Lorenzen Wright Net Worth 2018: What is this basketball player worth?
Lorenzen Wright was a professional basketball player who played Power forward / Center as number 55, 42. Wright’s height was 6 ft 11 in. Wright died on July 19, 2010 (aged 34), in Memphis, Tennessee. Wright was born on November 4, 1975, in Oxford, Mississippi. This article takes a deep dive into Lorenzen Wright’s net worth.
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Lorenzen Wright Career and Earnings/Salary
In high school, Lorenzen Wright played basketball for Booker T. Washington High School (Memphis, Tennessee)(Memphis, Tennessee). Wright played basketball in college with Memphis Tigers men’s basketball (1994-1996) and started playing professionally in 1996. In the 1996 draft, Wright was chosen number 7 in round 1 by the Los Angeles Clippers. Wright left the game of basketball in 2009.
Wright played for the Los Angeles Clippers during 1996-1998 as well as the Atlanta Hawks in 1999-2000. Later, Wright played for the Memphis Grizzlies throughout 2001-2005, the Atlanta Hawks over 2006-2007, the Sacramento Kings during 2007, and the Cleveland Cavaliers during 2008. Some of the highlights of Lorenzen Wright’s career included: Consensus second-team NCAA Men’s Basketball All-Americans, and First-team All-Conference USA.
Wright set a career record of 6,191 (7.9 ppg) points, 4,943 (6.3 rpg) rebounds, and 622 (0.8 apg) assists.
Lorenzen Wright Net Worth 2018
Player yearly earnings range between a couple thousand dollars and millions of dollars per annum, depending on a number of considerations. Although most professional NBA players earn a salary of approximately $2 million, a small contingent of players with D-league crossover agreements are paid 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 much money. The top players in the NBA earn nearly $35 million. Outside of the NBA, yearly earnings can dip below $20,000 per year for minor league teams.
Lorenzen Wright net worth: basketball salary distribution
So what was basketball player Lorenzen Wright’s net worth at the time of death? Wright earned a career high salary of around $8 million in ’06. Our estimate for Lorenzen Wright’s net worth at death is: $25 million
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