Utah Jazz - Acquired via trade in September 2022
- Birthdate: 04/19/1991
- Drafted (NBA): 13th pick, 2013
- Pre-draft team: Gonzaga
- Country: Canada
- Hand: Right
- Agent: Greg Lawrence (Wasserman)
| Date | League | Transaction |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 NBA Draft | NBA | Drafted 13th overall by Dallas. |
| 2013 NBA Draft | NBA | Draft rights traded by Dallas to Boston in exchange for the draft rights to Lucas Nogueira (#16) and two 2014 second round picks (#34, Cleanthony Early; #47, Russ Smith). |
| 7th July, 2013 | NBA | Signed four year, $9,321,293 rookie scale contract with Boston. Included team options for 2015/16 and 2016/17. |
| 29th October, 2014 | NBA | Boston exercised 2015/16 team option. |
| 30th October, 2015 | NBA | Boston exercised 2016/17 team option. |
| 4th November, 2016 | D-League | Assigned by Boston to Maine Red Claws of the D-League. Recalled the same day. |
| 7th July, 2017 | NBA | Signed a four year, $45,610,824 contract with Miami. Included player option for 2020/21. |
| 2009 - 2013 | Gonzaga (NCAA) |
| June 2013 - June 2017 | Boston Celtics (NBA) |
| July 2017 - present | Miami Heat (NBA) |
June 29, 2017
Kelly Olynyk
PF/C, 7’0, 238lbs, 26 years old, 4 years of experience
Increasingly tenacious, somewhat awkward, strangely unafraid, often overwhelmed. Olynyk has his uses as a backup, occasionally manifest through offensive nights and often as something of a defensive annoy-ance. Olynyk will try anything, and his versatility as a backup stretch big has value to this and any team. That value however may not be realised; as a free agent in what projects to be Boston's last foreseeable sum-mer of cap room, Olynyk should be considered expendable, and if there is any value to be found via the sign-and-route, it should perhaps be taken.
Player Plan: Entering restricted free agency. Investigate sign-and-trade possibilities.
July 6, 2014
Kelly Olynyk - Save for the fouls and turnovers, Olynyk had a decent rookie season. He rebounded, played his high IQ game, shared the ball, and scored if not entirely efficiently on offense. He might not be fast enough to play the stretch four spot, and although he has bulked up, maybe he's never going to be big enough to play the five spot. Projecting a position for him defensively isn't easy. But he's plenty solid enough.
July 8, 2013
Kelly Olynyk
Olynyk's break out last season was huge, especially after sitting out a year. He put away the three, rather than trend further towards it, and became a highly effective mid-range and in scorer, with dribble-drive and post-up games, toughness and rebounding. In theory, he's a good long term pairing with Melo.
March 17, 2011
The turnaround can perhaps be partially cited to a rotation change. Canadian national team big man Kelly Olynyk - a good rebounder, hustler, extra passer and little things player - began to see less minutes in the front court. In his place came freshman Sam Dower, a monster of a man, with all of two moves to his credit - the trailer three (which he wildly underutilises) and the one drive to the middle lefty hook over the right shoulder (which he used on basically every possession, and which no one can stop, because he's just too big.) When combined with the offensive skill of finesse centre Robert Sacre - whose footwork is good, whose height is better, and whose turnaround jumpshot is similarly unblockable - Gonzaga could throw a scoring big man option on the floor at all times, which most of the West Coast Conference couldn't complete. Add Harris to that mix, and mismatches were opening up all over the show.