Landry Shamet is an American professional Basketball Player player who plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Los Angeles Clippers as their No. 20 Shooting guard. He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 26th pick. 

Landry Shamet was born on March 13, 1997, in Kansas City, Missouri. As per his nationality, he is American and belongs to the Afro-American ethnic group. Further, his star sign is Pisces. 

Landry Shamet Net Worth and Salary in 2020

Initially, Shamet signed a 3 year $5,788,800 contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, which includes $5,788,800 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $1,929,600. That season, he earned $616,005 and was the 12th best-paid player of Philadelphia 76ers, Joel Embiid is the highest earner with a salary of $25,467,250.

In February 2019, Shamet was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers. In 2019-20, his salary is $1,995,120, and will hit a cap of $1,995,120 and a dead cap value of $1,995,120.

His projected salary for the next four seasons are:

As of 2020, Landry Shamet's net worth is $2 million and is expected to increase by a huge margin in the coming years.

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Landry Shamet Personal Life

The Famous NBA star is 6 feet 5 inch in height and weighs around 85 kg lbs. Landry Shamet is not only a world-class athlete but also is a very attractive individual. 

In addition, the shooting guard of Philadelphia 76ers has just begun his career and appears to focus on his career. There are no rumors about his probable wife or girlfriend.

CAPTION: Landry Michael Shamet with his mother SOURCE: kansas.com

Other than being a famous NBA Shooting guard, Landry Shamet is pretty famous in social media, having 33.6k followers on Instagram and 15.7k followers on Twitter.

Early Life & Education

Landry Shamet was born to mother, Melanie Shamet, who worked as a waitress at Smokehouse Barbecue before she welcomed her only child into the world. Though Melanie was a single parent, she had plenty of support in raising her boy.

Landry spent the first three years of his life with his grandparents, Patty and Dennis, and alongside his aunt, Janell, and uncle, Tyler. He enrolled, at Park Hill High School in Kansas City, Missouri where he played for his high school basketball team.

After completing high school, Landry Shamet enrolled at Wichita State University and played for the Wichita State Shockers men's basketball, averaging 11.4 points and 3.3 rebounds in his freshman season.

later in his sophomore season, held an average of 14.9 points and 5.2 assists per game.

Landry Shamet Professional Career

The Philadelphia 76ers picked Shamet with the 26th pick in the 2018 NBA draft.

Shamet averaged 8.8 points per game in the 2018 preseason, with 18 points in a 120-114 win over the Dallas Mavericks in China, playing with Markelle Fultz, Amir Johnson and many more.

Some of his career highlights and awards are: 

On January 8, 2019, he recorded a career-high 29 points off the bench in a home victory over the Washington Wizards, including a Sixers rookie record 8 three-pointers.