Why I Want To Be A Star Basketball Player

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This assignment will be about the budget project. The reason I choose basketball for my career cause I plan on being a star basketball player. My career will be easy if I can follow the rules correctly. The materials I want I can be able to buy them myself. To get more money, food, and houses I have I’ll have to have a lot of money. Some people get payed every two weeks that works at certain jobs like fast food restaurant’s. NBA players get payed a lot of money and get trades to another team. My favorite team is the Lakers which go out to my favorite player Kobe Bryant. They also get a lot of deals some times they get offered 90.millions dollars. Basketball player bring home over 9.millions dollars a time and be able to get everything

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