Athlete

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 * Job description:** A professional basketball player is a professional athlete who specifically plays basketball. A professional athletes are people with natural talent, stamina, and competitive drive. They normally have excellent reflexes and coordination and are well disciplined when it comes to rigorous practice and training.
 * Education:** For many sports, including basketball, a college education is not necessary. Professional athletes are usually noticed by scouts who are sent to watch college and sometimes high school players.
 * Average salary:** Depending on the skill of the player the amount a player is payed will increase or decrease, for example players such as Lebron James and Dwyane Wade will earn around $25 million a year, average players like Brad Miller will earn around $10 million a year, and rookies will earn from $800,000 a year to $2 million a year.
 * Best/Worst part:** The best part, in my mind, of being a professional basketball player would be having everyone in the crowd cheering for me because I made a good play or made the game winning point. I have always loved the feeling that I get when everyone is happy with the job that I am doing. The worst part, in my mind, would be the opposite of what I believe to be the best part. I have never liked feeling like I am disappointing people so when everyone is booing at me because I made a bad play or caused my team to lose the game that would most likely make me upset.
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