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My Take
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.
Overview
Nicholas John Collison (born October 26, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who is a special assistant for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He spent his entire career with the organization originally known as the Seattle SuperSonics, which became the Thunder in 2008.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Monkey
- Origin
- Orange City, Iowa, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 208 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Kansas
Awards & achievements
- 2003 Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.