James Bouknight is a well-known collegiate basketball player of the Big East Conference under coach Dan Hurley. He currently plays as a professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Additionally, he had signed the team officially on 3 August 2021.
Furthermore, he had involved in a car crash in November 2019 where he did not have a license with full speed. He then collided with a car into a street sign near campus and fled away from the incident area. He later surrendered himself to the police after which he had three games suspended. Let us scroll over to know more information on him.
Caption: The basketball player, James Bouknight.
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James Bouknight: Bio, Family, Career
The athlete was born on 18 September 2000 as James David Bouknight in Brooklyn, New York, the United States of America. He was born as the youngest of three children to his supportive parents: Patty Leo and John Bouknight. He grew up with his elder brother and sister in Crown Heights, Brooklyn in New York City. Further, he has a nationality of American and belongs to unknown mixed ethnicity.
Furthermore, he started to play sports like baseball and basketball from a young age when he was in middle school. Moreover, he initially started his basketball playing career at La Salle Academy in Manhattan. During this time, he averaged 17.4 points per game that led his team to enter the New York Federation Class B state championship. Also, he received many awards including New York State Sportswriters Association Class B Player of the Year accolades.
After that, he was transferred to MacDuffie School, and later he became a consensus four-star recruit considering the 53rd-best player in the 2019 class by 247Sports. He further committed to playing college basketball for UConn in 2018. In that context, after joining Uconn, he had to get suspended from three games because of his involvement in a car accident.
In 2020, he had a good freshmen basketball career and was named American Athletic Conference (AAC) Player of the Week. As well as he had named Third Team All-AAC and All-Freshman Team selection. He suffered an elbow injury against Marquette on 5 January 2021, for which he missed eight games after undergoing surgery. On 31 March 2021, it was announced that his eligibility for the 2021 NBA draft. Moreover, the Charlotte Hornets selected him in the 11th pick in the draft and signed officially on 3 August 2021.
James Bouknight: Personal Life & Girlfriend
The 21-year-old (as of 2022) is possibly single as of now. It seems that he is currently focusing on his career rather than being in a romance. Furthermore, he has not been involved in any kind of rumors or controversies, except in a car accident.
James Bouknight: Net Worth & Social Media Profiles
According to sources, Charlotte Hornets pays a good salary to their players. And in the case of James, He signed in 2021 for six years with the signing amount of $4,154,400 yearly which would be doubled in the next six years. Therefore, he has an estimated net worth of above $1 million.
He has a verified Instagram account @james.bouknight with 128k followers. On Twitter, he has a verified account @jam3s210 with 13.2k followers.
James Bouknight: Body Measurements
The young athlete has an athletic body that stands to a height of 6 feet 4 inches or 1.93 meters and weighs around 86 kg. Moreover, he has black eyes color and short black curly hair with a tan complexion. No information on his fit and athletic body measurements of chest, waist, or biceps.
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