The Lifestyle of an NBA Player
With the wealth that playing basketball professionally brings, there are few things an NBA player can’t afford. The sport’s largest salaries are themselves close to $50 million a year, with sponsorships and endorsements often more lucrative.
Even the NBA’s lowest paid player, Ish Wainwright, takes home over half a million per year prior to sponsorships and endorsements. The staggering sums involved in professional basketball have funded the most extravagant of lifestyles for those in basketball’s top league.
A range of expensive cars, big houses, and jewelry are all status symbols often flaunted by NBA stars. It’s common for them to own mansions across the globe, some valued at tens of millions of dollars.
Steph Curry is the sport’s current highest paid athlete, and one of the g...