Klay Alexander Thompson was born on the 8th of February, 1990in Los Angeles, U.S.A. to a biracial family, Julie and Mychal Thompson. Klay’s father was also connected with sport, he was the first overall pick of the 1978 NBA draft. As to the siblings, he has two brothers, Trayce and Mychel, who are famous sportsmen nowadays.
While being a child, Alexander and his family went to live in Lake Oswego, Oregon. There he attended the local school and grew up an ordinary boy. During the formative years, the Thompson’s left the town and went to Ladera Ranch, California. Klay took lessons at the Santa Margarita Catholic High School.He also was fond of sport and took part in some matches. He was the participant in the contest, during which hemade a record with seven 3-pointers in the match. He got such titles as Division III State player of the year, League MVP, first-team Best in the West, and an EA Sports Second Team All American.
As to his further education, he studied at Washington State University.Besides, he played basketball a lot and led his team to the victory by averaging 12.5 points per game. Soon he was named Most Outstanding Player and became the third fastest Cougar who had 1,000 points. Later Klay was nominated for the John R. Wooden Award. Later he became the first Cougar to win Pac-10 Player of the Week three times.
In the year of 2011, he signed a contract with Golden State Warriors in the first round as the 11th overall pick. The next year, he announced that he was ready to be chosen in the 2012 NBA All-star Weekend Rising Stars Challenge but was not selected. Soon Klay improved his play and went on to average 12.5 points per game from the previous 7.6, 2.8 rebounds from 1.6 from the previous and 1.5 steals from the previous 1.3.
In his 2012-2013 seasons with the States, Klay recorded a career high 34 points and 14 rebounds in a game against San Antonio. His next season stats included 18.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.2 assists. According to the Fangraphs, in the 2014 -2015 season, Klay scored a career high 52 points with 11 three pointers. There was some insignificant injury in his life, but it did not prevent from his playing in the future. Thompson is very enthusiastic and hardworking person. Due to the persistent job, his net worth is estimated to be nearly $21.9 Million dollars and his salary per a year is $15.5 Million dollars.
As to the personal life in his biography, he has not been married. Currently, Klay does not have a wife or a girlfriend. He was noticed to be in the relationship with Hannah Stocking. The spouse broke up soon. The reason of their separation is still unknown. The gossips about his dating with Karrueche Tran were not approved by anyone.
| Net Worth 2021: | 60 million |
