Deji Akindele Net Worth 2018: What is this basketball player worth?

Deji Akindele is a professional basketball player who plays Center for the Yalova Group BelediyeSpor. Akindele was born on April 2, 1983, in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Akindele’s height is 7 ft 1 in. This article takes a deep dive into Deji Akindele’s net worth.

Deji Akindele Career and Earnings/Salary

Akindele played basketball in college with Chicago State Cougars men’s basketball (2003-2005) and started playing professionally in 2005. Akindele was first drafted in 2005.

Akindele played for the Fort Worth Flyers during 2005-2007 as well as the Iowa Energy in 2007. Later, Akindele played for the Pau-Orthez throughout 2007-2008, the Scavolini Spar Pesaro over 2008-2009, the SPO Rouen Basket during 2010, and the BC Nizhny Novgorod during 2010. Some of the highlights of Deji Akindele’s career include: Liga Nacional de Baloncesto champion, Montenegrin Basketball Cup winner, and The Summit League Defensive Player of the Year.

Akindele won a silver medal in the AfroBasket 2017.

Deji Akindele Net Worth 2018

Basketball player annual payments can range between a few thousand dollars and tens of millions of dollars per year, depending on a number of statistics. Although on average, NBA players earn a salary of about $2 million, a small contingent of players with D-league crossover agreements are paid as little as $50,000. The salary cap for NBA players is around $100 million, although currently nobody brings in anywhere near that much money. The top players earn around $35 million. Outside of the National Basketball Association, annual payments can dip below $20,000 annually for minor league teams.