Cleveland Buckner was a professional basketball player who played Power forward / Center as number 12. Buckner’s weight was 210 pounds. Buckner died on October 5, 2006, in Jackson, Mississippi. Buckner was born on August 17, 1938, in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Buckner’s height was 6 ft 9 in. This article takes a deep dive into Cleveland Buckner’s net worth.
Buckner played basketball in college with Jackson State Tigers basketball (1958-1961) and started playing professionally in 1961. In the 1961 draft, Buckner was chosen number 51 in round 6 by the New York Knicks. Buckner left the game of basketball in 1963.
Buckner played for the New York Knicks during 1961-1963.
Buckner set a career record of 411 (6.0 ppg) points, 240 (3.5 rpg) rebounds, and 44 (0.6 apg) assists.
Basketball yearly earnings vary between a few thousand dollars and tens of millions of dollars per year, depending on a number of statistics. Although on average, NBA players earn a salary of nearly $2 million, a small contingent of players with D-league crossover agreements earn as little as $50,000. The salary cap for NBA players is approximately $100 million, although currently nobody makes anywhere near that much money. The top players in the league earn close to $35 million. Outside of the National Basketball Association, yearly earnings can be as low as $20,000 annually for minor league teams.
So what was basketball player Cleveland Buckner’s net worth at the time of death? Our estimate for Cleveland Buckner’s net worth at death is:
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