Cliff Meely is a professional basketball player who plays Power forward as number 25, 21. Meely died on May 29, 2013, in Boulder, Colorado. Meely was born on July 10, 1947, in Rosedale, Mississippi. This article takes a deep dive into Cliff Meely’s net worth.
In high school, Cliff Meely played basketball for Harlan Community Academy High School (Chicago, Illinois). Meely played basketball in college with, Northeastern CC (1967-1968), and Colorado Buffaloes men’s basketball (1968-1971). In the 1971 draft, Meely was chosen number 7 in round 1 by the San Diego Rockets.
Meely played for the Houston Rockets during 1971-1975 as well as the Los Angeles Lakers in 1975. Later, Meely played for the Nuova AMG Sebastiani Basket Napoli throughout 1977-1979, the Mulhouse over 1979-1980, and the Lazio during 1980-1981. Some of the highlights of Cliff Meely’s career include: Second-team NCAA Men’s Basketball All-Americans – United States Basketball Writers Association, Third-team All-American – Associated Press, 2× Big Eight Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, 3× First-team All-Big Eight Conference, and No. 4 Retired jerseys.
Meely set a career record of 2,658 (8.4 ppg) points, 1,703 (5.4 rpg) rebounds, and 398 (1.3 apg) assists.
Basketball player annual payments range between $20,000 and millions of dollars per year, depending on a number of considerations. Although on average, NBA players earn a salary of nearly $2 million, some with D-league crossover agreements receive as little as $50,000. The salary cap for National Basketball Association players is approximately $100 million, although currently nobody brings in anywhere near that amount. The top players in the NBA earn close to $35 million. Outside of the National Basketball Association, yearly earnings can dip below $20,000 annually for minor league teams.
So what was basketball player Cliff Meely’s net worth at the time of death? Our estimate for Cliff Meely’s net worth at death is:
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