What is Doug Christie’s Net Worth and Salary?
Doug Christie is a $20 millionaire professional basketball coach and former player. At the moment, Doug Christie is an assistant coach with the Sacramento Kings of the NBA. He played for seven different teams over his 23-year playing career, which included the Kings, Toronto Raptors, and Los Angeles Lakers. Christie assisted in guiding the Kings to the NBA playoffs in each of his first four seasons as a player.
Salary & Career Earnings
Doug made $52 million in NBA salaries alone during his career. Christie’s salary peaked in 2004–05, the year he was a Sacramento Kings player. In that year, he made $7,821,000, or $13,219,539 in modern currency.
Early Life and Education
On May 9, 1970, Doug Christie was born in Seattle, Washington, to Norma and John. He is multiracial; his father is black and his mother is white. Christie attended Mark Morris High School and Cascade Middle School, where she also played basketball. Later, he transferred to Rainier Beach High School, where he helped the boys’ basketball team on the varsity squad win its first-ever state championship. Christie majored in sociology at Pepperdine University after leaving Rainier Beach in 1988. He assisted in guiding the Pepperdine Waves basketball team to two NCAA tournament appearances (1991 and 1992). Christie won the WCC Men’s Basketball Player of the Year award for both campaigns.
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Los Angeles Lakers
The Seattle SuperSonics selected Christie with the 17th overall choice in the 1992 NBA draft. He was never signed, though, since the team and he couldn’t come to an agreement on a deal. Christie was transferred to the Los Angeles Lakers in the beginning of 1993, and he made his NBA debut in March. His initial gaming outfit featured the misspelled name “Chrisite.” Ultimately, he was not used much by the Lakers, playing in 65 games in 1993–94 and 23 games to end the 1992–93 season.
New York Knicks
Christie was traded by the Lakers to the New York Knicks in 1994. He did, however, see limited action once more, playing in just 12 games during the 1994–1995 season and 23 games during the 1995–1996 season.
Toronto Raptors
Christie was moved to the Toronto Raptors in the middle of the 1995–96 campaign. That season, he played in 32 games for the team, scoring 10.1 points a night on average. Christie’s performance improved in the 1996–97 campaign, as he averaged 14.5 points per game while appearing in 81 games. In 78 games the next season, he averaged a career-high 16.5 points per game. Christie stayed with the Raptors for two more seasons, helping them go to the postseason in 2000.
Sacramento Kings
Christie was dealt to the Sacramento Kings during the 2000 summer. He quickly developed into the team’s well-liked starting shooting guard and earned a reputation as one of the league’s best defenders. The Kings were credited with rising to the top of the NBA standings thanks in large part to Christie’s defense; from 2001 to 2004, the team made four straight playoff berths under his direction. The Kings qualified for the Conference Finals and led the league in victories in the 2001–02 campaign.
Orlando Magic
In 2005, Christie was sent to the Orlando Magic. He was not delighted with the deal and only appeared in a few games with the squad before suffering a bone spur. On August 11, 2005, Christie was cut loose by the Magic following ankle surgery.
Dallas Mavericks
Christie signed a one-year contract with the Dallas Mavericks after being cut loose by the Magic. But after just seven games, he was dismissed by the organization in late 2005 because of ongoing issues with his ankle.
Los Angeles Clippers
Christie signed a 10-day deal with the Los Angeles Clippers in early 2007 in an attempt to make a comeback after missing all of 2006’s games. But after just seven games, he made the decision to quit, which put an end to his NBA career.
Post-playing Career
Christie began working for NBC Sports in 2018 as a color analyst for Sacramento Kings games. In 2021, he departed from the network to join the Kings as an assistant coach.
Personal Life
Doug has three children, including Doug Jr., with his wife Jackie Christie. The pair appeared in the 2006 season of “The Christies Committed,” a reality television series on BET J that followed their efforts to manage their personal and professional lives.