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 Professional Basketball Player

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Competing as a professional basketball player involves much more than playing in scheduled games. Successful players maintain rigorous exercise and weight training regimens to achieve the top conditioning necessary for competitive performance in fast-paced games.


Players practice regularly with their team and work on individual shooting and ball handling skills on their own. The National Basketball Association (NBA) season includes 82 regular season games as well as several rounds of playoffs for winning teams, so players are subjected to a challenging travel routine in addition to the physical demands of the sport.


According to Basketball Reference, NBA players will earn an average salary of $7,916,644 in 2020-21, making them the highest paid athletes.1  NBA rosters include fewer players than baseball and football teams, allowing franchises to devote more resources to recruiting players. Players typically sign guaranteed contracts so that even if they become injured or are cut from a team, they still receive their compensation.


Top players in the most prominent international basketball leagues in places like Spain, Greece, Italy, and Russia also earn high salaries exceeding $1 million, though the average player receives much lower compensation

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