Ron Mercer was a professional basketball player who played Small forward / Shooting guard as number 5, 33, 1. Mercer was born on May 18, 1976, in Nashville, Tennessee. Mercer’s height is 6 ft 7 in. Mercer’s weight is 210 pounds. This article takes a deep dive into Ron Mercer’s net worth.
In high school, Ron Mercer played basketball for Goodpasture Christian School; (Madison, Tennessee); Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Virginia); (Mouth of Wilson, Virginia). Mercer played basketball in college with Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball (1995-1997) and started playing professionally in 1997. In the 1997 draft, Mercer was chosen number 6 in round 1 by the Boston Celtics. Mercer left the game of basketball in 2005.
Mercer played for the Boston Celtics during 1997-1998 as well as the Denver Nuggets in 1999. Later, Mercer played for the Orlando Magic throughout 1999, the Chicago Bulls over 2000-2001, the Indiana Pacers during 2001 2002, and the San Antonio Spurs during 2003. Some of the highlights of Ron Mercer’s career included: NBA All-Rookie First Team, List of NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball champions, Consensus first-team NCAA Men’s Basketball All-Americans, Southeastern Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, and 2× Tennessee Mr. Basketball.
Mercer set a career record of 5,892 (13.6 ppg) points, 1,342 (3.1 rpg) rebounds, and 921 (2.1 apg) assists.
Basketball salaries vary between a few thousand dollars and millions of dollars annually, depending on a number of statistics. Although typical NBA players earn a salary of almost $2 million, a small contingent of players with D-league crossover agreements receive as little as $50,000. The salary cap for NBA players is close to $100 million, although currently nobody makes anywhere near that amount. The top players in the league earn nearly $35 million. Outside of the National Basketball Association, salaries can be under $20,000 annually for minor league teams.
So what is basketball player Ron Mercer’s net worth in 2018? Mercer earned a career high salary of around $7 million in ’04. Our estimate for Ron Mercer’s net worth as of 2018 is:
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