European Basketball Salaries

Basketball players moving to Europe might well beParker were forced to come to the American
interested in European basketball salaries and howNBA on salaries under 2 million USD as they
much they can earn for their sport movingcouldn't get that much from their European
abroad. Like all professions, European basketballbasketball salaries with any teams showing how
salaries will obviously vary depending on multiplemuch lower European basketball salaries are when
factors – the skill of the player, the teamcompared to those in the US. As such the
they're playing for, the league that team plays in,majority of highest paid European basketball stars
negotiations and an element of luck. However asmove to the US to play for the NBA where they
a general rule European basketball salaries are stillwill experience higher salaries and more fame.
lower than those in the US.Saying that European basketball salaries are low is
The reason European basketball salaries are lowerof course meaning low in comparison to the
is really to do with the popularity of the sport.salaries in the US and salaries for other European
While in the US basketball is widely watched andsports. All sports are paid fairly highly in
enjoyed, in Europe different sports are morecomparison to other professions and most
successful such as football (soccer), cricket, rugbyEuropean basketball salaries are still more than
and tennis. Basketball in Europe then is more of aenough to live on comfortably.
fringe sport not even shown on much television,European basketball salaries will also depend on the
and this is reflected by European basketballEuropean country. In Russia for example the
salaries. In most sports the high salaries of theEuropean basketball salaries in Russia are slightly
players simply reflects the fact that there is a lothigher as the teams have a slightly higher budget.
of money in the industry due to the large numberThe PBC CSKA (a Russian team known as the
of fans attending games, paying to watch them‘Red Army' which plays in the Eastern
on television and buying merchandise etc. QuiteEuropean VTD United League) for example pay
simply there isn't enough money in the sport forsome players European basketball salaries of
the European basketball salaries to be that high.around 4 million USD for a year which is higher
As such players such as Lynn Greer and Anthonythan a lot of other European basketball salaries.