He is one of the most valuable basketball players at the moment and his page and attacking game has really impressed many people. He will become one of the best players in the future as he has already showed a lot of promise. He is none other than the very talented yet very down to earth Dion Waiters. He was born in the year 1991 on 10th of December which makes him 23 years old at this moment. At this age he has already been so famous which sums up his success story. He was born in a place called Philadelphia which lies in Pennsylvania of United States of America. This makes his nationality American and ethnicity black.
He was an emerging basketball talent from his childhood. He had tough times in his childhood as he lost his grandmother whom he loved very much in early ages. He went to the popular high school called Bartam High School to start his educational career. After that he went to another school which was the Philadelphia High School. He left that school also and went to another school called South Kent School. He started his training from the Life Center Academy and they must be very proud that they made a player like him. According to a survey he was named as one of the best in the game as his rank reached twenty-ninth spot. The survey was conducted by a website called Rivals.com. His professional career has been a top notch one and he will develop into a great player. He played from a club called Cleveland Cavaliers from the year 2012. His career best is a total of 33 points which he scored against a very powerful team which was the Sacramento Kings. In the year 2013 he got a smashing opportunity to play for the NBA Rising Stars which he grabbed very quickly. In the year 2014 he was one of the most valuable players as he smashed a rocking 31 points. Currently he is playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder and he is one of their key players. He has won several awards which include Jordan Brand All-American in the year 2010 and NBA All-Rookie First Team in the year 2013. He was also named as BBVA Rising Star twice in the year 2013 and also in the year 2014. He has some injury problems in the past but he has managed well to overcome those problems.
After being so successful he has managed to keep his personal life very private. There is very less information on which he is dating or any current girlfriend or any affair at the moment. He has never revealed his sexual preference also and because of that no one knows whether he is gay or straight.
He has been very successful in his career which has boosted his net worth to millions. He recently got a contact which was a jaw dropping and mouth watering 16,666,717 U.S dollars. He gets a salary of 5.138 million U.S dollars which sums up his success story.
by sanjeet, 26 Jan, 2015
