George Hill has had his presence strongly felt in the National Basketball Association (NBA) where the point guard is admired for his outstanding skills. The San Antonio Spurs was the first team he played for and after three seasons with the side, he joined the Indiana Pacers where he played for five years. Hill has also played for other notable teams like Utazz Jazz, Cleveland Cavaliers, as well as the Sacramento Kings. He’s now with the Milwaukee Bucks as he signed a three-year $29 million contract in 2018.
The point guard is also doing well at the home front with his wife Samantha and two children. The couple exchanged vows in 2018 but had already had their two kids before this. George owns an 850-acre ranch in Texas and it is a statement of how much he has made from his career.
San Antonio Spurs Drafted Him and He Played for the Team from 2008 to 2011
Hill joined the NBA in 2008 when he was drafted by the Spurs as the 26th pick during the first round. Joining the team, the point guard struggled with his shooting at the summer league. He made his MBA debut with the Spurs on the 4th of November 2008 against the Dallas Mavericks and eventually concluded his rookie season averaging 5.7 points per game.
He polished his skills under the supervision of player development coach, Chad Forcier, and equally engaged the services of Spurs’ shooting coach, Chip Engelland, to fine-tune his jump shots. He was advised to focus on developing his corner three-point shot which he also did. Eventually, the basketballer converted 8,000 threes by the time training camp arrived.
George Hill reaped from his hard work. On the 1st of April in a home game win against the Houston Rockets, the player hit a career-high of 30 points, 5 steals, and 7 assists. He concluded the regular season in a 2nd place tie with Marc Gasol and Kevin Durant as the Most Improved Player of the Year.
On the 28th of March 2011, he matched his career-high of 30 points in a 119–114 defeat of the Houston Rockets. His time with the side came to an end that year as he joined the Indiana Pacers.
Indiana Pacers (2011 – 2016)
On the 23rd of June 2011, during the NBA draft of that year, the point guard was traded to the Indiana Pacers. He spent the abridged season playing as Darren Collison’s backup. Hill would later take Collison’s place as the latter was injured. But even after Collison returned, Hill remained the starter for the rest of the season. In the end, he averaged 9.6 points for each game with a field goal percentage of .442.
On the 13th of July 2012, George Hill bagged a $40 million, five-year deal with the Pacers. He recorded the best game of his NBA career on the 7th of February 2014, scoring a career-high 37 points in a victory against the Portland Trail Blazers. He equally recorded a total of 9 rebounds, 8 assists, in addition to a game-tying three-pointer, forcing the game to overtime.
A left knee injury forced the point guard to miss the first 28 games of the 2014-15 season. He returned on the 23rd of December in a game against the New Orleans Pelicans, recording 15 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1 steal in a 96-84 victory. Hill achieved these in just over 21 minutes of action off the bench.
In a 93-86 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on the 27th of February 2015, the point guard recorded his first career triple-double as he scored 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 12 assists. The highlight of his 2015-16 season was during his team’s 101–98 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on the 19th of February. George Hill scored 9 points and 9 assists, in addition to matching a career-high with a total of 11 rebounds.
Utah Jazz (2016 – 2017)
In a three-team deal involving the Atlanta Hawks and the Pacers, the basketball player was traded to the Jazz on the 7th of July 2016. In the Jazz’s season opener game against the Portland Trail Blazers on the 25th of October, Hill made his debut with the team with a record of 19 points and six assists in a 113–104 loss.
On the 7th of October, he earned the title of the Western Conference Player of the Week and recorded a season-high 30 points in a 109–100 win over his former club, the Pacers. The Indianan native set a new season-high on the 3rd of March 2017, scoring 34 points in a 112–97 victory over the Brooklyn Nets.
Sacramento Kings and Cleveland Cavaliers (2017 – 2018)
The NBA star was traded to the Sacramento Kings on the 10th of July 2017; it was a three-year deal worth $57 million. The deal was fully guaranteed for its first two seasons, but only $1 million was the guaranteed amount for the 2019–20 season.
The Cleveland Cavaliers acquired Hill on the 8th of February 2018 in a three-team trade involving the Jazz and the Kings. The Cavaliers ended up winning the Eastern Conference championship but were defeated by the Golden State Warriors in the 2018 NBA Finals.
Milwaukee Bucks (2018 – Present)
The Milwaukee Bucks acquired him on the 7th of December 2018 in a five-player, three-team trade that included the Washington Wizards. With the advent of the 2019 season, George Hill inked a 3-year $29 million contract to remain with the Bucks.
The NBA Player Has Accumulated Wealth Estimated at $30 Million
For a basketball player of his caliber, an estimated net worth of $30 million is only normal. The renowned player reportedly earns as much as $9 million annually and enjoys several endorsement deals with reputable brands.
Some of these deals include the one he has with Peak Sports US, from which the NBA star created his own line of sneakers known as PEAK GH3. George has also pulled off a couple of ads for Indiana Members Credit Union.
He Spends His Fortune On Real Estate and Automobiles
Needless to say, Hill enjoys a fleet of luxury automobiles. One of his finest properties is the 850-acre ranch he owns in the Texas Hill Country. The property is located within a 35-minute drive north of the basketballer’s offseason home in San Antonio. There, George Hill employs 16 ranch workers whose work is to tend to the big herbivores he houses on his ranch.
The ranch houses dozens of species such as sables, fallow deer, wildebeests, kangaroos, elks, antelope, donkeys, and Arabian oryx. There are also scimitar oryx, New Zealand red stags, red lechwes, ostriches, kudus, zebras, among others.
George Hill Met His Wife While Playing for the San Antonio Spurs
Hill is another private basketballer who keeps his personal life away from the prying eyes of the media. But then, he couldn’t perpetually keep his love life a secret as it came to the fore that the Indiana native was dating Samantha Garcia, a Brazilian who grew up in Texas, USA.
According to reports, the couple met many years ago when George Hill was still playing with the San Antonio Spurs. The point guard had bumped into her and they became friends. With time, the relationship became intimate.
Five years after they started dating, George and Samantha took the relationship to another level as the NBA star proposed in 2016.
They Got Married After Having Two Kids
Before they got married, it was thought that the two were official life partners. This is because Samantha and George have two children already.
They welcomed their first child, a son named Zayden Jaxon Hill on the 16th of January 2016. His sister Zoë Jessie Hill joined the family on the 4th of January 2018.
The couple eventually exchanged vows on the 13th of August 2018 and has been together ever since. Like her husband, Samantha attended Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis.
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