Doug Christie Net Worth (Updated 2023) – Bio Overview

 Doug Christie is an American professional basketball coach and a former player who has a net worth of $20 million US as of 2023. He is currently working as an assistant coach with the (NBA) National Basketball Association’s Sacramento Kings. In the 1992’s NBA draft, Christie was named overall 17th and began his career being kept mainly on the sidelines.

However, he was selected by the Sonics, but due to some difficulties with the contract, Christie never played for that team. Christie has a height of 6 feet 6 inches and gained popularity formerly playing the shoot guard position.

At the beginning of his career, he got a job as a commentator for the Kings on NBC Sports California. Let’s quickly talk about the total net worth of Doug Christie his salary, current income sources, career, biography, luxurious lifestyle, relationships, and a lot more.

Net Worth 2023:

Early Life:

Douglas Dale Christie was born on the 9th of May 1970 and was raised in Seattle, Washington by a white mother and black father. His father’s name is John Malone while his mother’s name is Norma Christie.

Christie was very close to her mother and mostly was raised by her. He discovered his passion for sports and began playing streetball at an early age. While attending Mark Morris High School there was coach Dave Denny who guided him as well as helped him to take his game off.

Christie started playing basketball in the 8th grade at Cascade Middle School and during his freshman and sophomore years, he played for Mark Morris High School. Thereafter, he relocated to Longview to reside with a former Mark Morris track star named John Malone.

In high school, his position on the team was that of head coach. Later he also enrolled at Rainier Beach High School in Seattle. Christie got an opportunity to lead the school’s varsity boys’ basketball crew to their initial Washington state championship while studying in his senior year at Beach school.

Early Career:

After school, he went to study sociology at Pepperdine University, where Christie managed to accumulate national exposure after being a top player on the national stage.

During his time at Pepperdine University, he led his team to two NCAA tournament appearances and earned the title of WCC Player of the Year twice (1991, 1992). After leading the Waves to the two years tournament, during his final 2 seasons, Christie topped the conference averaging 19 points per game.

Later in 1992, he joined the National Basketball Association draft and was immediately selected in the 17th round of the competition by the popular basketball team named Seattle Supersonics. He was not able to play for Seattle because of certain contractual issues and was rather switched to the Los Angeles Lakers. Christie spent most of his period on the bench with the crew, before being traded to the New York Jets a year later.

The breakthrough moment of Christie’s came in 1996 when he got offered by the Toronto Raptors to sign a deal. He performed his way up through the club and ultimately became one of the team’s top scorers, while his tenure with the New York Knicks. This helped him to earn a place in the 2000s starting lineup.

NBA Career:

Christie made his move to the Sacramento Kings where he came up as one of the league’s best defensive players and established his position as one of the best. During that time he gained popularity for being one of the best three-point shooters. Later in 2005, Christie became part of another trade called Orlando Magic. He was very open about Christie was not shabby with the team so he left the trade after playing a few games. He got an ankle injury so due to that he lost the contract.

Thereafter another basketball team Dallas Mavericks quickly made a deal with Christie but due to an ankle injury, he played for a very short period with them. He retired very early in his career, due to his short stay with the Mavericks. Then he came back and sign another ten-day contract with Los Angeles Clippers, but he parted ways with the team on the second day of the contract and announced his retirement from basketball.

Personal Life:

Doug Christie began dating Jackie Christie and they immediately got married. The couple has two kids a son Douglas Jr. and a daughter named Chantel Christie. Every year on their marriage anniversary, the two got married again complete with guests and festivities to show their love for each other.

Christie’s wife Jackie also made her appearance on television shows including, Basketball Wives: LA and the primary series Basketball Wives which aired on VH1.

In 2002, the article was published in the New York Times where the couple was interviewed and talked about the beliefs that they hold. The reality TV show The Christies Committed was aired by the television network BET where Christie and  Jackie were featured in an episode of the show.

Biography:

Doug Christie Net Worth:

As of 2023, Doug Christie Net Worth is estimated to be around $20 million. Christie is a retired American basketball player who has accumulated a pretty well amount of money for himself via salaries in the game. In his career, he has signed several deals with different teams which helped him to make a good fortune. He started his career on the beach and was named 17th overall in the 1992 NBA draft. He was drafted by the organization but never played for the Sonics due to contract problems.

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