How much money does a professional basketball player earn?

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In general, basketball players earn millions of dollars. The better players like Lebron James and Dwyane Wade will earn around $25 million a year, average players like Brad Miller will earn around $10 million a year, and rookies will earn from $800,000 a year to $2 million a year.

Ask someone at the reference desk of your local public library for the Occupational Outlook Handbook. It lists all kinds of information you would need to know,(including the salary) of just about any occupation you can think of.

Earnings vary widely. The top players can get millions, especially after adding in their endorsement deals. According to Forbes, in 2004 Michael Jordan made 35 million dollars; Shaquille O'Neal made 31.9 million; Kevin Garnett made 29.7; Kobe Bryant made 26.1; Grant Hill made 25.9; and LeBron James brought in 21.1.

Here are the median salaries for the top three paying teams, as reported by USAToday for the 2004-2005 season:

Dallas Mavericks $5,900,000
New York Knicks $5,505,000
Minnesota Timberwolves $4,837,633

For the bottom three teams:

Charlotte Bobcats $1,100,000
San Antonio Spurs $1,100,000
New Jersey Nets $939,480

It really depends on what team your on and how good you are

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