Basketball is in Wes Unseld Jr.’s blood. He is quite literally named after one of the 75 greatest players in NBA history. Yes, he’s the son of former player, coach, and executive, Wes Unseld. Nowadays, Unseld Jr. is head coaching the team (the Washington Wizards) that his father once won the NBA title with back in 1978.

But how much does he make? In this post, we discuss Unseld Jr.’s salary, his net worth, coaching record, and more.

Wes Unseld Jr. Contract And Salary

In 2021, Unseld Jr. signed a four-year contract with the Wizards. He is currently in the third year of that deal. Unseld Jr. makes about seven million dollars per year (per Salary Swish).

That annual value is a bit steep for a first-time head coach, as in other posts, we’ve seen first-timers like Adrian Griffin and Joe Mazzulla get significantly less on a peer year basis (Griffin makes four million per year, while Mazzulla makes about 4.7 million).

Wes Unseld Jr. Net Worth

Unseld Jr.’s net worth is about five million dollars. Some of that money might have been inherited from his father, who, as we mentioned, had a successful NBA playing career.

But most of that five million has probably been accrued through Unseld Jr.’s coaching career. Unseld Jr. became a head coach in 2021, but he’s been an NBA assistant coach since 2005. He actually started out with the Wizards from 2005 to 2011. He then moved to the Golden State Warriors bench for a season before transitioning over to a position with the Orlando Magic for three seasons (2012-15). Unseld concluded his time as an assistant coach with a six-year run with the Denver Nuggets (2015-21).

Wes Unseld Jr. Head Coaching Record

So far, Unseld Jr. has been the head coach in 178 regular season games. In those games, Unseld Jr. has posted a record of 72-106 (win percentage of 40.4%). His record is a bit negatively skewed as Unseld Jr. has been tasked with overseeing a rebuild project in Washington (particularly during this season).

As of right now, Unseld Jr. has never been the head coach in a playoff game.

Wes Unseld Jr. Wife

Unseld Jr. is married to Evelyn Unseld. The couple has been together for over a decade now. The couple has two children together.

As we mentioned multiple times before, Unseld Jr. is the son of NBA legend Wes Unseld.

If you would watch LeBron James play, and ask an outsider who doesn’t know much about basketball what age he thinks he is, he would probably say late twenties or early thirties. The soon-to-be 39-year-old keeps marveling anyone who witnesses his game, and Dallas coach Jason Kidd was no exception after he scored 26 points, won 9 rebounds, and handed 7 assists against the Mavericks on Wednesday.

Even though the Texan franchise won 104-101, the Lakers forward caught everyone’s attention. Before the game, the rival’s coach went as far as to say he’s jealous of LeBron’s performances so late in his career, especially as he’s averaging 25.7 points, 8.1 rebounds and 6.7 assists so far this campaign.

The Hall of Famer believes the L.A. star still looks like he’s 25 or 27 on the court. “Yeah, I’m jealous,” Kidd said. “I’m for sure jealous of what he’s able to do at this point of his career. He looks like he’s 25 or 27, somewhere in between there.”

Jason Kidd had high praise for what LeBron James is continuing to do at this stage of his career:https://t.co/8RIEqdTO7O pic.twitter.com/q0Fgjt6fBb

— Lakers Nation (@LakersNation) November 24, 2023

The former athlete has a unique perspective on LeBron’s late-career success, as he was a member of the purple and gold coaching staff in the team’s 2020 NBA Finals run. Also, the 50-year-old played past his 40th birthday, and know it’s not easy to remain at the top of your game at this age.

“Listen, he looks great. But I think with the understanding of being around LeBron, he takes care of his body. Everybody talks about his body, but I think it’s more his mind,” the trainer shared. “Just being young, he doesn’t feel old. He has a lot of energy, he loves the game of basketball, and he’s always out to prove that he can play at a high level or prove someone wrong. And he’s doing that right now. He might play to 50 if he wants.”

