Kelly Olynyk

Kelly Olynyk is the kind of player I quietly root for. At 213 cm he could have settled for being a big body in the paint, but he developed a passing touch and a shooting range that make him useful on almost any roster, which is why he's bounced around the NBA without ever being discarded. Captaining Canada's national team tells you how teammates see him. He's not a highlight machine or a marquee name, and that's precisely the appeal. I have a soft spot for the unglamorous, versatile professionals who hold a team together while the cameras look elsewhere.

Name (English)

Kelly Olynyk

Name (Japanese)

ケリー・オリニク

Reading

けりー・おりにく

Born

April 19, 1991 (age 35)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Goat

Origin

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Height

213 cm

Occupation

basketball player

University

Gonzaga University

• Official sitehttps://www.klynyk.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kellyolynyk/
• Xhttps://x.com/KellyOlynyk
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly%20Olynyk
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3194911

Tags

• Ontario
• basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.