It is much worse than that. The average NBA player's career is very short. About 4 years, last time I checked. And if you remove the stars that can last 15-20 y

It is much worse than that. The average NBA player's career is very short. About 4 years, last time I checked. And if you remove the stars that can last 15-20 years, you get a lot of people that play for 2 years and are dropped due to injury or just not panning out. And after a player is dropped from the NBA you get someone that has devoted their entire life to playing in the NBA and does not have any other job training. There are other leagues in other countries but they are few, have limited spots for foreigners and usually and do not pay very well.