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Nene Hilario Net Worth: Nene Hilario is a Brazilian professional basketball player who has a net worth of $45 million. Born Mebaina Rodney Hilario in San Carlos, Brazil in 1982, Nene Hilario started his career in Vasco da Gama, Brazil from 1999 to 2002. The New York Knicks selected Hilario with the seventh overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft, making him the first Brazilian to be selected in the first round of the NBA.
He was quickly traded to the Denver Nuggets, where he played until 2012. Hilario has been a member of the Washington Wizards since 2012. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2003. Hilario played for the Brazilian men’s national team and won a silver medal at the 2001 Neuquén FIBA Americas Championship and a bronze medal at the 2001 Brisbane Goodwill Games. Hilario played in more than 50 playoff games, most of them with the Nuggets from 2004 to 2011. In 2008, he announced that he would be on leave to deal with medical issues. Two months later, Hilario returned after undergoing surgery to remove the tumor on his testicle. He has been married to his wife Lauren Prothe since 2009. In retirement, Hilario hopes to build relationships with the church and the youth Christian community upon his return. As of September 2018, Nene Hilario’s NBA salary alone reached $123 million.
