Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is an American professional Basketball Player player who plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As of 2019, Kentavious currently plays for the Los Angeles Lakers as their Shooting guard. Kentavious has played for the teams Detroit Pistons.
As a Shooting guard, Kentavious reportedly earns around $12,000,000 as his yearly salary from Los Angeles Lakers.
As of 2019, Caldwell has an estimated net worth over $15 million.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope signed a 1-year / $ 12,000,000 contract with the Los Angeles Lakers which includes $ 12,000,000 guaranteed and $ 12,000,000 annual average salary. In 2018-19, Caldwell-Pope earns a basic salary of $ 12 million, with a cap hit of $ 12 million and a dead cap of $ 12 million.
Kentavious so far has made earnings of $41,741,533 from his entire NBA career. Moreover, he is the second highest paid player of L.A. Lakers followed by Rajon Rondo with LeBron James being the highest paid with the salary of $35,654,150.
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The Famous NBA star is 6 feet 5 inch in height and weighs around 93 kg. Kentavious is not only a world-class athlete but also has a very attractive individual.
Caldwell is married to McKenzie Caldwell-Pope. The couple met in Dallas, Texas, while Caldwell-Pope was playing for the Detroit Pistons.
Mckenzie has a son named Kenzo from her earlier relationship, who was only one when the couple started dating. The couple later welcomed a son in 2017 named Ken Jr.
Caldwell is active on social media and gives regular updates on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Moreover, He has 85.3 K followers on Instagram and 42.6 K followers on Twitter and often posts images on his social network profile.
Kentavious was born on February 18, 1993, in Thomaston, Georgia to parents Lawrance Pope and Rhonda Caldwell. As per his nationality, he is American and belongs to the Afro-American ethnic group. Further, his star sign is Aquarius.
Kentavious attended Greenville High School in Greenville, Georgia where he played for his high school basketball team.
Kentavious, in his high school career, held an average of 31 points and 8.2 rebounds. After completing high school, Kentavious enrolled at the University of Georgia and played for the Georgia Bulldogs basketball.
Caldwell-Pope was selected by the Detroit Pistons on 27 June 2013 with the eighth overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft. He later joined the Pistons for the 2013 NBA Summer League and signed his contract with the team on 19 July.
He was associated with Detriot Pistons from the year 2013 to 2017. Later on July 7, 2017, Caldwell was declared as a free agent by renouncing his position in the team.
On 13 July 2017 Caldwell-Pope signed with the Los Angeles Lakers a one - year $ 18 million contracts. He debuted for the Lakers on 22 October 2017, earning 20 points as a starter in a loss of 119–112 to the Pelicans of New Orleans.
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YEAR | TEAM | Games played | Games Started | Minutes per game | Rebounds per game | Assists per Game | Steals Per Game | Blocks Per Game | points Per Game |
2013-2014 | Detriot | 80 | 41 | 19.8 | 2.0 | .7 | .9 | .2 | 5.9 |
2014-2015 | Detriot | 82 | 82 | 31.5 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | .2 | 12.7 |
2015-2016 | Detriot | 76 | 76 | 36.7 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 1.4 | .2 | 14.5 |
2016-2017 | Detriot | 76 | 75 | 33.3 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 1.2 | .2 | 13.8 |
2017-2018 | L.A. Lakers | 84 | 74 | 33.2 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 1.4 | .2 | 13.4 |
On 6 July 2018, Caldwell-Pope re-signed a $ 12 million contract with the Lakers for one year and is playing along with the team-mates LeBron James, Lonzo ball.