Darius Songaila Net Worth 2018: What is this basketball player worth?
Darius Songaila was a professional basketball player who played Assistant coach for the Žalgiris Kaunas. Songaila’s height is 6 ft 9 in. Songaila was born on February 14, 1978, in Marijampolė, Soviet Union. Songaila’s weight is 248 pounds. This article takes a deep dive into Darius Songaila’s net worth.
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Darius Songaila Career and Earnings/Salary
In high school, Darius Songaila played basketball for New Hampton School; (New Hampton, New Hampshire). Songaila played basketball in college with Wake Forest Demon Deacons men’s basketball (1998-2002) and started playing professionally in 2002. In the 2002 Lietuvos krepšinio lygaEuroLeague draft, Songaila was chosen number 50 in round 2 by the Boston Celtics. Songaila left the game of basketball in 2015.
Songaila played for the PBC CSKA Moscow during 2002-2003 as well as the Sacramento Kings in 2003-2004. Later, Songaila played for the Chicago Bulls throughout 2005, the Washington Wizards over 2006-2008, the New Orleans Pelicans during 2009, and the Philadelphia 76ers during 2010. Some of the highlights of Darius Songaila’s career included: Lietuvos krepšinio lyga champion, Russian Basketball Super League champion, EuroBasket champion, Turkish Super Cup, LKF Cup, Associated Press honorable mention NCAA Men’s Basketball All-Americans, Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė champion, and Lietuvos krepšinio lyga champion.
Songaila set a career record of 3,415 (6.9 ppg) points, 1,689 (3.4 rpg) rebounds, and 589 (1.2 apg) assists. Songaila won a bronze medal in the Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Lithuania men’s national basketball team event. Songaila won a gold medal in the EuroBasket 2003 in the Lithuania men’s national basketball team event. Songaila won a bronze medal in the EuroBasket 2007 in the National team event.
Darius Songaila Net Worth 2018
Basketball annual payments can range between a couple thousand dollars and tens of millions of dollars per annum, depending on a number of circumstances. Although most professional NBA players make a salary of nearly $2 million, a small contingent of players with D-league crossover contracts earn as little as $50,000. The salary cap for National Basketball Association players is nearly $100 million, although as of today nobody earns anywhere near that amount. The top players earn nearly $35 million. Outside of the NBA, yearly earnings can go below $20,000 annually for minor league teams.
Darius Songaila net worth: basketball salary distribution
So what is basketball player Darius Songaila’s net worth in 2018? Songaila earned a career high salary of around $5 million in ’11. Our estimate for Darius Songaila’s net worth as of 2018 is:
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