Kemba Walker

John Max 06 Jan,2017

Facts of Kemba Walker

Ethnicity
Afro-American
Birth Name
Kemba Hudley Walker
Famous Name
Kemba Walker
Nationality
American
Birth Date
Affair with
Unknown
Currently Married
Unknown
Father
Paul Walker
Mother
Andrea Walker

Contents:

Career & Net worth

Salary
$12 million
Net Worth
$20 million
Currently Club
Charlotte Hornets

Relationship

Affair with
Unknown
Currently Married
Unknown

Born as Kemba Hudley Walker and famous as Kemba Walker is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted by the Charlotte Bobcats in 2011.

 

Walker was the second leading college basketball scorer in the United States so he was named as the tournament’s most outstanding player for Big East Championship and NCAA Championship held in 2011.

Kemba Walker Early Life

He was born on May 8, 1990 and is currently age 28 years old. With his beautiful family Paul Walker (father), Andrea Walker (Mother), Sharifa Nesbitt (sister), Keya Edwards and Akil Nesbitt (Brothers) he was raised up in the Bronx, New York. He is American and his Birth sign is Taurus.

Kemba Walker graduated from Rice High School in 2008 in Harlem, New York from where he initiated his basketball career. He played against Simeon Career Academy and senior guard Derrick Rose in Madison Square Garden and won by 53-51 points.

By his impressive games later then he was listed as the No.5 point guard and the No.14 player in the nation in 2008. Less than four seconds later, on March 26, 2008, at the McDonald’s All-American game, the world knew exactly who Kemba Walker was.

After his High School, he got connected to University of Connecticut (UConn), where his team was named as the Big East All-Rookie Team. He played for 2009 NCAA Tournament where he helped the Huskies to achieve number one seed and go to the 2009 Final tour.

After his great performance to 34 games in 2009-10-11 seasons, he was named First Team USBWA All-District and winner of the Bob Cousy Award for the top point guard respectively.

Kemba Walker Professional Life

In the 2011 NBA draft, Walker was selected 9th overall by the Charlotte Bobcats. He signed the rookie scale contract with the Bobcats on December 11, 2011. Further, he achieved his first triple-double on January 28, 2012, in a home game against the Washington Wizards, joining Boris Diaw and Stephen Jackson as the only Bobcats in team history to record one.

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In a 2018 season opener, Walker scored 41 points in a 113–112 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, setting a franchise record for points scored on October 17, 2018. 

Kemba Walker Personal Life

This basketball player is popular among his fans. He has millions of fans and admirers from around the world.  Talking about his personal life he is not married. According to records, he is possibly single.

Further, there aren't any records of his past relationship. Though Kemba is rumored to be dating an unknown girlfriend nothing has been revealed by the Hornet star.

Although he had been marked with several girls his relationship status still remains hidden and it seems he is not interested in marriage too.

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Kemba Walker Net Worth

Kemba Walker is also popular for his brand endorsement. In 2011 Kemba Walker signed a multi-year shoe deal with Under Armour but currently, he has switched his shoe deal to Jordan brand during his trip with the Charlotte Hornets to China.

He also got a strong pitch from Adidas to sign with them but he decided instead to sign with probably most iconic brand Jordan.

Kemba Walker mostly played as Point Guard (PG). He has a good defensive too. He is 6 feet 1 inch tall which is around 1.85m. His weight is 184lb (83kg). His current salary is $12 million. As of now, his net worth is estimated at $20 million. 

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