Xavier Silas

Xavier James Silas was born on 22nd Janusry 1988 in San Antonio, Texas of parerts Vanessa Silas and James Silas. His father, James is a well known two time All-American at Stephen F Austin and played for NBA/ABA’s San Antonio Spurs and Cleveland Cavaliers.

Xavier attended Stephen F Austin High School located in Austin, Texas where he began playing basketball. Later he was transferred to Brewster Academy located in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire for his postgraduate year. He went on to perform really well with an average of 12.8 points and 4.0 rebounds per game. Xavier went on to continue his pa s sion in basketball and began playing for Colorado University from 2006. He played there only for two seasons and left in 2008. He was transferred to Northern Illinois where he began playing from 2009 to 2011. While begin a senior, Xavier went on to average 22.3 points and 4.6 rebounds per game which was excellent. Later on in 2012, Xavier announced that he was ready to be drafted in 2011 NBA draft but unfortunately he remained undrafted. He however began playing with BCM Gravelines of the French league from 16th September 2011 and signed a one year deal. He then played for Maine Red Claws of the D-League as a Shooting/Point guard. Later he was waived off by the Claws in 2012. Thus, Xavier joined Philadelphia 76ers on 9th December 2011 but within a few days on 20th December, Xavier was waived off. Yet again he went to play for the Maine Red Claws . But after a short while he signed with the Philadelphia 76ers on 24th April 2012. Then in July of that year, Xavier joined 76ers for the 2012 NBA Summer League. Silas was thus in and out of the 76ers again and again. Then for his 2013 to 2014 season, Silas went on to play for Maccabi Ashdod of the Israeli league. However after nine games, Xavier left Maccabi on 16th January 2014. On 11th February 2014, Xavier joined Quimsa of the Argentinean cup. However, on 29th September 2014, Xavier went on to play for the Washington Wizards. Soon enough on 25th October of the same year, Xavier was waived off by them. So, finally Xavier joined Nea Kifisia of the Greek League on 7th January 2015. He currently plays with them.

Not much about Xavier’s personal life is known to the public because he is reluctant on sharing his private information to the media. Xavier is single currently. He is not married till date and does not have any children.

Xavier is currently 21 years old, weighs 90 kgs, and is 6 feet 5 inches tall. According to the 2013 data, Xavier’s salary was 762195 USD which is fairly enough for a rising star. Xavier is slowly growing and people around him adore him a lot. He has been named the First-Team All-MAC in 2011 due to his high points per average.