Iman Shumpert

Those, who are into sports and basketball in particular, definitely know such a talented player as Iman Shumpert. He was delivered in Illinois and was one of the four kids in a family. His mother is a professor and his father is an insurance broker.

As a kid, a future star fell in love with basketball and used to play this game with his brothers every single day. In addition to that, he often went to see games with his aunt.

At school, the athlete played for the Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School and later joined Oak Park and River Forest High School.

In 2008 Iman entered Georgia Tech University and quickly became a key player in a team. He was demonstrating outstanding results despite some injuries. Following such skilled and exceptional performances, he was drafted by the New York Knicks. That’s how his successful career in the world of sports began.

The player showed good results for several years yet it wasn’t enough for the team and so, in 2015 he was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers. With that team he repeated above-average statistics because of multiple knee and shoulder injuries. In 2018 he signed a contract with Sacramento Kings and has been performing for the team till present days.

Would you like to know more mind-blowing details about the sportsman’s life? Then check these top five little-known facts:

• His nickname is Shump.
• He loves crazy hairdos.
• He is married to Teyana Taylor and shares a daughter with her.
• His current net worth is around 15 million dollars.
• Despite the fact that he spent all time playing basketball, he always had good grades at school, mostly A’s and B’s.