Shareef Abdur-Rahim was a professional basketball player. Abdur-Rahim’s height is 6 ft 9 in. Abdur-Rahim was born on December 11, 1976, in Marietta, Georgia. This article takes a deep dive into Shareef Abdur-Rahim’s net worth.
In high school, Shareef Abdur-Rahim played basketball for Joseph Wheeler High School (Marietta, Georgia). Abdur-Rahim played basketball in college with California Golden Bears men’s basketball (1995-1996) and started playing professionally in 1996. In the 1996 draft, Abdur-Rahim was chosen number 3 in round 1 by the Vancouver Grizzlies. Abdur-Rahim left the game of basketball in 2008.
Abdur-Rahim played for the Vancouver Grizzlies during 1996-2000 as well as the Atlanta Hawks in 2001-2003. Later, Abdur-Rahim played for the Portland Trail Blazers throughout 2003 2004, and the Sacramento Kings over 2005-2007. Some of the highlights of Shareef Abdur-Rahim’s career included: NBA All-Star, NBA All-Rookie First Team, Third-team NCAA Men’s Basketball All-Americans – Associated Press; National Association of Basketball Coaches, Pac-12 Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, First-team List of All-Pac-12 Conference men’s basketball teams, Pac-12 Conference Men’s Basketball Freshman of the Year, and 2× Mr. Georgia Basketball.
Abdur-Rahim set a career record of 15,028 (18.1 ppg) points, 6,239 (7.5 rpg) rebounds, and 2,109 (2.5 apg) assists.
Player salaries vary between a couple thousand dollars and millions of dollars per year, depending on a number of considerations. Although most professional NBA players earn a salary of around $2 million, a small contingent of players with D-league crossover contracts receive as little as $50,000. The salary cap for NBA players is around $100 million, although as of today no player brings in anywhere near that much money. The top players in the NBA earn close to $35 million. Outside of the NBA, yearly earnings can be as low as $20,000 annually for minor league teams.
So what is basketball player Shareef Abdur-Rahim’s net worth in 2018? Abdur-Rahim earned a career high salary of around $15 million in ’05. Our estimate for Shareef Abdur-Rahim’s net worth as of 2018 is: $45 million
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