Kelly Olynyk Biography, Career Stats, Wife, Salary, Girlfriend & Other Facts

After four years averaging in Boston, Kelly Olynyka proved he wasn’t in the NBA as he played an important role in his first season as part of the Miami Heat. The former Gonzaga University athlete, who can play both as a center and a power forward, also plays for Canada’s national team with which he won FIBA ​​Americaup bronze. 2015. Here’s more about his career, family, and other interesting facts we’ve gathered about the NBA star.

the biography

Kelly Tyler Olynyk was born on April 19, 1991 in Toronto, Ontario to parents of Ukrainian descent. At an early age, Olynyk started playing basketball due to his parents’ involvement in the sport. He attended South Kamloops Secondary School, while playing amateur amateur and non-amateur basketball in the United States and Canada.

Olynyk, who played primarily as a point guard in high school, led his school to a third-place finish in the BC High School AAA Boys’ Basketball Championships in 12th grade. For his efforts, he was named Basketball BC’s Outstanding High School Player of the Year, earning him the attention of many reputable college programs including Syracuse, Providence, and North Carolina State. However, he chose to attend Gonzaga, in part because he wanted to stay close to home.

In his freshman year at Gonzaga, Kelly Olynyk was most of the time, he averaged 3.8 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. By his second year, he was still on the bench, although he had increased his average to 5.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per game. Due to his status as a bench player, Olynyk decided to redshirt his junior year in order to improve his playing time. He returned to the team in the 2012–13 season where he averaged 17.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. At the end of that year, Olynyk, who had completed his accounting degree requirements, decided to forgo his final year and take on the project.

NBA career statistics

In the 2013 NBA draft, Kelly Olynyk was selected 13th overall by the Dallas Mavericks but was however on the night of the team’s draft to the Boston Celtics. He averaged 8.7 points and 5.2 rebounds in 70 games during his rookie season to earn a spot on the NBA’s All-Star Second Team. In his sophomore year, Olynyk averaged 10.3 points and 4.7 rebounds in 64 games. In one of those games against the Philadelphia 76ers, he scored 30 points, the highest score of his career.

Olynyk never really made it big in Boston, after his rookie contract ended in July 2017 he was cut by the team, allowing him to join the Miami Heat. Here, the basketball player returned to form thanks to a new career-high 32 points in a game against his former team. He finished the 2017-18 season with 11.5 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game.

Kelly Olynyk’s salary

The Center/Power Forward earns an average salary of $12.5 million per year. This is thanks to the $50 million contract he signed with the Miami Heat in July 2017 and which lasts for four years. Prior to that, Olynyk, who spent his first four years in the NBA as a member of the Boston Celtics team, made around $2.3 million. million a year from his rookie contract which was a four-year, $9.2 million deal.

Does he have a wife or a girlfriend?

Kelly Olynyk is not married and we cannot confirm who his girlfriend is if there is one. The Canadian national team member was, however, spotted with someone who is believed to be his other significant partner, although some publications have said it was one of his sisters. Whether or not he is in a relationship, the identity of that person remains Olynyk’s best-kept secret.

other facts

• Family

Kelly Olynyk comes from a proud athletic family. Her father, Ken, is a basketball coach while her mother, Arlene, was a women’s basketball referee with the Canadian Interuniversity Sports organization. She also worked as a scorer for the Toronto Raptors. One of her two sisters also played the game in college.

In 1983, Ken Olynyk was named Canadian National Junior Men’s Team Coach, a position he held until 1996. During this period, from 1989 to 2002, he was also the head coach of the men’s basketball from the University of Toronto. After Toronto, senior Olynyk took on the role of athletic director at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, BC.

• Body measurements

The ballerina is impressive with a height of 7 feet 0 inches or 2.13 m and weighs around 240 pounds or 109 kg. It further has a wingspan of 6ft 10in, a standing reach of 9ft 0in, a hand length of 8.5cm and a hand breadth of 10cm.