Who is Essence Townsend, Wife of Alex Len? His Parents, Family, Salary, Jersey
Alex Len is a professional basketball player from Ukraine who plays for the Sacramento Kings of the NBA. He spent two seasons with the Maryland Terrapins (then in the Atlantic Coast Conference) and one season with Dnipro in the top basketball league in his country before getting selected. Len practiced gymnastics as a child and received coaching from Oleksiy Stepanenko, who had also worked with Olympic gold champion Ihor Korobchynskyi.
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He competed for the Ukraine national team at the 2009 and 2010 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championships, where he finished the 2010 competition as the top shot blocker, second-best rebounder, and fourth-best scorer overall. The Phoenix Suns picked Len with the fifth overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft. Len was the highest-selected Ukrainian-born player drafted into the NBA and the second player of international birth to be chosen in that draft.
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Before Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors, and Washington Wizards. He played with Sacramento Kings back in 2020 and he re-signed with the Kings back in 2021. During the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, Len competed for Ukraine’s Under-16 national team. Len was selected in August 2018 to participate in the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifiers for the first time as a Ukrainian national basketball team member.
Alex Len Girlfriend
Alex is a star player at the Sacramento Kings and is not married or engaged to anyone yet. But this does not mean that he is not in a relationship as Alex is in a relationship with a beautiful girl named Essence Townsend. Essence is a supportive and understanding girlfriend who supports his partner in his every big decision.
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The couple is dating each other since 2011. Essence is also an athlete and player as she also played basketball. They understand and support each other careers. The couple prefers to keep everything low profile and does not post each other’s pictures on their social media handles.
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She sometimes visits the court to watch his matches and now she does modeling as well for a few brands. Hope that the couple will share more news soon.
Alex Len Parents and Family
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Alex was born on 16 June 1993 in Antratsyt, Ukraine. His mother’s name is Yulia Len. His father’s name is not known at this moment. He is very close to his mother and his mother also supported him in every phase of his life. She often visits the grounds to watch his matches and to cheer him up.
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He is not the only child in the family as has a sister named Anna Shaposhnikova. He is very close to his cousin Katya Koliesnikova. Alex often posts her pictures and his mother also posts her pictures on her Instagram.
Alex Len Salary
Alex is under contract with the Kings for $3,918,600. This is his 2022-23 season salary. His next season’s salary is yet to be revealed. His net worth is somewhere between $1 million to $5 million.
Alex Len Jersey
Alex is currently playing as a center with the Sacramento Kings and wears jersey number 25 with them. Before Alex, 19 other players wore this jersey. Tom Thacker and Travis Outlaw were one of them who wore this number for 4 long years. There are many super-talented players who carried this jersey number.
