11.14.2005
Heavenly Bling?
What do big-time ballers from Wisconsin do with their millions? No, they don't buy gold teeth or necklaces.
They buy churches - at least that's what Michael Redd did.
"Dad," he said before his senior year at West, "if I get to the NBA I'm getting you and mom a new house and a new church."
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Then this past August, after leading the Bucks in scoring (23.0, 11th best in the NBA), Redd signed a maxed-out, 6-year, $91-million deal to stay in Milwaukee.
He drives a Bentley or a Range Rover, but keeps a Bible in each. He has six of the Good Books. And ever since he turned pro, Redd has tithed to his church.
But the new contract allowed him to make good on the vow to his faith, to his father, and to himself. So a few months before James' 50th birthday, Michael made it official: it was time to bid on a prime piece of church property on the east side of Columbus.
"That was the first thing in my heart," Michael says. "The Lord, he gave me life. What I did was to give it right back to Him. That's the least I could do, is buy a church. The very least I could do."
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