Many people dream of being an athlete when they are young. Mainly for the fact that they would be able to call it a job, plus you would get to be able to play the game you love in front of thousands of fans of the team.

Basketball Is One of America’s Most Popular Sports

One of the most popular sports in the United States is basketball, and we have quite an impressive team here in Colorado, the Denver Nuggets. Being a professional basketball player has its perks, to say the least. Mainly being able to play a game to earn a living.

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According to actionnetwork.com, the average professional basketball player in the NBA makes a staggering on-field salary of $11.6 million. I do not know about you, but that is the type of salary that I could only dream about.

If you have ever been interested in finding out how long you would have to work to match an annual average salary of an NBA player, you do not have to wonder any longer. The average household income for a Colorado resident per year is approximately $58,219.

How Long a Coloradan Would Have to Work

That means a Coloradan who was making the average wage in the state would have to work nearly 200 years straight to even come close to making the average salary of a professional basketball player in the NBA.

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To make the top salary in the NBA, a Coloradan would have to work even longer, over 1,000 years. To make this salary on regular wages, you would need to work a total of 13.18 lifetimes to achieve such a goal.

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Looking Back at Carmelo Anthony’s Denver Nuggets Career in Photos

Gallery Credit: Kerri Mac

The Greatest Moment In Nuggets History. Their Championship Parade

The 2023 NBA Championship Parade for our Denver Nuggets was absolutely spectacular. Firetrucks from all over Colorado loaded up with Nuggets players and staff and took over 17th Street in Downtown Denver. Here are some pix of the action that we caught at 17th and Wazee just outside of Union Station.

Gallery Credit: Big Rob TSM