LaPhonso Ellis Net Worth 2018: What is this basketball player worth?
LaPhonso Ellis was a professional basketball player who played Power forward as number 20, 3. Ellis was born on May 5, 1970, in East St. Louis, Illinois. Ellis’s height is 6 ft 8 in. Ellis’s weight is 240 pounds. This article takes a deep dive into LaPhonso Ellis’s net worth.
LaPhonso Ellis Career and Earnings/Salary
In high school, LaPhonso Ellis played basketball for East St. Louis Lincoln High School (East St. Louis, Illinois). Ellis played basketball in college with Notre Dame Fighting Irish men’s basketball (1988-1992) and started playing professionally in 1992. In the 1992 draft, Ellis was chosen number 5 in round 1 by the Denver Nuggets. Ellis left the game of basketball in 2003.
Ellis played for the Denver Nuggets during 1992-1997 as well as the Atlanta Hawks in 1998 1999. Later, Ellis played for the Minnesota Timberwolves throughout 2000, and the Miami Heat over 2001-2002. Some of the highlights of LaPhonso Ellis’s career included: NBA All-Rookie First Team.
Ellis set a career record of 7,410 (11.9 ppg) points, 4,032 (6.5 rpg) rebounds, and 981 (1.6 apg) assists.
LaPhonso Ellis Net Worth 2018
Basketball player annual payments can range between a couple thousand dollars and millions of dollars per annum, depending on a number of circumstances. Although most professional NBA players earn a salary of around $2 million, some with D-league crossover contracts receive as little as $50,000. The salary cap for National Basketball Association players is close to $100 million, although currently no player brings in anywhere near that much money. The top players earn around $35 million. Outside of the NBA, yearly earnings can dip below $20,000 per year for minor league teams.
LaPhonso Ellis net worth: basketball salary distribution
So what is basketball player LaPhonso Ellis’s net worth in 2018? Ellis earned a career high salary of around $4 million in ’98. Our estimate for LaPhonso Ellis’s net worth as of 2018 is:
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