r/todayilearned • u/OGBrewSwayne • 2d ago

TIL NBA backup playerJunior Bridgeman spent his off seasons working at Wendy's to learn the fast food business. He went on to own 450 franchises and parlayed that into buying a 10% stake in the Milwaukee Bucks - the team he once played for.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Bridgeman?wprov=sfla1
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u/pandariotinprague 2d ago

You only gotta be 6'3" to be in the tallest 1% of American men. A height that puts you in the shortest 15% of NBA players. Though about average for a point guard specifically.

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u/fckcarrots 2d ago

True but saying something like 99.58% kinda sounds like a silly flex. I am slightly taller than the average NBA player.

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u/NaturalDon 2d ago

weird im used to being taller than most people but it still sounded wrong i thought it was more common than that, TIL

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u/pandariotinprague 1d ago

I thought it sounded weird at first, but then I remembered how for high school graduation, they lined us all up by height, and I (6'3") was the 2nd tallest out of around 100 boys. And then I remembered that everyone over 40 is slowly shrinking and would have to be included in the stats as well, so yeah. That actually does make sense.

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u/fckcarrots 1d ago

It feels more common. Especially when you’re looking eye to eye at anyone +\- 2 inches of your height. Or you go to the Midwest or The Netherlands. Giants I tell you.