is currently playing for Dwight Howard of the Los Angeles Lakers . He joined the Lakers in the summer of 2019 with a one-year, $2.56 million minimum salary contract to stay in the NBA. As a former superstar in the NBA, Howard is now completely reduced to a basic salary player, and he no longer has the contract salary of the past superstars. Due to Howard's chaotic off-court life and illegitimate children, many fans speculate When Howard retires and does not play, I am afraid it will be the day of the bankruptcy of the inside center, so is this really the case?
As we all know, Howard was the No. 1 pick of the NBA draft in 2004. So far, he has played in the NBA for 15 years, and for most of the previous period, Howard was holding a max-paid player contract. Among them, when Howard's 4-year rookie contract was about to end, Howard signed a 5-year contract with a total value of 85 million US dollars with the Magic, and then Howard reached a 4-year 88 million US dollars with the Rockets to join the contract.
Even after leaving the Rockets, Howard was still able to easily sign a franchise contract with an annual salary of 10 million, so in Howard's past 15 years of NBA playing career, he received a total player salary of 238 million US dollars. Even after removing about 50% of various taxes and other expenses, Howard can still get about $120 million in real money in the end. And if it is Howard's endorsement contract and off-field income at his peak, Howard can at least harvest a personal net worth of less than 200 million US dollars.
According to the normal situation, Howard's salary income will not be bankrupt at all, and it is enough to cover the child support. But because of Howard's previous spending, most of his past player salary income has been squandered. Therefore, Howard will go bankrupt if he doesn't play next time. This is definitely not a joke. In fact, the current player contract with an annual salary of 2.56 million is basically unable to support Howard's daily expenses. It is really difficult to be frugal!
