Who is the Girlfriend of Jabari Smith Jr.? His Parents, Family, Salary, Jersey

American professional basketball player Jabari Smith Jr. plays for the NBA’s Houston Rockets. He was an Auburn Tigers basketball player in college. At Sandy Creek High School, Smith would guide the squad to a state title appearance as a senior. Smith was recognized as Mr. Georgia Basketball and a McDonald’s All-American while still in high school. Smith, a five-star prospect and the nation’s seventh-best recruit overall, committed to play collegiate basketball for Auburn University.

Smith assisted in guiding Auburn to its first-ever AP number-one rating and an SEC regular season championship as a rookie. He received the USBWA National Freshman of the Year Award and was recognized as an All-American at the end of his first season. Smith entered the 2022 NBA Draft after his freshman year, and the Houston Rockets took him with the third overall choice.

 

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At the 2019 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship in Belém, Brazil, Smith represented the United States. He contributed to the United States winning the gold medal with an average of 13.8 points and 6.2 rebounds per game.

Jabari Smith Jr. Girlfriend

 

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Jabari is a star player at the Houston Rockets and is not married or engaged to anyone yet. He is currently not even dating or seeing anyone according to the sources present on the internet. Even his Instagram says the same thing. He is very open about his family and parents, so we hope he’ll share the dating news as well.

 

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So for now it is safe to say that he is only dating his career and giving all his love and focus to his first love, basketball, and spending all the time on the ground.

Jabari Smith Jr. Parents and Family

Jabari was born on 13 May 2003 in Fayetteville, Georgia, United States to parents Jabari Smith Sr. and Taneskia Purnell. His father was an NBA player for the Sacramento Kings, Philadelphia 76ers, and New Jersey Nets for five seasons before playing professionally in Spain, Turkey, Iran, and Puerto Rico. He also played collegiate basketball at LSU.

 

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He is not the only child in the family as has an older brother named A.J. Smith. Kwame Brown, a distant relative of Smith’s, was selected first overall in the 2001 NBA draft and played 13 seasons in the league. He is very close to his family and his family also supported him in every phase of his life. They often visit the grounds to watch his matches and to cheer him up.

Jabari Smith Jr. Salary

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Jabari is under contract with the Rockets for $8,882,640. This is his 2022-23 season salary. His next 2 season’s salary will be $9,326,520 and $12,350,392 respectively. His net worth is somewhere between $1 million to $5 million. He is one of the youngest and most talented players on the team.

Jabari Smith Jr. Jersey

Jabari is currently playing as a power forward with the Houston Rockets and wears jersey number 1 with them. Before Jabari, 15 other players wore this jersey. Buck Johnson was one of them who wore this number for 5 long years. Trevor Ariza carried this number for 8 years and many other super-talented players are there who wore this number.

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