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Kelly Olynyk

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Born
1991 (33 years old)

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Toronto, Ontario

Position
Power Forward

Status
Active

Ethnicity
White

Team Number
13

Height
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)

Weight
240 lb (109 kg)

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New Orleans Pelicans

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Kelly Tyler Olynyk (/oʊˈlɪnɪk/ oh-LIN-ik; born April 19, 1991) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs, where he earned NCAA All-American honours in 2013.

After forgoing his senior year of college basketball, Olynyk was selected with the 13th overall pick by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2013 NBA draft, before being immediately traded to the Boston Celtics. In July 2017, he signed with the Miami Heat, with whom he reached the NBA Finals in 2020. In March 2021, Olynyk was traded to the Houston Rockets. He signed with the Pistons in August of the same year. He was traded to the Utah Jazz in 2022 and to the Toronto Raptors in 2024.

He also serves as captain of the Canadian national team.