Steve Smith was a professional basketball player who played Shooting guard as number 3, 8. Smith’s height is 6 ft 8 in. Smith was born on March 31, 1969, in Highland Park, Michigan. Smith’s weight is 221 pounds. This article takes a deep dive into Steve Smith’s net worth.
In high school, Steve Smith played basketball for Pershing High School (Detroit, Michigan). Smith played basketball in college with Michigan State Spartans men’s basketball (1987-1991) and started playing professionally in 1991. In the 1991 draft, Smith was chosen number 5 in round 1 by the Miami Heat. Smith left the game of basketball in 2005.
Smith played for the Miami Heat during 1991-1994- as well as the Atlanta Hawks in 1994-1998. Later, Smith played for the Portland Trail Blazers throughout 1999-2000, the San Antonio Spurs over 2001-2002, the New Orleans Hornets during 2003, and the Charlotte Bobcats during 2004. Some of the highlights of Steve Smith’s career included: NBA champion, NBA All-Star, NBA All-Rookie First Team, NBA Sportsmanship Award, J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, NBA All-Star Weekend Shooting Stars Competition, Consensus second-team NCAA Men’s Basketball All-Americans, Third-team All-American – Associated Press; United Press International, and No. 21 Retired numbers.
Smith set a career record of 13,430 (14.3 ppg) points, 3,060 (3.2 rpg) rebounds, and 2,922 (3.1 apg) assists.
Player yearly earnings vary between a few thousand dollars and tens of millions of dollars per year, depending on a number of statistics. Although on average, NBA players make a salary of nearly $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 earns anywhere near that much money. The top players earn close to $35 million. Outside of the National Basketball Association, yearly earnings can go below $20,000 per year for minor league teams.
So what is basketball player Steve Smith’s net worth in 2018? Our estimate for Steve Smith’s net worth as of 2018 is: $15 million
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