Jeff Ruland was a professional basketball player. Ruland’s height is 6 ft 11 in. Ruland’s weight is 240 pounds. Ruland was born on December 16, 1958, in Bayshore, New York. This article takes a deep dive into Jeff Ruland’s net worth.
In high school, Jeff Ruland played basketball for Sachem School District; (Lake Ronkonkoma, New York). Ruland played basketball in college with Iona Gaels men’s basketball (1977-1980) and started playing professionally in 1980. In the 1980 draft, Ruland was chosen number 25 in round 2 by the Golden State Warriors. Ruland left the game of basketball in 1993.
Ruland played for the FC Barcelona Bàsquet during 1980-1981 as well as the Washington Bullets in 1981-1985. Later, Ruland played for the Philadelphia 76ers throughout 1986 1991, and the Detroit Pistons over 1992. Some of the highlights of Jeff Ruland’s career included: List of NBA All-Stars, NBA All-Rookie First Team, Third-team NCAA Men’s Basketball All-Americans – National Association of Basketball Coaches, and Haggerty Award winner.
Ruland set a career record of 5,763 (17.4 ppg) points, 3,378 (10.2 rpg) rebounds, and 1,002 (3.0 apg) assists.
Player salaries can range between $20,000 and millions of dollars per year, depending on a number of considerations. Although on average, NBA players earn a salary of nearly $2 million, some with D-league crossover contracts receive as little as $50,000. The salary cap for NBA players is approximately $100 million, although as of today nobody brings in anywhere near that amount. The top players in the league earn around $35 million. Outside of the NBA, yearly earnings can be as low as $20,000 per year for minor league teams.
So what is basketball player Jeff Ruland’s net worth in 2018? Ruland earned a career high salary of around $800,000 in ’86. Our estimate for Jeff Ruland’s net worth as of 2018 is:
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