.6	0.8	0.2	1.6	3.0

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1975-76	22	MIL	3	-	67	25	9	20	.450	-	-	-	7	11	.636	4	7	11	5	1	0	-	10
1977-78	24	MIL	9	-	178	94	44	91	.484	-	-	-	6	8	.750	6	12	18	11	9	2	8	31
1979-80	26	MIL	5	-	124	51	20	56	.357	0	1	.000	11	15	.733	4	15	19	17	5	2	14	17
1980-81	27	MIL	7	-	183	98	42	91	.462	1	1	1.000	13	16	.813	6	9	15	23	6	0	11	27
1982-83	29	MIL	9	0	308	152	61	130	.469	2	5	.400	28	30	.933	21	24	45	28	10	2	19	26
1983-84	30	MIL	16	0	499	230	88	193	.456	1	9	.111	53	65	.815	12	52	64	44	6	5	22	37
CAREER			49	0	1,359	650	264	581	.454	4	16	.250	118	145	.814	53	119	172	128	37	11	74	148

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1975-76	22	MIL	3	-	.503	.450	8.9	10.9	10.1	10.0	-	0.7	-	-	108.6	-	1.2	-	110.7	10.9
1977-78	24	MIL	9	-	.497	.484	3.7	7.0	5.4	8.6	7.8	2.3	0.6	22.5	123.4	-0.4	1.0	100.0	104.2	13.3
1979-80	26	MIL	5	-	.407	.357	3.7	13.4	8.6	20.8	18.3	2.0	0.9	25.9	109.0	-2.3	0.9	82.4	101.5	9.0
1980-81	27	MIL	7	-	.500	.467	3.8	5.9	4.8	19.7	10.1	1.6	-	24.3	227.4	2.5	1.1	109.9	112.0	15.0
1982-83	29	MIL	9	0	.531	.477	7.3	9.0	8.1	14.2	11.7	1.6	0.4	22.1	180.3	-0.1	1.2	112.2	105.5	17.2
1983-84	30	MIL	16	0	.519	.459	3.0	11.0	7.3	14.4	9.0	0.6	0.6	21.0	138.2	1.5	1.2	109.6	108.5	14.2
CAREER			49	0	.504	.458	4.5	9.6	7.1	14.4	10.7	1.3	0.5	22.3	151.8	0.6	1.1	105.6	107.1	14.2

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1975-76	22	MIL	3	-	0	.110	-	-	0.6	1	2	.333	-	-	-
1977-78	24	MIL	9	-	0	.132	1.4	1.1	0.1	5	4	.556	0.1	0.2	0.3
1979-80	26	MIL	5	-	0	.130	1.2	0.4	0.3	3	2	.600	-0.3	0.2	-0.1
1980-81	27	MIL	7	-	0	.223	2.1	0.5	0.2	3	4	.429	0.3	-	0.4
1982-83	29	MIL	9	0	1	.243	1.5	0.5	0.2	5	4	.556	0.6	0.3	0.9
1983-84	30	MIL	16	0	0	.218	2.0	0.3	0.3	8	8	.500	0.6	0.6	1.1
CAREER			49	0	1	.187	1.7	0.5	0.2	25	24	.510	1.3	1.3	2.6

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
May 29, 1975	The Los Angeles Lakers selected Junior Bridgeman in Round 1 with Pick 8 in the 1975 NBA Draft.
Jun 16, 1975	The Milwaukee Bucks acquired the Draft Rights to Junior Bridgeman from the Los Angeles Lakers in a trade.
Sep 1, 1975	Junior Bridgeman signed a multi-year contract with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Jul 1, 1979	Junior Bridgeman, previously with the Milwaukee Bucks, became a free agent.
Sep 1, 1979	Junior Bridgeman signed a multi-year contract with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Jul 1, 1983	Junior Bridgeman, previously with the Milwaukee Bucks, became a free agent.
Sep 1, 1983	Junior Bridgeman signed a multi-year contract with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Sep 29, 1984	Junior Bridgeman was acquired by the Los Angeles Clippers from the Milwaukee Bucks in a trade.
Aug 19, 1986	Junior Bridgeman was acquired by the Sacramento Kings from the Los Angeles Clippers in a trade.
Oct 28, 1986	The Sacramento Kings placed the contract of Junior Bridgeman on waivers.
Oct 30, 1986	Junior Bridgeman, previously with the Sacramento Kings, became a free agent.
Jan 4, 1987	Junior Bridgeman signed a contract with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Jan 14, 1987	Junior Bridgeman, previously with the Milwaukee Bucks, became a free agent.
Jan 14, 1987	Junior Bridgeman signed a contract with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Jan 24, 1987	Junior Bridgeman, previously with the Milwaukee Bucks, became a free agent.
Jan 24, 1987	Junior Bridgeman signed a contract with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Jul 1, 1987	Junior Bridgeman, previously with the Milwaukee Bucks, became a free agent.
Jul 1, 1990	The Milwaukee Bucks renounced their free-agent exception rights to Junior Bridgeman.
Mar 11, 2025	Junior Bridgeman passed away. He was 71 years old at the time of his death.

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NCAA Career

College: Louisville (1975)

NCAA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x NABC All-American Fourth Team	1975
1x USBWA All-American Second Team	1975
1x UPI All-American Third Team	1975

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