Drew Eubanks was a 4-star recruit who was ranked no.1 in the state of Oregon, when he was part of the Oregon State Beavers in the Pac-12 Conference. He had forgone the final year of his college eligibility to participate in the 2018 NBA Draft. However, Eubanks sadly went undrafted.
Contrast that to now when Eubanks is in his 7th season as an NBA player. And over the years, he has proven himself as quite the reliable big man for every team he has played at. So let’s see how Eubanks has been compensated for his efforts in the NBA.
What is Drew Eubanks’ salary with the Utah Jazz?
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In August 2024, Drew Eubanks signed a 9.75 million dollar, 2-year contract with the Utah Jazz. This deal has a guaranteed fee of $5,000,000 and Eubanks will receive an average salary of $4,875,000. For the 2024/25 NBA season, Eubank will receive $5,000,000 as his base salary, carrying a cap hit of $5,000,000 and a dead cap valued at $5,000,000.
Eubanks’ contract doesn’t include any team or player options for either of the two years. And he will become an unrestricted free agent in the 2026/27 NBA season.
How many teams has Drew Eubanks played for in the NBA?
After going undrafted in the 2018 NBA Draft, he joined the San Antonio Spurs to play in the Summer League. Then in September 2018, Eubanks officially joined San Antonio on a two-way deal. He made his NBA debut a month later in October. However, he didn’t get off to the start he wanted as his team lost 108-121 against the Portland Trail Blazers. To his credit, however, he couldn’t have helped much in his three-and-a-half minutes of playtime in that game.
Drew re-signed with the Spurs for $5.29 million on a 3-year contract in 2020. But less than a year and a half later, he was traded to the Toronto Raptors in 2022. But The Raptors ended up waiving him, and Eubanks then became a free agent before being signed to a 10-day contract by Portland in March 2022.
A few 10-day contracts later, the Portland Trail Blazers signed him to a 1-year, $1.97 million contract in July 2022. Just a year later, in July 2023, Eubanks signed a 2-year $5 million deal to join the Phoenix Suns. But his stint with Phoenix would be short-lived as he would decline the player option in his contract in June 2024, becoming a free agent once again.
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Two months later, he would join Utah Jazz on the aforementioned contract. So far, throughout his NBA career, Eubanks averages 5.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per game. And he does this while shooting at a 60% clip. So how much has he earned through his career in the NBA?
How much money has Drew Eubanks made over the years in the NBA?
Joining the Spurs as a 22-year-old, Drew Eubanks made $2,785,630 in his two years at San Antonio. Then after signing several 10-day contracts and later, a permanent deal, he earned $2,445,199 at the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Interestingly, despite being waived by Toronto, he still made a cool $597,730 from the Raptors. His largest paydays, however, came at the Phoenix Suns and Utah Jazz. In total, Drew Eubanks earned $2,396,614 in his year at Phoenix, not a bad payday at all. In the maiden year of his Utah Jazz contract, Drew is set to take home a $5 million salary. This puts his career earnings at $13,225,173 but this number will go up to $17,975,173 by the time his current contract ends.
From being undrafted to earning nearly $15 million in just 7 years as an NBA player, Drew Eubanks has come a long way. And only 27 now, he still has a few years to add to that number by the time he calls it a day in the NBA.
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