Nowadays, basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world, basketball players have become a class of top income, and Yao Ming has become an unshakable basketball spokesperson in the hearts of Chinese fans. However, in China, there is another basketball player who can compete with Yao Ming, and he is Wang Zhizhi.
Strictly speaking, Wang Zhizhi is the first Person Chinese player to play in the NBA, although for various reasons, Wang Zhizhi has not been able to go all the way in the NBA, but his strength is beyond doubt, some people say that whether it is the Yao Ming era or the Yi Jianlian era, Wang Zhizhi is the one who has made outstanding contributions to the Chinese men's basketball team.
Due to institutional reasons, Wang Zhizhi was not released by the Chinese Basketball Association club at first, resulting in him only playing in the NBA for 5 years, according to the NBA regulations, players can receive a pension when they reach the age of 45, so how much can Wang Zhizhi receive?
As we all know, Wang Zhizhi was born in 1977 in a sports family in Beijing, and his parents are basketball players on the Beijing team. He perfectly inherited the excellent genes of his parents, 15-year-old Wang Zhizhi, who is 2 meters 06 tall. With such a high height advantage and the blessing of top basketball talent, he started his basketball career early with the support of his parents and basketball coach.
At the age of 18, Wang Zhizhi successfully entered the Bayi team and became the main center of the team. Wang Zhizhi has a soft shooting feel, has the ability to shoot from a medium distance, plays with great momentum, and is full of confidence, he led the Bayi team to win 6 championships in one go during the CBA.
Wang Zhizhi's unique style of play attracted the attention of NBA scouts, although he was tall, but still fast, his steps were also very agile, in 2000, Wang Zhizhi's talent was favored by nelson Sr., he was successfully taken away by the Dallas Mavericks, and the door of the NBA was officially opened to him.
Like most basketball players, Wang Zhizhi chose to play in the NBA, first, to prove his strength; The second is to get a better income to improve the quality of life. The NBA is also a highly professional league, and the protection of players is also very good.
Among them, the NBA's pension system also gives some basic living security to players who have spent too much time and gone bankrupt in life mountain after retirement, and the threshold for pension payment is at least 3 years in the NBA. In addition, retired players can also enjoy the NBA's lifetime medical insurance, which has continued to this day and has won unanimous praise from players at home and abroad. And Wang Zhizhi, who just turned 45 this year, just reached the conditions for receiving a pension, so how much money can he receive?
The calculation method of NBA pension is: years of service * 306 US dollars = monthly amount, in general, athletes who have played in the NBA for 3 years, do not look at the salary but only look at the years of service, in other words, the amount of pension is positively correlated with the length of time you have been in the NBA.
After the NBA retirees reach the age of 45, they can get a base fund of $306 per month multiplied by 2/3 of the years of service, and after the age of 50, they can receive the full amount, and if the player waits until the age of 62 to start withdrawing the pension, he can get an additional bonus.
Wang Zhizhi played in the NBA for a total of 5 years, the Lone Ranger played for 1 year, the Clippers played 2 years, and the Heat played 2 years. Although his total salary is only $5.2 million, this does not affect his retirement amount. In this way, if Wang Zhizhi starts to take a pension at the age of 50, he will be $1531 per month, and if he starts to get a pension at the age of 45, he will be $1021 per month, which is about 6500 yuan.
However, Wang Zhizhi is not a person with bad money, after retiring, he first served as the head coach of the Bayi team, and after the dissolution of the Bayi team, he was still active in the construction of the youth echelon. It is worth mentioning that because Wang Zhizhi did not break away from the system, his annual salary is about 250,000, although it is not as good as the active players, but it is enough to ensure his life, and the NBA's pension also brings him an additional income. In terms of emotional life, after Wang Zhizhi and Song Yang divorced, they married Zhou Lei, a big beauty who was much younger than himself. It can be said that Wang Zhizhi can also be regarded as a winner in life.