James has always felt the pressure of being great, and never caved into the high-expectations around him, as he only improved to impress throughout his career. Kidd believes that he always proved his detractors wrong and keeps at it because he done things the “right way.”

Kidd explained why taking care of your body and energy are key to preserve your basketball game coming into old age

Jason used LeBron as an example of what to do to preserve yourself even though the years are starting to creep in on you late in an athlete’s career.

“It’s just amazing — his spirit, his energy that he comes to work every day understanding that he was never under the radar,” shared the Mavs coach. “He always had millions of people watching him, just wanting him to fail or not do well. He’s always gone out there to prove those people wrong and play the game the right way.”

Let’s not forget how Jason also had a Hall of Famer career in the NBA, and even showed great skill when confronting a young James in 2011. Check the video above to relive this intense clash.

“He’s a champion. His IQ is off the charts, he knows what people are doing before they do it,” Kidd expressed. “But I just think every summer, he’s always trying to add something to his game, and he’s played for 50 years now. It’s just amazing that he could do 50 different things each summer.”

No one really expected Chris Paul to be ejected from this week’s game between the Warriors and Suns late in the second quarter. Once again, Scott Foster was the NBA official who took the decision, as it has been known for years that he’s had a complicated relationship with the Point God.

It all started when the Golden State guard committed a foul on superstar Kevin Durant during a defensive possession, which resulted in both player and referee arguing about the decision. Paul raised his hand for a second and apparently that was enough to hand him his second technical of the match.

Former star Gilbert Arenas, who owns one of the most popular podcasts around the league, took a dig at NBA officials after they’ve started out this season with many controversial decisions. Not only did he also have his fare share of run-ins with referees back when he played, he also is witnessing how easily athletes are punished nowadays just for showing little emotion.

CP3 gotta control his emotions but Scott Foster don’t gotta control his? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/WZQzM0rxa8

— Gilbert Arenas (@GilsArenaShow) November 23, 2023

“Someone should ask Adam Silver this, ‘If I’m a player, I’m playing a game that’s emotional, I’m acting in real time, real deep human emotions and when I don’t control my emotions, a ref can give me a technical [foul],” he said about officials getting too involved with the players.

Arenas doesn’t believe referees are hold accountable as much as the competitors are. “Which means, whatever I said to him, irritated him so bad that he didn’t control his emotions and he gave me a tech. So, my emotions, led to him being emotional but he gets to give me a technical and that’s fine. How?’” he asked.

“There’s no nothing for him,” Gilbert added. “He doesn’t leave it with a win or loss. Whatever he does, $6,000, $3,000, whatever he makes, he gets it no matter f**king what.”

On his own podcast, Arenas ranted about what justifies an official to act so poorly on the basketball court. “What’s a ref’s record? 0 ad f***ing 0 his whole career. There’s no win or loss. You just look at the game … That’s the most f***ing emotional dudes in the game,” he concluded.

Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant were also impressed by Paul’s ejection, who called out the ref’s decision as a personal vendetta

Not only did Chris felt surprised after the ejection, describing it a personal revenge from Scott Foster, but also the other players on court didn’t understand the referee’s call.

“I think we were down double digits already, and we obviously needed CP and his leadership and the way he manages the game. I don’t like and appreciate – I know there’s history and all that, I know he talked about it, when both the player and the ref engage in conversation, that has to kind of stay there. I told Scott that after he ejected him,” Stephen Curry said postgame.

Once Phoenix conquered the match on Wednesday night, forward Kevin Durant gave his take on the matter and gave a very candid reaction.

“I didn’t see it coming, but I looked it up and they was talking for a little bit longer,” said the Suns star. “I kinda felt like it wasn’t a warm exchange. I knew after I saw a couple extra minutes of them talking, I knew something different. I didn’t get to hear what was going, but it was this crazy sequence of what like, three or four techs, Chris getting thrown out the game. You know the history that him and Scott has, it was definitely a weird ending to the half, but I’m glad we got points out of it.”