Forgotten Piston's Star Reicher than Shaq and Curry are 500 million US dollars and richest players that you have never heard of

Vinnie Johnson has achieved a lot as a NBA player.

With the nickname “The Microwave” for his ability to score off the bank quickly, and was a member of the Bad Boy Detroit Pistons in the late 80s and early 90s, the successive NBA titles.

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The former guard was selected with the 7th election in the NBA design from 1979 after a career at the McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas and Baylor.

He was confiscated by the Seattle Supersonics and two years later a member of the pistons.

The 6 -foot star was mainly a sixth man and usually came from the bank either for Isiah Thomas or Joe Dumars.

He was part of the no-nonsense pistons squad, who accompanied Michael Jordan in his early years with her uncompromising “Jordan Rules”.

In the 1990 NBA final, Johnson made a 14-foot shot of championship clinic with a 0.7 second lead to defeat the Portland Trail Blazers 92-90 in game 5.

Detroit's second world championship title recorded in a row and brought Johnson the nickname '007'.

He spent the last part of his career at the San Antonio Spurs and in 1992 went to retirement with 11,825 points, 3,212 assists and 3,109 rebounds for his career.

Johnson's No. 15 jersey was also retired by the Piston's organization in retirement.

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As is known, he earned around $ 6 million during his basketball career between 1979 and 1992.

Now the 68-year-old is estimated to be $ 500 million, which means that it is richer than the Lakers legend Shaquille O'Neal ($ 400 million net assets) as well as the current stars Steph Curry ($ 180 million) and Kevin Durant ($ 300 million).

After his retirement, Johnson founded an automotive company named The Piston Group in 1995 – the world's largest value connection supplier in the world.

The company achieved enormous success in the delivery of auto parts for large international companies, especially for the Ford Motor Company and General Motors.

Johnson is the founder, chairman and CEO of the company and has accumulated an astonishing personal assets.

The Piston Group has an annual turnover of around 3 billion US dollars and employs over 11,500 people in 3.5 million square meters in the United States.

Johnson was also chairman of the Board of Director for Joint Ventures JL Automotive, LLC and Pasa Module, LLC.

In addition to his philanthropy and Charity Work, Vinnie is a member of the Michigan underity Business Development Council and the Detroit Chamber of Commerce.

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It is fair to say that Johnson did pretty well for himself.

His success before the court at least exceeds what he managed at the Court of Justice.

Johnson's business sense and entrepreneurship generated him hundreds of million dollars and became one of the richest former athletes in the world.

One of which you probably haven't even heard of.

Johnson still has a way to catch the richest NBA stars ever.

Three current/former NBA players are currently billionaires: LeBron James (1 billion USD), Earvin 'Magic' Johnson (1.2 billion USD) and Michael Jordan (3 billion USD).

Jordan reached a billionaire status in 2016. His extremely popular Jordan brand, which is famous for the Air Jordan sneakers of Nike, is a big reason for this.

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Johnson is also not as rich as another forgotten NBA star.

Milwaukee Bucks' former junior junior star made only 350,000 US dollars a year during his game days.

But he became richer than Shaquille O'Neal with a striking assets of $ 600 million.

Unfortunately, Bridgeman died in March at the age of 71.

“I am devastated to find out about the sudden death of Junior Bridgeman.” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in an explanation.

“Junior was the ultimate entrepreneur who built on his effective 12-year-old NBA career by becoming a highly respected and successful company manager. He served as a mentor for generations of NBA players and athletes in athletes who were to learn from him to thrive in the business world.

“We press Junior's wife Doris, her children Eden, Justin and Ryan, the Bucks organization, and his many friends and admirers in the basketball community.”

Meanwhile, Steph Curry had made his 180 million dollar assets on and outside the square.

In 2017, the all-time leader of the NBA signed the league's first $ 200 million contract with the Golden State Warriors.

In 2023 he received shares worth 75 million US dollars at the Sportswear Company Under Armor and became president of his curry brand, which is under the Under Armor roof.