Li Yueru returned to the WNBA to get a base salary of $64,800, and stayed in China to earn 4 million easily
News on February 20, on February 20, the WNBA team Los Angeles Sparks officially announced that they got the Chinese women's basketball player Li Yueru through a trade, and Xiaobao will return to the WNBA arena. It is reported that Li Yueru's salary for joining the Los Angeles Sparks is only 64,800 US dollars, which is not comparable to the 4 million during her tenure in China.
The 24-year-old Li Yueru is the core player of the Chinese women's basketball team, 2.01 meters tall, in the just-concluded women's basketball Paris Olympic qualifiers, in addition to the French women's basketball team, Li Yueru's other two performances were very good, especially in the game with the Puerto Rico women's basketball team, got 22 points and 23 rebounds, which is the guarantee of the team's victory. Li Yueru was selected to the best team in the Xi'an division with an average of 15.3 points and 14.3 rebounds per game
In the half season of representing Besiktas in the Turkish Super League, Li Yueru also played an average of two doubles per game and became the strongest thigh of the team.
Today, the WNBA team Los Angeles Sparks officially announced that the team traded for Li Yueru, a member of the Chinese women's basketball team, to send this year's No. 8 pick, and to get Julie Allemand and Li Yueru from the Chicago Sky and a 2025 three-round pick.
According to domestic basketball reporter Song Xiang, Li Yueru has been hoping to return to the WNBA to prove herself after playing as a substitute in the Chicago Sky for a season, and she has made a lot of hard work and preparation for this.
In May, the new WNBA season will start, and Li Yueru will resume the journey of pursuing her dreams, and her salary for the new season is 64,800 US dollars (about 460,000 yuan). This salary is the WNBA's base salary and is non-guaranteed.
It is worth mentioning that if Li Yueru stayed in China to play WCBA, she could easily earn a salary of 4 million yuan, but she gave up the opportunity to earn money easily, but went abroad to study abroad to exercise herself, which can be said to be very pursuitful.
In this regard, netizens have said, "A girl with a dream, come on Xiaobao!"
"Counting the expenses, it is actually much less than the domestic income, which is also an important reason why domestic players are reluctant to go abroad. ”
"After deducting taxes, I feel like I can't really earn much"
"Therefore, it is the right time for the WCBA to release foreign aid, it is simply to obtain higher gains with lower expenditures, as long as foreign aid is released, it can basically lock in the world's No. 1 women's basketball league"
"No wonder China's WCBA is the highest-paid league in the world for professional women's basketball."