Dušan Šakota Net Worth 2018: What is this basketball player worth?

Dušan Šakota is a professional basketball player who plays Power forward for the AEK Athens as number 5. Šakota was born on April 22, 1986, in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia,. Šakota’s height is 6 ft 10.75 in. This article takes a deep dive into Dušan Šakota’s net worth.

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Dušan Šakota Career and Earnings/Salary

Šakota started playing professionally in 2003. Šakota was first drafted in 2008.

Šakota played for the Panathinaikos B.C. during 2003-2009 as well as the Panionios B.C. in 2007-2008. Later, Šakota played for the Victoria Libertas Pesaro throughout 2009-2010, the BC Oostende over 2011, the BC Enisey Krasnoyarsk during 2012, and the Pallacanestro Varese during 2012-2014. Some of the highlights of Dušan Šakota’s career include: 2× EuroLeague EuroLeague champion, Basketball Champions League Star Lineup, 5× Greek Basket League champion, and 4× Greek Basketball Cup winner.

Šakota won a bronze medal in the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in the Greece national basketball team event. Šakota won a gold medal in the World Military Basketball Championship in the Greece national basketball team event.

Dušan Šakota Net Worth 2018

Basketball player annual payments can range between a few thousand dollars and millions of dollars per annum, depending on a number of considerations. Although on average, NBA players earn a salary of almost $2 million, a small contingent of players with D-league crossover agreements receive as little as $50,000. The salary cap for National Basketball Association players is nearly $100 million, although currently nobody brings in anywhere near that much money. The top players in the NBA earn approximately $35 million. Outside of the National Basketball Association, yearly earnings can be as low as $20,000 per year for minor league teams.