Kevin Garnett was a professional basketball player. Garnett was born on May 19, 1976, in Greenville, South Carolina. Garnett’s height is 6 ft 11 in. Garnett’s weight is 240 pounds. This article takes a deep dive into Kevin Garnett’s net worth.
Image Credit: Keith AllisonIn high school, Kevin Garnett played basketball for, Mauldin High School (Mauldin, South Carolina), and Farragut Career Academy (Chicago). Garnett started playing professionally in 1995. In the 1995 draft, Garnett was chosen number 5 in round 1 by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Garnett left the game of basketball in 2016.
Garnett played for the Minnesota Timberwolves during 1995-2006 as well as the Boston Celtics in 2007-2012. Later, Garnett played for the Brooklyn Nets throughout 2013-2014, and the Minnesota Timberwolves over 2014 2015. Some of the highlights of Kevin Garnett’s career included: NBA champion, NBA Most Valuable Player Award, 15× NBA All-Star, NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award, 4× All-NBA Team, 3× All-NBA Team, 2× All-NBA Team, NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, 9× NBA All-Defensive Team, 3× NBA All-Defensive Team, NBA All-Rookie Second Team, 4× List of National Basketball Association annual rebounding leaders, J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, Mr. Basketball United States, McDonald’s All-American Game MVP, and Illinois Mr. Basketball.
Garnett set a career record of 26,071 (17.8 ppg) points, 14,662 (10.0 rpg) rebounds, and 5,445 (3.7 apg) assists. Garnett won a gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men’s tournament event. Garnett won a gold medal in the FIBA Americas Championship 1999 in the United States men’s national basketball team event.
Basketball salaries vary between a few thousand dollars and tens of millions of dollars annually, depending on a number of considerations. Although most professional NBA players make a salary of about $2 million, a small contingent of players with D-league crossover contracts receive as little as $50,000. The salary cap for National Basketball Association players is nearly $100 million, although as of today nobody makes anywhere near that amount. The top players in the NBA earn close to $35 million. Outside of the NBA, salaries can dip below $20,000 annually for minor league teams.
So what is basketball player Kevin Garnett’s net worth in 2018? Garnett earned a career high salary of around $28 million in ’04. Our estimate for Kevin Garnett’s net worth as of 2018 is: $130 million
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