Nick Collison

Nick Collison is my favorite kind of NBA name, the guy who never made an All-Star team but whom every teammate seems to revere. At 208 cm out of little Orange City, Iowa, he was Big 12 Player of the Year at Kansas in 2003, then spent his entire pro career with one franchise as it moved from Seattle to Oklahoma City. That loyalty is rare and a little romantic to me. He played the unglamorous role, screens, hustle, locker-room glue, and is now back with the Thunder as a special assistant. Careers like his quietly hold teams together more than the highlight reels admit.

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Name (English)

Nick Collison

Name (Japanese)

ニック・コリソン

Reading

にっく・こりそん

Born

October 26, 1980 (age 45)

Origin

Orange City, Iowa, United States

Height

208 cm

Occupation

basketball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Monkey

University

University of Kansas

Awards & achievements

• 2003 Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nicholascollison/
• Xhttps://x.com/nickcollison4
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick%20Collison
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q520424

Tags

• Iowa
• basketball player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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