a physicist did some calculations to keep the conclusion that taking a charge
from Zion on the court well it's the equivalent to getting hit by a Jeep so
makes sense that a fully loaded Jeep Wrangler was his first big purchase when
he first joined the NBA notice 2019 Jeep Wrangler it would set him back a cool
$50,000 easily but then he took it to DreamWorks Motorsports where he dropped
another 10k he amped up the engine and internal parts he threw up some custom
paint some rims some wheels he raised it up he did all that fixins no one it was
predicted that he would be moving to New Orleans well there was talks of him
buying Gregg Monroe's old mansion this is a 5-bedroom 5.5 bath estate
located in a country club with high ceilings and a batman mural painted on
one of the walls now this was selling for under 1 million on sale for 875 foul
and the house it seemed like a no-brainer in fact you'll find out in
this video that zion well he makes that kind of money each and every month
nobody comes to where exactly Scion Williamson his living will the man he
likes to keep that information off of the Internet now we're early on in his
NBA career he was staying in a five-star hotel likely paid for by the pelicans
but his current living situation is a bit of a mystery now this likely has
something to do with the scandal he had out of high school over Kansas and
adidas recruiters they were talking about helping him out with his family's
housing situation in an effort to sign the young talent yeah we're gonna get
into all that a little later in this video at the time of this recording
Zions that worth is estimated to be by most online sources at around 8 million
dollars and that's mainly coming from his NBA salary we also got to take into
account his exclusive contract with Nike earning him the largest rookie shoe deal
in NBA history worth a whopping 75 million dollars over five years the only
man to pull in more was LeBron but his deal it was for seven years
now it isn't all good news when it comes to Zion going to the bank because he's
also getting sued for a cool 100 million dollars yeah in this video we got a lot
to get through what's going on guys it's point Michael cretin back at it on the
rich life and today we're talking about good old Zion Williamson now we've
covered his before their famous video in the past so I'll have links to that down
below and with March Madness just around the corner well there's a whole new crop
of towels that we feature you guys got to let us know
who's next in the comments down below we've already dropped videos I'm Mikey
Williamson at Bronte jr. but I need some new suggestions so we'll be looking
through all those alright now let's get into this video first up a little intro
into Zion Williamson know he was born in Salisbury at Rowan Regional Medical
Center on July 6 2000 no science birth certificate it states that he was born
at 1:07 a.m. that's right we'd be picking up all the facts we even
know this time of birth this thing as I've covered his formative years already
on this channel well let's roll a clip from his before they were famous by the
way in this well I might look a little different Xion Latif Williamson was born
on July 6 2000 in Salzburg North Carolina to his mother Sharonda Sampson
and his father Latif Williamson Latif is six-foot for 270 pounds and played
football as a defensive lineman he was a high school all-american at Darlington
high later playing at North Carolina State and Livingstone College in the 70s
Sharonda also ran track of Livingstone and regularly cleared the six foot mark
in the high jump competition so it's safe to say there was a good chance he
would be pretty athletic but even his mom couldn't have guessed that sine
would have a 46-inch vertical you know in his stepdad now where we were college
athletes who we knew like the hard work it took to get there after the passing
of her mother Samson moved her family from Greenville
to South Carolina Cylons parents divorced when he was just
five years old and his mom married his new stepfather Lee Anderson we played
college basketball at Clemson and 70s but two weeks before going to the NBA
camp he was hit by a car Zion also has a little brother Noah who is absolutely
adorable you know I know is my little brother him
always look out for him no one just has that swag about him why I love it cuz I
say yeah that's my little brother what's up right just before his freshman year
Sampson and rold Zion in Salsbury day school which is a college prep school
where each student is required to play at least one sport from grade 7 to 12
and by high school it became a pretty easy choice for zile but prior to taking
over the court he actually played soccer and football as a quarterback
when he was 5 years old though he dreamt of one day becoming a college basketball
star he told his mom and stepfather at 5 that he was eventually gonna go to
college and be the number one player in the country that's something he actually
managed to pull off becoming the number one draft pick in 2019 going to the New
Orleans pelicans now a little piece of trivia you may not know no Zion he
wanted so badly to go to New York or Atlanta that he considered returning for
a sophomore year a douhua New Orleans they won the draft lottery now
eventually the man came to his senses being the number one draft pick it also
allowed him to secure the bag in a big way though he's expected to make 20
million dollars over his first two seasons
another rookie pay scale it adjusts annually based on the total salary cap
now according to the 2020 salary cap of 109 million will he has the ability to
make forty five billion in his first four seasons now despite an injury
plaguing his rookie season well for the pelicans he's still worth every penny
the floor after that Derrick Favors took away gas possessed get your money's
worth never you think ten million dollars a
year is good money that actually equals 833 thousand dollars per month and $20
per minute so by the time I'm done this videos ions already added a few bucks to
the bank actually I found 40 bucks on the street yesterday it was awesome the
signing of Zion was good for the New Orleans economy now the franchise had
lost its phantom and ticket sales they were dwindling no one it was announced
that they had won the draft lottery will season ticket sales calls they reached
historic level selling ten thousand season ticket packages now his jersey
sales they're the best ever for a rookie in fact he's outsold every player of the
