Meyers Patrick Leonard is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born on February 27, 1992. He played basketball in college for the Illinois Fighting Illini before getting selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 11th overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft. After spending his first seven seasons with the Trail Blazers, he was traded to the Heat in the 2019 off-season. Today we will discuss about Meyers Leonard: Net Worth| Wife| Contract| Twitch| Parents.
Meyers Leonard: Net Worth| Wife| Contract| Twitch| Parents…
Leonard, was born in Woodbridge, Virginia, and he grew up in Robinson, Illinois, a small town in southeastern Illinois. When he was six years old, his father James who was a golf pro, was killed in a freak bicycle accident. His mother Tracie, once an athlete who would run upwards of 10 miles a day, had been largely housebound since her husband’s death, due to an old horseback injury and subsequent disc surgery that left her with crippling pain.
Net Worth
Meyers Leonard is a basketball player, who has a net worth of $1.5 million-$55 million at the age of 28 years. Meyers Leonard’s income source is mostly from being a successful basketball player.
| No. 0 – Miami Heat | |
|---|---|
| Position | Power forward / Center |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | February 27, 1992 Woodbridge, Virginia |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) |
| Listed weight | 260 lb (118 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Robinson (Robinson, Illinois) |
| College | Illinois (2010–2012) |
| NBA draft | 2012 / Round: 1 / Pick: 11th overall |
| Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers | |
| Playing career | 2012–present |
Wife
On August 2, 2015, Leonard married his long-time sweetheart Elle Bielfeldt on August 2, 2015. Elle Bielfeldt, also known as Elle Leonard, she is an American blogger, entrepreneur, and athlete who is the wife of the NBA player, Meyers Leonard.
Contract
Meyers Leonard has signed a 1 year / $9,400,000 contract with the Miami Heat, including $9,400,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $9,400,000. In 2020 Leonard will earn a base salary of $9,400,000, while carrying a cap hit of $9,400,000 and a dead cap value of $9,400,000.
Twitch
Miami Heat center Meyers Leonard became the highlight of the basketball world on Tuesday, but not for good reasons. Leonard used an anti-Semitic slur while streaming Call of Duty and, within a very short period of time, a firestorm formed. By Tuesday evening, Leonard released a statement of apology but, in doing so, he also claimed that he was unaware of the meaning behind the slur that he casually used on a live stream with the intent of it being derogatory.
Shortly after his apology surfaced, Leonard was banned from Twitch, the platform on which he uttered the slur.
Parents
