LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Junior Bridgeman, a basketball standout who led Louisville to a Final Four, played 12 seasons in the NBA and then launched an even more successful career as a businessman with stakes in publishing, restaurants and the Milwaukee Bucks, died Tuesday. He was 71.

The Milwaukee Bucks announced that former Bucks player Junior Bridgeman has become a minority owner of the team.

Rivers overlapped with Bridgeman on the hardwood between 1983-87 while serving as a point guard on the Atlanta Hawks. The two had been collegial since their playing days, but reki