Dion Waiters Bio, Net worth, Salary, Height, Weight, Body Measurements

They say that if you practice a skill for 10,000 hours you will master it. If you’re doing this for the game of basketball and you’re tall and talented at the same time, you’re Dion Waiters. The American basketball player is a rising star in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He began his professional career in the NBA by playing for the Cavaliers. He currently plies his trade in Florida for the Miami Heat team and has been described as such a modern talent. Dion is one superstar who’s just waiting in the wings, and you might want to know a few things about the man before the whole world starts screaming his name.

Dion Kellner Bio

Dion Waiters loves basketball. Many players see basketball as a means to an end, a way out of poverty, but for Kellner he sincerely loves the sport as it is and as it has shown itself since childhood. Despite losing his father Dion Waiters Sr. to prisons at the time of his birth and being raised by his mother Monique Brown, Dion spent most of his time playing basketball.

The Miami Heat Shooting Guard, who was born on December 10, 1991 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, made basketball his life. During his high school career, he was ranked #2 on the ESPN 100 for top shooter, #15 for ESPNU’s top recruit, and #29 for Rivals.com’s top recruit.

College is where most players have the last chance to impress NBA teams before the door shuts and they give up their professional basketball careers. Waiters played for Syracuse for two years and picked up a fourth overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft. During his brief but fulfilling collegiate career, he averaged 6.6 points, 1.5 assists per game in his freshman season and 12.6 points, 2.5 assists per game in his sophomore season. It was his second season that poured into the accolades and national recognition with accolades such as the East’s sixth Man of the Year, AP Honorable Mention All-American.

NBA career

His professional NBA career has set him multiple personal records and double-digit points per game ratio despite playing over 300 games and barely starting half of them. In his rookie season, despite being plagued by injuries that caused him to miss 21 games, he was ranked the fourth best overall rookie by NBA.com and placed fifth in the NBA Rookie of the Year campaign.

Dion Waiters spent three seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers before moving to the Oklahoma City Thunder, which saw Iman Shumpert and JR Smith move to the Cavaliers. It took some time for Dion’s new team to get used to having him as part of their squad. He spent the first half of the season in a bank role, starting only two games. His time in Oklahoma wasn’t too fruitful and after two seasons he was sent to his current team, the Miami Heat.

Despite an unsuccessful stint at Oklahoma, Dion Waiters is widely regarded as an efficient outside shooter who possesses a unique ability to hit two threes a game and find his way to the rim through big defenders.

Since joining the Heat in 2016, Dion, despite multiple injuries, has been an asset to the team and displayed some of the qualities he is well known for. His shooting prowess has been a mainstay of his time in the Heat, as he hit a career-high 33 multiple times with a remarkable .6-second three-point buzzer and defeated the impressive Golden State Warriors. His NBA career stats currently stand at 365 games played, 183 games started, 13.3 points per game, 2.8 assists and 2.7 rebounds per game.

What is his net worth, salary?

Dion Waiters is currently worth $2million. Dion signed a four-year, $52 million deal with the Heat in 2017 and earns an annual salary of $12.7 million. It was also reported that if he gets over his injury woes and plays 70 games in the regular season, he will receive a $1 million bonus.

Body measurements – height, weight

Dion is known for his strength and ability to drive to the rim against tall defenders, much of which comes from his strength, 6ft height and 102kg body weight. His dominant shooting hand is his right.