Dave Cowens Net Worth 2018: What is this basketball player worth?

Dave Cowens was a professional basketball player. Cowens was born on October 25, 1948, in Newport, Kentucky. Cowens’s height is 6 ft 9 in. This article takes a deep dive into Dave Cowens’s net worth.

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Dave Cowens Career and Earnings/Salary

In high school, Dave Cowens played basketball for Newport Central Catholic High School (Newport, Kentucky). Cowens played basketball in college with Florida State Seminoles men’s basketball (1967-1970) and started playing professionally in 1970-1980, 1982. In the 1970 draft, Cowens was chosen number 4 in round 1 by the Boston Celtics. Cowens left the game of basketball in 1983.

Cowens played for the Boston Celtics during 1970-1979 as well as the Milwaukee Bucks in 1982. Some of the highlights of Dave Cowens’s career included: 2× NBA champion, NBA Most Valuable Player Award, 8× NBA All-Star, NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award, 3× All-NBA Second Team, NBA All-Defensive First Team, 2× NBA All-Defensive Second Team, NBA Rookie of the Year Award, NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team, No. 18 Retired numbers, and No. 13 Retired numbers.

Cowens set a career record of 13,516 (17.6 ppg) points, 10,444 (13.6 rpg) rebounds, and 2,910 (3.8 apg) assists.

Dave Cowens Net Worth 2018

Basketball salaries can range between a few thousand dollars and tens of millions of dollars per annum, depending on a number of considerations. Although typical NBA players make a salary of approximately $2 million, some with D-league crossover agreements earn as little as $50,000. The salary cap for National Basketball Association players is close to $100 million, although currently nobody makes anywhere near that amount. The top players earn approximately $35 million. Outside of the NBA, annual payments can go below $20,000 annually for minor league teams.