Donatas Motiejūnas Net Worth 2018: What is this basketball player worth?

Donatas Motiejūnas is a professional basketball player who plays Power forward / Center for the Shandong Golden Stars as number 12. Motiejūnas’s height is 7 ft 0 in. Motiejūnas was born on September 20, 1990, in Kaunas, Lithuania. Motiejūnas’s weight is 222 pounds. This article takes a deep dive into Donatas Motiejūnas’s net worth.

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Donatas Motiejūnas Career and Earnings/Salary

Motiejūnas started playing professionally in 2005. In the 2011 Chinese Basketball Association draft, Motiejūnas was chosen number 20 in round 1 by the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Motiejūnas played for the BC Žalgiris-2 during 2005-2007 as well as the BC Žalgiris in 2007-2008. Later, Motiejūnas played for the Žalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis School Kaunas throughout 2007-2008, the LSU-Atletas over 2008-2009, the Pallacanestro Treviso during 2009-2012, and the Asseco Gdynia during 2011-2012. Some of the highlights of Donatas Motiejūnas’s career include: Polish Basketball League champion, National Basketball League champion, LKF Cup champion, Baltic Basketball League champion, EuroCup Rising Star, Lietuvos krepšinio lyga All-Star, FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship MVP, and Euroleague Basketball Nike International Junior Tournament MVP.

Motiejūnas won a silver medal in the EuroBasket 2013. Motiejūnas won a silver medal in the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

Donatas Motiejūnas Net Worth 2018

Player annual payments can range between a couple thousand dollars and millions of dollars per year, depending on a number of circumstances. Although typical NBA players earn a salary of around $2 million, a few with D-league crossover contracts earn as little as $50,000. The salary cap for NBA players is nearly $100 million, although as of today nobody earns anywhere near that much money. The top players in the league earn around $35 million. Outside of the National Basketball Association, annual payments can dip below $20,000 annually for minor league teams.