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What is Grant Hill’s Net Worth and Career Earnings?

Grant Hill’s net worth is $250 million as a retired American basketball player. He played 18 seasons in the NBA and is one of the highest-paid players of all time. Throughout his lengthy NBA career, he has earned $140 million in salary alone, as well as approximately $120 million in endorsements. He previously played for the Detroit Pistons (1994-2000), Orlando Magic (2000-2007), Phoenix Suns (2007-2012), and Los Angeles Clippers (2012-2013).

Grant went on to have a highly successful entrepreneurial career after retiring. Grant and a group of other investors bought a minority stake in the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks in 2015. Grant Hill is one of the world’s wealthiest athletes as a result of his NBA and investment careers.

Childhood and College Years

Grant Henry Hill was born in Dallas, Texas on October 5, 1972. Janet Hill and Calvin Hill, a former NFL football player, are his parents. He grew up in Texas but moved to Reston, Virginia, near Washington, DC, with his family during high school. He played basketball at South Lakes High School and was named Virginia Mr. Basketball in 1990.

Hill’s mother preferred that he attend Georgetown University, while his father preferred that he attend the University of North Carolina. Hill, on the other hand, chose to attend Duke University. He played basketball for the Blue Devils for four years in college, helping the team win national titles in 1991 and 1992.

Duke became the first Division I basketball program to win consecutive championships since Indiana University in 1976. Hill set a record during his collegiate career by becoming the first player in ACC history to have more than 1,900 points, 700 rebounds, 400 assists, 200 steals, and 100 blocked shots.

Hill was the eighth player in Duke history to have his jersey number retired, owing largely to his highly successful college career. He is widely regarded as one of Duke’s greatest basketball players of all time, and some even consider him to be one of the greatest college players of his generation. He received his bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Duke in 1994.

Career Opportunities

Hill was drafted third overall in the NBA draft after finishing college. During his rookie season, he averaged 19.9 points, 6.4 rebounds, 5.0 assists, and 1.77 steals per game. As a result, he became the first Pistons rookie to win the NBA Rookie of the Year Award since Dave Bing in the 1966-67 season, though he had to share the honor with Dallas Mavericks rookie Jason Kidd.

Hill was so popular that he was the first rookie to receive 1,289,585 votes for the 1994-1995 NBA All-Star Game (he beat out Shaquille O’Neal). Hill played for the Pistons for six seasons before leaving in 2000. He was a member of the United States men’s basketball team that won gold at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta while playing for the Pistons.

Hill left the Pistons as part of a sign-and-trade agreement, which allowed him to sign a slightly more lucrative contract with the Orlando Magic than he would have gotten as a free agent, while also allowing the Pistons to receive some compensation for losing him.

Thus, the Pistons signed Hill to a seven-year, $92.8 million contract before trading him to Orlando in exchange for players Chucky Atkins and Ben Wallace. However, Hill suffered an ankle injury during his rookie season with Orlando, forcing him to miss all but four games.

Most of his time with Orlando, up until his departure in 2007, was marred by injuries. He then signed with the Phoenix Suns in 2007, where he was able to play in more games despite minor injuries. When his contract with the Suns expired in 2012, he signed with the Los Angeles Clippers, but he only stayed for one season before announcing his retirement on June 1, 2013.

Grant Hill Broadcasting

Hill transitioned into sports broadcasting after officially retiring from professional basketball at the end of the 2013 season. He has hosted “NBA Inside Stuff” on NBA TV, worked as a CBS sportscaster, and was a member of the lead announcing team for CBS and Turner Sports’ joint coverage of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in 2015.

Endorsements and Other Commercial Ventures

Grant signed a seven-year, $80 million contract with Fila in 1997, which was the largest shoe contract in history at the time. In 2018, he signed a lifetime contract with Fila, which will pay him more than $10 million per year to endorse the company. Sprite’s “Grant Hill Drinks Sprite” campaign was another prominent advertising campaign Hill appeared in during the 1990s. He has also been a spokesperson for brands such as McDonald’s, TAG Heuer, Adidas, and Nike, and he has appeared in AT&T advertisements alongside his wife Tamia.

Hill was a member of the ownership group led by Tony Ressler when the Atlanta Hawks were purchased for an estimated $850 million in 2015.