entire previous draft class even as high school jersey was a best-seller now I
guess it helps when you're getting posts from the likes of Drake when you're in
high school damn that must feel good so the
franchise is already seeing a return on their number one draft pick even if he
doesn't step foot on the core but the hype that followed the time his shoe
exploded during a college game well it gifted him one of the most lucrative
shoe deals in NBA history now he was wearing Nikes on that fateful day and
Nike they dispatched their top people to Durham North Carolina the very next day
to look at the exploded shoe they then went to China with some custom
measurements to build something specifically engineered for the force
Williamson was applying during his games no shoe deals are usually the most
profitable endorsement opportunities for NBA stars and brands Nike Adidas and
antah well they were all competing for the right to dress him no it seems him
and Nike they had some unfinished business
because in July 23rd 2019 well Nike officially announced that it had signed
him to an exclusive shoe contract now a day later was reported that the deal is
worth 75 million dollars over five years averaging out 215 million dollars per
year now it is a fully guaranteed with no strings or milestones attached
contracts now it's the largest rookie shoe deal in NBA history in terms of
annual pay but not in terms of total value by comparison LeBron James his
first Nike shoe deal paid twelve point four million per year over seven years
for a total value of eighty six point eight million let's just hope he doesn't
bust through another pair of Nikes because their stock in may plummet no
more recently Zionists released his alligator inspired Bey you boys they
dropped this and he's paying homage to New Orleans
but scientists might need every penny of all that shoe money because he's got a
lawsuit filed against him and his management for some of one hundred
million dollars that reference getting too old you know what I meant right now
there's a legal fiasco it has to deal with an early contract that he signed
with prime sports marketing and he took the appropriate steps to null and void
this contract but they still don't agree and they want all the money they
believed they would have earned with him on the roster
now instead Zion he is signed with the best in the biz I'm talking Creative
Artists Agency now he'll likely won't have to pay them a hundred million
dollars but it's predicted that there will be some kind of settlement and it's
gonna have to cob up a few M's at least that was cough up a few M's you know I
mean sometimes when I say million you guys think I'm saying billion but this
point doesn't even matter don't worry though the kid is gonna have
a few other revenue streams to keep him out of the poorhouse
who knows he might even become an actor he actually booked work on a commercial
to promote the latest Fast and the Furious film Hobson shop my name is I
listen I'm RJ Barrett this is our first shoot ever
for Hobbes or saw we're really excited let's take it away - he's got a
multi-year deal with sports merchandise retailer fanatics he's got a five-year
deal with Mountain Dew he's got another deal with Gatorade and more all right
let's take a look at what he spends his fortune on so first off we're gonna take
a look at his property and we're gonna go back to where he came from now when a
documentary produced we got a look at the house that Zion grew up in and to
say anything well it was pretty humble
like I said the house is modest it's located in small town Spartanburg South
Carolina and it would be relatively affordable piece of property seeing as
where it's located now there have been a plenty of blog post about Zions parents
his new house since he was in the whole College scandal and online there's a
picture said to be located in Durham North Carolina where a Zion lives while
he played a Duke in this house it's worth eight hundred sixty four thousand
a new all the digging we can do here before their families in the rich life
and if you want to rent out that house for yourself well it's actually
available for $3,200 a month I actually found it on Zillow calm so that's like
me what do I mean Sian was paying I mean to what yeah I don't want to get him in
any trouble ya know when he first got to New Orleans we know he was living in a
five-star hotel and he got a gift from another local superstar I'm talking
about true breeze
oh my god
Zion welcome to the family was dance new Zion has been pretty hush
about where he's living but the Internet's best gas considering the
timing and his location well it's the former House of 76ers player Greg Monroe
that was five-bedroom estate went up for sale in 2019 for eight hundred and
seventy four thousand and five hundred bucks so it's easily something Zion
could afford I don't know if Zion would be into that Batman mural I feel like
he's more of a Hulk guy right you know I mean definitely a Marvel fan he's of
that generation I'm of the DC generation damnable but to be fair Zion he seems to
be a pretty humble and modest dude the guy enjoys simple things like playing
video games and he spends his free time playing fortnight with his teammates he
sucks it for tonight what you gonna say it you're like huh good say what do you
say and for a man who loves video games well what do you give up
of course you gave him an Xbox which is exactly what Lonzo ball did I guess
Lonzo ball wasn't pulling his weight on the court so he's like I better make it
up to them with money I don't know just no shade from Drew appreciated no way no
way
it's good thing Claude did give him a pair of ball brothers sneakers because I
got a feeling Zion he'd bust through those in no time then we know he's got
his hands on a fully loaded Jeep Wrangler and it's been said online that
he also bought a Jaguar I can't confirm that nozanne he also keeps it pretty
professional on his Instagram account but he ain't showing off a whole lot of
flash a whole lot of cash he's keeping it very humble maybe you guys think he's
the next LeBron James sound off in the comments down below now he saw a pretty
funny video online of some NBA Jam folk turning him into an actual Monstar
it kind of cracked me up I thought this is really cool
I don't know what skills like that they should put them in the new space chance
I think you do he would do fantastic I'm gonna wrap this video up here this is
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