Career Research

Professional Basketball Player

A professional Basketball player is in the entertainment business. They get paid millions of dollars to go out every night and entertain the crowd while they try and win games for their teams. Its not all fun and games though you need a lot of skills and talents to become a professional basketball player.

Requirements/needs-

• tall large figure
• Good cordination
• speed
• strength
• mental tough ness
• god given talent and hard work

Education-

• 1 year of college 
• no degree required

Goals

     Basketball is a strong passion of mine. for the future i have high hopes and aspirations. but everything comes with hard work and patience. i have many goals concerning my future with basketball. the first is to go play in college and become a dynamic player. i plan to play for all four years so as to achieve my academic goal of getting my bachelors degree. during my stay in college i hope to make it to the final four and win a national championship. after college its off to the pro's. in the NBA a key goal for my first year is to win rookie of the year. after that i Plan to win many championships and all star awards. After a long career in the NBA I hope to get into the hall of fame and forever be enshrined with all my childhood idols. That would include the likes of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, and Kareem Abdul Jabar. But to achieve all these i plan to work hard and dedicate myself to this beautiful game of Basketball. if not i will just become another fan who can do nothing but watch others achieve my goals for themselves.

Leter to Micahel Jordan

Dear, Michael

     I am writing you because something bad will happen to you next week. yes i said next week. but don't panic and please don't toss this letter. this event i am talking about will be during your tryouts that is happening for the school team. don't get upset but you will get cut because you are too small. i am writing you this letter now so that i can prove to you i am from the future. in the far future in the year 2011. by this time you will be retired. Retired? you ask. yes you will retire from the NBA as the greatest man to ever play the game of basketball and you will leave your mark kon the game forecer. you will be inducted into the hall of fame and everyone will know your name. so don't give up because all the hard work you will put in after you get cut will be worth it. keep working hard.

                                                               Sincerly, A huge fan

P.S.- you will grow 4 inches this summer and you wont b so little anymore.

Budget

my salary as a basketball player would be $79,459.92. since there is not set salary this salary was created by averaging the salary of every professional and minor basketball leagues in the world.

Monthly salary- $6,621.66
Monthly budget- $4,880
money left- $1,741.66
Adults-2      Kids-2

House-$1700
Car payments-$500
car insurance-$100
Daycare-$500
food-$600
cable-$300
Phone-$80
Entertainment-$500
savings-$1500

Life in 10 years

     Almost every kid that grows up playing sports has a dream of being a professinal one day. but sooner or later we must come to grips with reality. the chances of making it to the NBA are 7 out of 540,000. unless you are in that top 7 your chances are not looking good. but i can still dream cant i.
     Lets say i was in the top 7 out of that 540,000 high school players. in ten years i would be 28 and in my prime. i would be at my highest playing potential and that would mean my highest earning potential as well. the player salary in the NBA is in the millions of dollars for the top athletes. lets just say for this story i was making 5 million a year. with all that money i would b living a very lavish life style. 
     In this life i would have everything anyone can dream of. i would be living in a mansion, drive a Cadillac Escilade, and always be eating in the finest restaurants. I would always take vacations to various locations. life would just be a dream. their would be no worries financially and hopefully that would translate into everything being OK. with professional basketball as my career i would truly be living the dream.