Jameer Nelson Net Worth 2018: What is this basketball player worth?
Jameer Nelson is a professional basketball player who plays Point guard for the New Orleans Pelicans as number 14. Nelson was born on February 9, 1982, in Chester, Pennsylvania. Nelson’s height is 6 ft 0 in. Nelson’s weight is 190 pounds. This article takes a deep dive into Jameer Nelson’s net worth.
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Jameer Nelson Career and Earnings/Salary
In high school, Jameer Nelson played basketball for Chester High School (Pennsylvania) (Chester, Pennsylvania). Nelson played basketball in college with Saint Joseph’s Hawks men’s basketball (2000-2004) and started playing professionally in 2004. In the 2004 NBA draft, Nelson was chosen number 20 in round 1 by the Denver Nuggets.
Nelson played for the Orlando Magic during 2004-2013 as well as the Dallas Mavericks in 2014-. Later, Nelson played for the Boston Celtics throughout 2014, the Denver Nuggets over 2014 2016, and the New Orleans Pelicans during 2017-present. Some of the highlights of Jameer Nelson’s career include: NBA All-Star, NBA All-Rookie Second Team, List of U.S. men’s college basketball national player of the year awards, Consensus first-team NCAA Men’s Basketball All-Americans, Atlantic 10 Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, 3x First-team All-Atlantic 10 Conference, Second-team All-Atlantic 10, 2x Atlantic 10 All-Defensive Team, and No. 14 Retired numbers.
Nelson won a gold medal in the FIBA Under-21 World Championship in the United States national basketball team event.
Jameer Nelson Net Worth 2018
Player annual payments vary between a couple thousand dollars and millions of dollars annually, depending on a number of statistics. Although most professional NBA players earn a salary of about $2 million, a small contingent of players with D-league crossover agreements receive as little as $50,000. The salary cap for NBA players is around $100 million, although as of today nobody makes anywhere near that amount. The top players in the league earn around $35 million. Outside of the NBA, salaries can go below $20,000 per year for minor league teams.
Jameer Nelson net worth: basketball salary distribution
Jameer Nelson’s salary in 2018 was $7 million.
So what is basketball player Jameer Nelson’s net worth in 2018? Our estimate for Jameer Nelson’s net worth as of 2018 is: $13 million
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