Andy Phillip was a professional basketball player. Phillip died on April 29, 2001, in Rancho Mirage, California. Phillip was born on March 7, 1922, in Granite City, Illinois. Phillip’s height was 6 ft 2 in. Phillip’s weight was 195 pounds. This article takes a deep dive into Andy Phillip’s net worth.
In high school, Andy Phillip played basketball for Granite City (Granite City, Illinois). Phillip played basketball in college with Illinois Fighting Illini men’s basketball (1941-1943, 1946-1947) and started playing professionally in 1947. In the 1947 draft, Phillip was chosen number — in round — by the Chicago Stags. Phillip left the game of basketball in 1958.
Phillip played for the Chicago Stags during 1947-48 BAA season 1949 as well as the Philadelphia Warriors in 1950-1952-. Later, Phillip played for the Fort Wayne Pistons throughout 1952-1955, and the Boston Celtics over 1956-1957. Some of the highlights of Andy Phillip’s career included: NBA champion, 5× NBA All-Star, 2× All-NBA Second Team, 2× List of National Basketball Association annual assists leaders, Sporting News Men’s College Basketball Player of the Year, 2× Consensus first-team NCAA Men’s Basketball All-Americans, and Consensus second-team All-American.
Phillip set a career record of 6,384 (9.1 ppg) points, 2,395 (4.4 rpg) rebounds, and 3,759 (5.4 apg) assists.
Basketball player salaries vary between $20,000 and millions of dollars per year, depending on a number of factors. Although most professional NBA players make a salary of about $2 million, a small contingent of players with D-league crossover contracts receive as little as $50,000. The salary cap for NBA players is nearly $100 million, although currently nobody earns anywhere near that much money. The top players in the league earn nearly $35 million. Outside of the NBA, annual payments can be as low as $20,000 annually for minor league teams.
So what was basketball player Andy Phillip’s net worth at the time of death? Our estimate for Andy Phillip’s net worth at death is:
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