Andre Emmett Bio, Family, Career, Net Worth, Measurements, Death

Andre Emmett was an American professional basketball player who died last year in 2019. The late Emmett started his career early while in high school. He played basketball for the Texas Tech Red Raiders in high school. Later, when he started playing as a senior in 2004, he became consensus All-American. The same year, the NBA draft included him in the second round. Consequently, he had a short spell to play with the Memphis Grizzlies and the New Jersey Nets.

Before Emmett started playing professionally as a basketball player, he played college basketball for 4 years in a row for Bob Knight at Texas Tech University. In his freshman year, Emmett won the starting lineup scoring 7.7 points and 3.6 rebounds per game. At the time, he was playing under his coach James Dickey. Eventually, along with his game, Emmett was one of the top scorers in college basketball during his junior and senior years. While in college, he received Unanimous 1st Team All-Big 12 honors in his junior and senior junior year and consensus All-American honors in his senior year. Likewise, in 2004, he won the NCAA Slam Dunk contest and crowned his college career.

ANDRE EMMETT: EARLY CHILDHOOD, EDUCATION AND FAMILY

Emmett was born to his parents Andre Emmett and Regina Oliver on August 27, 1982 in Dallas, Texas, United States. During his childhood, he spent a lot of time with his siblings; Releighla Marshall, Tiphani Carter, Darra Oliver, Rafiki Carter, Sasha Emmett and Simon Emmett. Talking about his parents, no details are available about them. Likewise, talking about his educational qualification, McCain attended the Dallas Independent School for his formal education. Later, he joined David W. Carter High School in 2000 and by the time he had already started his basketball career. Likewise, for his higher education, he enrolled in Texas Tech University in 2004 and graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce.

ANDRE EMMETT: CAREER AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Emmett had been playing basketball since high school, but his professional career began in 2004. As an NBA draft, the Seattle SuperSonics selected Emmett with the 35th overall pick. Likewise, in the same year, he joined the Grizzlies in the 2004 NBA Summer League and signed his first professional contract with the Grizzlies. According to the contract, he played a total of 8 games for the Grizzlies from 2004 to 2005. After the contract ended, he again joined the Grizzlies for the 2005 NBA Summer League. Later that same year in August, in a five-team trade, Emmett was traded to the Miami Heat.

In 2006, Emmett joined the Dallas Mavericks for the Las Vegas Summer League and the Rocky Mountain Revue for the Seattle SuperSonics. Similarly, Houston Rockets joined Emmett for the 2007 NBA Summer League. After a year, Emmett joined the Indiana Pacers for the 2008 NBA Summer League. He signed a contract with Shandong Lions of China in November 2009 for 2009 to 2010. Likewise, from 2010 to 2012, he worked with big clubs and signed some really vital contracts. He signed with Fujian Xunxing of China in December 2010 and after a year with Bighorns in December 2011. Similarly, he signed a 10-day contract with the New Jersey Nets in 2012 and the NBA D-League for the NBA Summer League .

Likewise, he joined the Chicago Bulls on October 1, 2012, but on October 15, the Bulls passed on him. Eventually, in 2014, Emmett joined Cocodrilos from Caracas for the FIBA ​​Americas League. Before that, he played for Halcones Rojos Veracruz from Mexico. On November 1, 2014, Fort Wayne Mad Ants selected Emmett in the second round of the 2014 NBA D-League Draft. In 2015, he joined the Futures All-Star team for the 2015 NBA D-League All-Star Game, the second time in his career. In the same year, he played for KCC EGIS with the 5th overall pick in the 2015 KBL Foreign Draft.

ANDRE EMMETT: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA

The athlete had a total net worth of US$2 million. His main source of income was his profession as a basketball player. Likewise, talking about its availability on social media, it is not available on any now.

ANDRE EMMETT: BODY MEASUREMENTS

The late Emmett was very handsome to look at. He had very charming facial features, black eyes, an athletic body and chocolate skin. In addition, he was 1.96 meters tall and weighed around 98 kg. Also, his other body measurements are not available at this time.

ANDRE EMMETT: DEATH

The basketball player died on September 23, 2019 in Dallas, Texas, USA, at the age of just 37. Speaking of his cause of death, it was murder. Two people armed with a handgun shot and killed Emmett in September outside his home, according to police. Additionally, the two perpetrators argued with the late Emmett before shooting him.