is a Christian. On July 7, 2015, Middleton penned a column in The Players' Tribune about the Charleston church shooting. He explained that the shooting affected him deeply because he grew up in Charleston and his grandmother Juanita knew four of the nine people who died. Middleton had met one of the victims, Cynthia Hurd, as she dropped her nephew off at a basketball camp not long before the shooting. "In Charleston, we're staying strong, but the wounds are still deep," he wrote. On April 23, 2019, Middleton and his girlfriend welcomed their first daughter. In order to be there for the birth, Middleton got on a plane to Milwaukee with Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry immediately after a playoff win over the Detroit Pistons. On March 13, 2020, Middleton said he would match Giannis Antetokounmpo's $100,000 donation to the staff of the Fiserv Forum who were unable to work during the suspension of the 2019–20 NBA season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 8, 2021, it was announced that he was joining the ownership group of the Brisbane Bullets, a professional basketball team in Australia. References External links Milwaukee Bucks bio 1991 births Living people 21st-century African-American sportspeople 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players African-American basketball players American men's basketball players Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Basketball players from South Carolina Detroit Pistons draft picks Detroit Pistons players Fort Wayne Mad Ants players Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Milwaukee Bucks players National Basketball Association All-Stars Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball Shooting guards Small forwards Sportspeople from Charleston, South Carolina Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball players United States men's national basketball team players