Bill Sharman was a professional basketball player. Sharman died on October 25, 2013, in Redondo Beach, California. Sharman was born on May 25, 1926, in Abilene, Texas. Sharman’s height was 6 ft 1 in. Sharman’s weight was 175 pounds. This article takes a deep dive into Bill Sharman’s net worth.
In high school, Bill Sharman played basketball for Porterville High School (Porterville, California). Sharman played basketball in college with USC Trojans men’s basketball (1946-1950) and started playing professionally in 1950. In the 1950 draft, Sharman was chosen number 17 in round 2 by the Washington Capitols. Sharman left the game of basketball in 1961.
Sharman played for the Washington Capitols during 1950 as well as the Boston Celtics in 1951-1960. Some of the highlights of Bill Sharman’s career included: 4× NBA champion, 8× NBA All-Star, NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award, 4× All-NBA First Team, 3× All-NBA Second Team, NBA 25th Anniversary Team; NBA 50th Anniversary Team, No. 21 Retired numbers, Consensus first-team NCAA Men’s Basketball All-Americans, 2× First-team List of All-Pac-12 Conference men’s basketball teams, No. 11 Retired numbers, NBA champion, ABA champion, American Basketball League, NBA Coach of the Year Award, ABA Coach of the Year Award, 3× List of NBA All-Star Game head coaches, and 5× NBA champion.
Sharman set a career record of 12,665 (17.8 ppg) points, 2,779 (3.9 rpg) rebounds, and 2,101 (3.0 apg) assists.
Basketball player annual payments can range between a couple thousand dollars and tens of millions of dollars per year, depending on a number of circumstances. Although most professional NBA players earn a salary of nearly $2 million, some with D-league crossover deals are paid as little as $50,000. The salary cap for National Basketball Association players is around $100 million, although currently nobody makes anywhere near that amount. The top players in the league earn around $35 million. Outside of the NBA, annual payments can go below $20,000 annually for minor league teams.
So what was basketball player Bill Sharman’s net worth at the time of death? Our estimate for Bill Sharman’s net worth at death is:
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