Precious Achiuwa (Basketball)

Quick Facts

  Birth Place Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Father’s Name Donatus Achiuwa
Mother’s Name Eunice Achiuwa
Star Sign Virgo
College University of Memphis
Net Worth (2023) $1-5 million
Salary (2023) $2.5 million
Age 23
Date of Birth September 19, 1999
Height (ft) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Weight (kg) 102 (225 lb)
Nationality Nigerian
NBA Draft Year 2020
NBA Draft Pick Round 1/ Pick: 20th overall
Playing Career 2020-present
Position Power forward / Center
Teams Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors
Achievements AAC Player of the Year (2020)
AAC Freshman of the Year (2020)
First-team All-AAC (2020)
McDonald’s All-American (2019)
Wife/Girlfriend NA
Children NA
Endorsements Anta

Precious Achiuwa is a Nigerian basketball player who plays as a center and power forward for the Toronto Raptors.

What is the Net worth of Precious Achiuwa?

There are no reliable estimates of Achiuwa’s actual net worth. The 23-year-old is expected to have a net worth of between $1 million and $5 million in 2023 according to celebsagewiki. Precious Achiuwa (Basketball) is paid $2,582,160 per year, according to basketballreference.com. By the 2024/25 season, his salary is expected to be $6,275,861.

Precious Achiuwa practicing shooting pre-game.(Image: Sports Illustrated)
Precious Achiuwa practicing shooting pre-game.(Image: Sports Illustrated)

Early Years: Where was he born?

Precious Achiuwa, who was born on September 18, 1999, in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, is now 23 years old. His birth date places him under the Virgo zodiac sign, which is characterized by creativity, perseverance, dependability, and patience. Achiuwa was raised in a sizable household.

God’sgift, God’swill, and Promise are his three brothers, and Grace and Peace are his two sisters. Both his mother Eunice and father Donatus are Pentecostal ministers. Achiuwa’s initial love was not basketball. He played soccer growing up and switched to basketball only in eighth school. He then relocated to the United States.

Education

As a student in New York’s Our Saviour Lutheran School, Precious played basketball after immigrating to the United States. After that, he went to Newark, New Jersey’s St. Benedict’s Prep School. He was selected for the MaxPreps Junior All-American second team while he was there.

Precious Achiuwa
Younger Precious Achiuwa And His Teammates (Source: Complex)

He changed schools to Florida’s Montverde Academy for his senior year. Precious decided to play college basketball for the Memphis Tigers at the University of Memphis under head coach Penny Hardaway after graduating from high school.

After the regular season, he was selected as the AAC Player and Freshman of the Year while playing for the Tigers. Achiuwa declared for the 2020 NBA Draft following his outstanding rookie campaign.

What is the Professional Career of Precious Achiuwa (Basketball)?

  • The Miami Heat selected Precious Ezinna Achiuwa in the first round of the 2020 draft, as the 20th overall choice. He is presently a member of the Toronto Raptors’ Center and Power Forward positions.
  • Achiuwa began to focus on basketball after relocating to the United States from Nigeria. Achiuwa used to play high school basketball for Our Saviour Lutheran School in The Bronx, New York, during his freshman year.
  • For the next two years, he went to St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, New Jersey. Achiuwa averaged 18.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, 2.9 blocks, and 2.2 steals per game during his junior season. As a result, he was chosen to the second team of the MaxPreps Junior All-Americans.
Precious Achiuwa practicing shooting pre-game. (Image: Sports Illustrated)
Precious Achiuwa practicing shooting pre-game. (Image: Sports Illustrated)
  • Achiuwa switched to Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida for his final year. In his senior year, he averaged 14 points and 7.2 rebounds per game.
  • Achiuwa committed to play college basketball for the University of Memphis on May 17, 2019. Achiuwa averaged 15.8 points, 10.8 rebounds, and 1.9 blocks per game as a freshman in college.
  • Achiuwa declared for the NBA draft after his freshman season. The Miami Heat selected him twenty-first overall in the first round of the 2020 NBA Draft.
  • Achiuwa was acquired by the Toronto Raptors in a sign-and-trade transaction with the Miami Heat on August 6, 2021.

Is he married or in a relationship?

Precious Achiuwa was born in the Nigerian city of Port Harcourt. Donatus Achiuwa and Eunice Achiuwa are his parents. Eunice, his mother, and Donatus, his father, are both Pentecostal ministers.

God’sgift Achiuwa, God’swill Achiuwa, and Promise Achiuwa are Achiuwa’s three brothers. Grace Achiuwa and Peace Achiuwa are two of his sisters. The status of Achiuwa’s relationship is presently unknown. It’s safe to presume, though, that he’s now single.

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