Nikos Galis Net Worth 2018: What is this basketball player worth?

Nikos Galis was a professional basketball player. Galis was born on July 23, 1957, in Union City, New Jersey. Galis’s height is 6 ft 0 in. Galis’s weight is 180 pounds. This article takes a deep dive into Nikos Galis’s net worth.

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Nikos Galis Career and Earnings/Salary

In high school, Nikos Galis played basketball for Union Hill High School; (Union City, New Jersey). Galis played basketball in college with Seton Hall Pirates men’s basketball (1975-1979) and started playing professionally in 1979. In the 1979 draft, Galis was chosen number 68 in round 4 by the Boston Celtics. Galis left the game of basketball in 1994.

Galis played for the Aris BC during 1979-1992 as well as the Panathinaikos BC in 1992-1994. Some of the highlights of Nikos Galis’s career included: 8× Greek Basket League champion, 7× Greek Basketball Cup winner, 5× Greek Basket League MVP, 5x Greek Basket League Finals MVP, FIBA EuroBasket MVP, 11× List of top scorers in Greek Basket League by season, 8× Alphonso Ford Trophy, 4× Greek Basket League statistical leaders, EuroLeague individual statistics, 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors, FIBA’s 50 Greatest Players, No. 6 Retired numbers, FIBA European Selection, Euroscar Award, Mr. Europa Award, Mediterranean Player of the Year, Seton Hall Athletic Hall of Fame, and Haggerty Award.

Galis won a gold medal in the EuroBasket 1987 in the Greece national basketball team event. Galis won a silver medal in the EuroBasket 1989 in the National Team event.

Nikos Galis Net Worth 2018

Player yearly earnings vary between a few thousand dollars and millions of dollars per year, depending on a number of factors. Although on average, NBA players earn a salary of nearly $2 million, a few with D-league crossover contracts receive as little as $50,000. The salary cap for National Basketball Association players is approximately $100 million, although as of today no player makes anywhere near that amount. The top players in the league earn nearly $35 million. Outside of the National Basketball Association, yearly earnings can go below $20,000 annually for minor league teams.