Ike Diogu is a professional basketball player who plays Power forward / Center for the Sichuan Blue Whales. Diogu was born on September 11, 1983, in Buffalo, New York. Diogu’s weight is 255 pounds. Diogu’s height is 6 ft 9 in. This article takes a deep dive into Ike Diogu’s net worth.
Image Credit: Keith AllisonIn high school, Ike Diogu played basketball for Garland High School (Garland, Texas). Diogu played basketball in college with Arizona State Sun Devils men’s basketball (2002-2005) and started playing professionally in 2005. In the 2005 Chinese Basketball Association draft, Diogu was chosen number 9 in round 1 by the Golden State Warriors.
Diogu played for the Golden State Warriors during 2005-2006 as well as the Indiana Pacers in 2006 2007. Later, Diogu played for the Portland Trail Blazers throughout 2008, the Sacramento Kings over 2008, and the Los Angeles Clippers during 2010. Some of the highlights of Ike Diogu’s career include: NBA D-League Impact Player of the Year, NBA D-League All-Star, Consensus second-team NCAA Men’s Basketball All-Americans, Pac-12 Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, 3× First-team List of All-Pac-12 Conference men’s basketball teams, and FIBA Africa Championship MVP.
Diogu won a gold medal in the AfroBasket 2015. Diogu won a silver medal in the AfroBasket 2017.
Basketball annual payments vary between a couple thousand dollars and millions of dollars annually, depending on a number of circumstances. Although typical NBA players earn a salary of about $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 brings in anywhere near that much money. The top players in the NBA earn approximately $35 million. Outside of the National Basketball Association, annual payments can dip below $20,000 annually for minor league teams.
So what is basketball player Ike Diogu’s net worth in 2018? Diogu earned a career high salary of around $3 million in ’09. Our estimate for Ike Diogu’s net worth as of 2018 is:
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