J. R. Giddens Net Worth 2018: What is this basketball player worth?

J. R. Giddens is a professional basketball player who plays Shooting guard for the Free agent. Giddens’s weight is 210 pounds. Giddens was born on February 13, 1985, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Giddens’s height is 6 ft 5 in. This article takes a deep dive into J. R. Giddens’s net worth.

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J. R. Giddens Career and Earnings/Salary

In high school, J. R. Giddens played basketball for John Marshall High School (Oklahoma); (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma). Giddens played basketball in college with, Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball (2003-2005), and New Mexico Lobos men’s basketball (2006-2008) and started playing professionally in 2008-09 NBA season. In the 2008 draft, Giddens was chosen number 30 in round 1 by the Boston Celtics.

Giddens played for the Boston Celtics during 2008-2009 as well as the Utah Flash in 2008-2009. Later, Giddens played for the Maine Red Claws throughout 2010, the New York Knicks over 2009, the Asseco Prokom Gdynia during 2010, and the New Mexico Thunderbirds during 2011. Some of the highlights of J. R. Giddens’s career include: Mountain West Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, First-team All-Mountain West Conference, and Third-team Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team.

J. R. Giddens Net Worth 2018

Basketball player annual payments vary between a few thousand dollars and millions of dollars per annum, depending on a number of circumstances. Although typical NBA players make a salary of approximately $2 million, a small contingent of players with D-league crossover deals earn as little as $50,000. The salary cap for NBA players is around $100 million, although currently nobody makes anywhere near that much money. The top players in the NBA earn around $35 million. Outside of the NBA, annual payments can be as low as $20,000 annually for minor league teams.