Ken Sailors Net Worth 2018: What is this basketball player worth?

Ken Sailors was a professional basketball player who played Point guard as number 4, 5, 27, 13. Sailors’s height was 5 ft 10 in. Sailors died on January 30, 2016, in Laramie, Wyoming. Sailors was born on January 14, 1921, in Bushnell, Nebraska. This article takes a deep dive into Ken Sailors’s net worth.

Ken Sailors Career and Earnings/Salary

In high school, Ken Sailors played basketball for Laramie High School (Wyoming); (Laramie, Wyoming). Sailors played basketball in college with Wyoming Cowboys basketball (1940-1943, 1945-1946) and started playing professionally in 1946. Sailors left the game of basketball in 1951.

Sailors played for the Cleveland Rebels during 1946-47 BAA season as well as the Chicago Stags in 1947-48 BAA season. Later, Sailors played for the Philadelphia Warriors throughout 1947-48 BAA season, the Providence Steamrollers over 1947-48 BAA season 1948-49 BAA season, the Denver Nuggets (original) during 1949-50 NBA season, and the Boston Celtics during 1950-51 NBA season. Some of the highlights of Ken Sailors’s career included: All-BAA Second Team, 2× AAU Men’s Basketball All-Americans, List of NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball champions, NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player, Consensus first-team NCAA Men’s Basketball All-Americans, Consensus second-team All-American, and No. 4 Retired jerseys.

Ken Sailors Net Worth 2018

Basketball salaries range between a few thousand dollars and millions of dollars annually, depending on a number of statistics. Although on average, NBA players make a salary of approximately $2 million, some with D-league crossover contracts earn as little as $50,000. The salary cap for National Basketball Association players is close to $100 million, although currently no player brings in anywhere near that much money. The top players in the league earn nearly $35 million. Outside of the National Basketball Association, annual payments can dip below $20,000 per year for minor league teams.