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Is All That “Bling-Bling†Really Worth It?
Published by Tarik Barrett on May 5, 2009
Article Source: Bleacher Report - NBA
With the NFL Draft having just occurred, and the NBA draft fast approaching, I had an interesting epiphany:
I've heard Shaq on several occasions say that as a rookie he was advised to save/invest his NBA salary for post-NBA life. He was counseled that he could live entirely off of his endorsement money.
Conservatively, Shaq has earned $270-300 million in total salary to date. From his rookie year through the turn of the century, when the economy was doing exceptionally well for investors specifically, he earned about $50 million in salary alone! ...
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