Francis Stanley Kaminsky III is a professional American basketball player associated with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) team, Houston Rockets. He played for the Wisconsin Badgers for four years of college basketball, setting the Wisconsin single-game record for points.
In 2015, he was awarded the men’s National College Player of the Year. Francis Stanley Kaminsky III was named all-area, all-conference, and east suburban Catholic Conference Player of the Year. Moreover, on November 18, 2018, Francis Stanley Kaminsky III jersey number, 44 was retired in a ceremony at Benet Academy.
As of 2023, Francis Kaminsky has an estimated net worth of over $10 million. His total NBA career is reported $22,722,830. He signed a 1 year / $1,882,867 contract with the Sacramento Kings in 2020 and played for the Suns where he earned $1,882,867 annually. In 2023, The player moved to the rockets and makes $1,628,189 as his salary.
He was under 4-year / $11,817,962 contract with the Hornets which paid $3,627,842 as base salary for 2018-19. In 2016, he had a base salary of $2.613 million USD and was paid $2,612,520 in his first NBA season in 2015.
He was the 245th best-paid NBA player this year also the 9th best-paid player of Charlotte Hornets with Nicolas Batum being the highest-paid player in the team and Bismack Biyombo the 2nd highest-paid player in the team.
Kaminsky also had the option to stay with the club for the 2019 season with an annual salary of $4,915,726 but he joined Phoenix Suns.
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Kaminsky, age 29, doesn't have a wife but is living in a happy relationship with is fiance, Ashley Brewer. The duo got engaged in late 2022 and shared the news through a post on their social media handle. They have been together for sometime.
Francis is better known for his relationships in the past. He was in a relationship with his long-term girlfriend Elyse Panick. The couple attended the same high school and had been together for a longtime.
Elyse attended the University of South Florida and is a former member of the USF Bulls volleyball team.
He has previously dated Deme Morales who is also a volleyball player for the Wisconsin Badgers.
Francis Kaminsky has a height of 7 feet and has a weight of 110kg. Moreover, He has dark brown hair and hazel brown eye.
Francis Stanley Kaminsky III was born on 4th April 1993 in Winfield, Illinois. He was born to Frank Jr and Mary. Kaminsky. His father played basketball at Lewis University and his mother was a professional volleyball player, played at Northwestern.
Moreover, he has two sisters named Kaylee and Hannah Kaminsky.
When he was five years old in 1998, his aunt and uncle worked for the Chicago Bulls and had access to the practice facility when, Michael Jordan, Dennis Rodman, and Randy Brown were on the team.
Kaminsky attended Bent Academy in Lisle, Illinois. He was named in the Chicago Sun-Times and IBCA 's first all-state team and the AP's second all-state team, averaging 14.2 points, 8.7 rebounds, 4.2 blocks, and 2.8 assists during his senior season.
As a freshman Francis played in 35 games. On November 22, 2011, Scored season-high Nine Points against UMKC. Later in the sophomore season, Kaminsky played in 32 games, averaging 4.2 points and 1.8 rebounds per game.
In his junior season with outstanding stats, Kaminsky was named to the First Team All-Big Ten. On March 29, 2014, Kaminsky was named West Regional Most Outstanding Player.
Kaminsky was named the Big Ten preseason player of the year before the 2014 season. The Badgers were unanimously chosen to win the Big Ten Championship. Kaminsky was named National Association of Basketball coaches a player of the year on March 31, 2015. On April 3, he became the first player to win Associated Press College Basketball Player of the year since 1961.
Later on April 5, he was also named as the Naismith College Player Of the year and subsequently won both the John R. Wooden and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Centre Of the Year Award. He was also named University of Wisconsin’s Male Athlete Of the year on June 12.
On June 25, 2105, Kaminsky was picked by the Charlotte Hornets in the 2015 NBA draft. Currently, he has a contract with Charlotte Hornets.
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some of his stats playing for Charlotte Hornets are:
Year | Team | Games played | Games Started | Minutes per game | Rebounds per game | Assists per Game | Steals Per Game | Blocks Per Game | Points Per Game |
2015-2016 | Charlotte Hornets | 81 | 3 | 21.2 | 4.1 | 1.2 | .5 | .5 | 7.5 |
2016-2017 | Charlotte Hornets | 76 | 16 | 26.5 | 4.5 | 2.2 | .6 | .5 | 11.7 |
2017-2018 | Charlotte Hornets | 79 | 4 | 23.2 | 3.6 | 1.6 | .5 | .2 | 11.1 |