Eric Gordon is a National Basketball Association(NBA) star who plays for the Houston Rockets as a shooting guard. Since joining the NBA in the 2008 draft, he has gone on to achieve many accomplishments both as an individual and as a member of the various teams he has played for, such as the Los Angeles Clippers and the New Orleans Pelicans. Here’s everything you need to know about him.
Eric Gordon Biography
The basketball star was born Eric Ambrose GordonJr. on December 25, 1988, in Indianapolis, where he was also raised. As you rightly guess, he started playing basketball since he was just a kid. Nevertheless, before he even decided to settle for basketball, he played football before the age of 5 before quickly switching to basketball.
By the time he was just seven years old, Gordon had already started playing competitive basketball and was already scoring 3 points while playing in the JCC leagues. He went to Fox Hill Elementary School for his education and from there he moved to Northview Middle School and then North Central High School.
Gordon was a great basketball player in high school days and there were various colleges that were interested in having him including the University of Illinois, Duke and Notre Dame. Nevertheless, it was Indiana University Bloomington that he decided to go to, much to the disappointment of Illinois fans.
Regarding his college career, Eric Gordon has made significant achievements including becoming the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and setting a record 669 points for IU as well as Big Ten. Along with many other records, he announced he was in the 2008 NBA draft in which the Los Angeles Clippers picked him as the seventh pick.
Eric remained with the team until the 2011/2012 season when he was traded alongside Chris Kaman and Al-Farouq Aminu, to the New Orleans Pelicans for Chris Paul. In the 2016-2017 season, he signed for the Houston Rockets.
Since joining the NBA in 2008, he has also had achievements such as becoming the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year in 2017 and the NBA Three-Point Contest Champion for the same year. In 2009, he was an NBA All-Star Second Team.
In 2010, Eric Gordon represented the United States at the FIBA Basketball World Cup which the country won.
Brother, girlfriend and wife
Eric Gordon has two other brothers, Eron Gordon, and Evan Gordon. All the brothers are passionate about basketball. Evan now plays for the Arizona State Sun Devils men’s basketball while Eron is for the Seton Hall Pirates men’s basketball.
When he was 19, a photo of the NBAstar in which he partied with friends and girls was released, causing some outrage against him in some quarters. Nevertheless, as time would show, he is not the one who is involved with many women as his girlfriend is not known. Obviously, he has no wife and has never been married.
Salary
Eric Gordon’s first contract in the NBA saw him take $2,623,200. His maximum salary with the Los Angeles Clippers before moving to New Orleans Pelicans was $3,016,680. With the Pelicans, he received $13,668,750 in 2012/2013 before earning a maximum salary of $15,514,031. His current salary with the Houston Rockets is $12,943,020. For his net worth, he has been placed at $68 million although this is unconfirmed.
the size
Because he is a basketball player, it is only fair that the Houston Rockets man is expected to have good height and good body build. He does, measuring a height of 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and a body weight of 215 lbs (98 kg).
other facts
After deciding to join Indiana University in Illinois, he alongside his family was targeted by angry fans who booed them and even threw things at them because they felt betrayed by the player who had first given his words to play for the university.
The people who influenced Eric and his brothers to play basketball are their parents, Eric Gordon Sr. and Denise Gordon. When the 3 boys grew up and their father was looking for a house, his quest was to find a great place to play basketball.
Even though playing basketball is his sport and profession, Gordon is a huge baseball fan.
