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Korver was born in Lakewood, California, the oldest of four. He grew up in the Los Angeles area, and was a Los Angeles Lakers fan as a child. Watching Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the "Showtime" Lakers instilled a love of basketball in Korver that made him want to pursue it himself. He moved with his family to Iowa in 1993 and graduated from Pella High School.
Off the court, Korver held a coat-drive while with the 76ers, where he collected and donated coats to Operation Warm. He has participated in the NBA's Basketball Without Borders outreach program in Africa, China, Brazil, and India.
Korver has three brothers, Kirk, Kaleb, and Klayton, all of whom have played Division I basketball. Klayton was a guard/forward for the Drake Bulldogs while Kaleb was a guard for the Creighton Bluejays. Kirk plays forward at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. His mother Laine once scored 74 points in a high school game. Kyle's father, Kevin, is a pastor in Pella, Iowa. Kyle also has a passion for playing golf. While with the Utah Jazz, he frequently golfed with many teammates around the Salt Lake Valley, including Deron Williams.
It has been widely publicized that Korver bears a resemblance to television and film actor Ashton Kutcher, who also is from Iowa. Korver found comments about it funny at first, but said it started to get a little old. He conceded there was a little resemblance, but not that much. With regard to the constant comparisons, Korver said the fact that he is much taller than Kutcher "still doesn't stop everybody." In one anecdote, he recounts that in an incident at a party he attended "people kept staring at me and I had to tell them that I wasn't Ashton."
Kyle Korver married Juliet Richardson on August 10, 2011. His cousin Kari Korver plays for the UCLA Bruins women's basketball team.
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