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.
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.
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.
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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