James Yap Net Worth 2018: What is this basketball player worth?
James Yap is a professional basketball player who plays Shooting guard / Small forward for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters as number 18. Yap was born on February 15, 1982, in Escalante, Negros Occidental, Philippines. Yap’s height is 6 ft 3 in. This article takes a deep dive into James Yap’s net worth.
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James Yap Career and Earnings/Salary
In high school, James Yap played basketball for Iloilo Central Commercial High School. Yap played basketball in college with University of the East and started playing professionally in 2004.
Yap played for the Star Hotshots during 2004-2016 as well as the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in 2016-present. Some of the highlights of James Yap’s career include: 7× List of Philippine Basketball Association champions, 4× Philippine Basketball Association Finals Most Valuable Player award, 2× Philippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player award, Philippine Basketball Association Best Player of the Conference Award, 14× Philippine Basketball Association All-Star Game, Philippine Basketball Association All-Star Game Most Valuable Player award, 3× Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Basketball Association Mythical Team, Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Basketball Association Mythical Team, Philippine Basketball Association All-Rookie Team, Three-point shootout, University Athletic Association of the Philippines, and University Athletic Association of the Philippines.
Yap won a gold medal in the Basketball at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines men’s national basketball team event. Yap won a bronze medal in the William Jones Cup in the Philippines men’s national basketball team event.
James Yap Net Worth 2018
Basketball annual payments range between a couple thousand dollars and tens of millions of dollars per year, depending on a number of statistics. Although typical NBA players earn a salary of around $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 close to $100 million, although as of today nobody earns anywhere near that much money. The top players in the NBA earn approximately $35 million. Outside of the NBA, yearly earnings can dip below $20,000 annually for minor league teams.
James Yap net worth: basketball salary distribution
So what is basketball player James Yap’s net worth in 2018? Our estimate for James Yap’s net worth as of 2018 is:
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