About Kyle Guy
Kyle Joseph Guy, who is professionally known as Kyle Guy is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers for three years. He began his college basketball career with the Virginia Cavaliers in 2016. He had a breakout 2018 season, being named first-team All-ACC and third-team All-American. In 2019, he helped Virginia win an NCAA Championship. He was selected 55th overall in the 2019 NBA Draft and became a member of the Sacramento Kings. He was also named the MVP of the 2018 ACC Tournament after averaging 16.7 points per game. As recent news, Guy keeps doing Kyle Guy things as he drills game-winning buzzer-beater against Golden State.
Famous For
- Being an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
- For playing college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers for three years.
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Early Life of Kyle Guy
On 11th August 1997, Kyle Guy took birth with the real name or full name of Kyle Joseph Guy in Indianapolis, Indiana. He holds an American nationality and American-white ethnicity. Analogously, he is from Christianity religion and his race is white. He happily celebrates his birthday on 11th August of every year and he has celebrated his 23rd birthday as of 2020. Additionally, he was born under the star sign Leo. His parents are Katy and Tim Fitzgerald (mother and stepfather) and Joe and Amy Guy (father and stepmother). He has five siblings: three brothers and two sisters. His great-grandfather was the commissioner for the Indiana High School Athletic Association and was inducted into the Indiana High School Hall of Fame for basketball and football. Guy attended Lawrence Central High School in Lawrence, Indiana. He was selected as Indiana's Mr. Basketball after averaging 23.5 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 3.7 assists during his senior season.
Career of Kyle Guy
- Kyle Guy commenced his basketball career with the Virginia Cavaliers in 2016, selecting the Cavaliers over offers from schools such as California, Xavier, and Indiana whereas he led all players with 20 points and five three-pointers against Grambling State in his fourth career college game on 22nd November 2016 as he averaged 7.5 points per game and shot 49.5 percent from the three-point line as a freshman.
- He scored a career-high 29 points in a 76-67 win against VCU on 17th November 2017 as well as had 22 points, including five three-pointers, in a 76-67 victory over Syracuse on 10th January 2018.
- Guy led Virginia to a conference tournament championship, where he averaged 16.7 points per game earning him tournament MVP honors in the 2018 ACC tournament and was named to the pre-season watchlists for the Jerry West Award prior to the 2018-2019 season, John R. Wooden Award, and for the Naismith College Player of the Year.
- Then, he set a new career-high with 30 points against Marshall on 31st December 2018 as he recorded his first collegiate double-double with 25 points and 10 rebounds on 30th March 2019 against Purdue in the 2019 NCAA Tournament.
- As well, he hit three consecutive free throws with 0.6 seconds left after being fouled on a corner 3 to help the Cavaliers reach their first-ever national championship game in Virginia's Final Four matchup against Auburn on 6th April 2019 though he scored 24 points in Virginia's 85-77 overtime win in the championship game, and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
- Guy was also drafted in the 2019 NBA draft by the New York Knicks before being traded to Sacramento as the Kings signed him to a two-way contract on 7th July 2019.
- On 1st December, he scored 42 points for Stockton in a win over the Iowa Wolves and also made his NBA debut on 10th January 2020, against the Milwaukee Bucks.
- Kyle scored 37 points and hit seven three-pointers for Stockton in a 147-117 loss to the Oklahoma City Blue on 18th January.
- Furthermore, as a piece of fresh news, Guy keeps doing Kyle Guy things as he drills game-winning buzzer-beater against Golden State. With just over six seconds left in Sacramento's preseason game against the Golden State Warriors, Kyle Guy got the ball off an inbounds pass. His Kings squad was down by two and needing a bucket to try and salvage a win in a game that they once led by 19. Guy nearly collided with his teammate at the top of the arc, but spun free and lost his defender in the process. After a perfectly executed pump fake that got the help defender off his feet, Guy canned the game-winning shot as time expired.
- One of his most underrated plays of the game, however, came with the Kings down four with 29.8 seconds left on the clock. Needing a bucket, Guy got the ball from a teammate on the outside. With defenders closing, he drove towards the free-throw line. It looked like he was going to attempt a tough shot, but, after a ball fake that got his defender to leave his feet, Guy found Robert Woodard for an easy dunk that halved Sacramento's deficit.
- Against Portland on 13th December Guy scored 14 points on 4-for-8 shooting. His back-to-back performances have not gone unnoticed. "What he's doing is building confidence in his teammates and coaches as far as trusting him," Kings coach Luke Walton said after the game.
Awards and Achievements of Kyle Guy
- NCAA champion (2019)
- NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (2019)
- 2× Third-team All-American – AP, NABC (2018, 2019)
- Third-team All-American – SN (2019)
- 2× First-team All-ACC (2018, 2019)
- ACC Tournament MVP (2018)
- McDonald's All-American (2016)
- Indiana Mr. Basketball (2016)
Personal Life of Kyle Guy
Reflecting on Kyle Guy's personal life, he is an unmarried guy. But regarding his relationship status, he is in a romantic relationship with Alexa Jenkins. The two have been together since they met in middle school; last year, the UVA basketball star proposed to Jenkins on 18th February. The two are still engaged and hope soonly they will be seen as wife and husband. He has not however spoken very daringly and openly about his relationship, but he definitely shows his affection whenever the two are together. Furthermore, talking about his sexual orientation, he is straight.
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Net Worth of Kyle Guy
Moving towards Kyle Guy's net worth, he has a worth of $2 million as of 2020 whereas he has also a handsome amount of salary too which is also in thousands of dollars per year. In his short professional time also, he has established himself an identity already. Like many young adults of today's, he's also superbly ambitious and continues to work even harder to reach his set objectives. He has earned a fine amount of money from his career as his major source of income is from his basketball career.
Body Measurement of Kyle Guy
The height of a handsome basketballer, Kyle Guy is around 6 feet and 2 inches though his body weight is around 175 lb (79 kg). He has unarguably accomplished a decent height career-wise. He definitely has emerged as another teen sensation in the scene. Young girls don't seem to get enough of this superstar to be. He's charming, success has attracted a lot of people towards him as his body build type is athletic. Graceful guy Kyle has light brown hair and eyes color.
