Nick Kay

Nicholas Colin Kay (born 3 August 1992) is an Australian professional basketball player for Shimane Susanoo Magic of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for the Metro State Roadrunners before beginning his professional career in the National Basketball League (NBL). He won two NBL championships with the Perth Wildcats in 2019 and 2020. He also won a New Zealand NBL championship and league MVP honours with the Wellington Saints in 2019. In 2021, he won a bronze medal with the Australian national team at the Tokyo Olympics.

Early life Kay was born and raised in Tamworth, New South Wales, where he attended McCarthy Catholic College and played for the Tamworth Thunderbolts. At age 17, he moved to Sydney to attend Newington College. He averaged 13 points and 14 rebounds for Newington, leading the school to finish second in Australia's all-schools tournament and won the New South Wales all-school tournament. He also represented the New South Wales state team.

As a junior in 2013–14, Kay started all 34 games and helped the Roadrunners to the RMAC regular season and tournament championships and the semi-finals at the NCAA tournament. He averaged 15.9 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.0 blocks per game, and was named NABC first team all-district and first-team all-RMAC. He had a season-high 24 points against UC-Colorado Springs on 1 March 2014, helping Metro State finish the regular season as the third team in RMAC history to go undefeated. He was named the most valuable player of the RMAC Tournament. In nine games, he averaged 15.7 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.

Kay returned to the Wizards for the 2015 QBL season and averaged 22.2 points, 9.8 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.2 steals in 13 games.

Townsville Crocodiles (2015–2016) In July 2015, Kay signed with the Townsville Crocodiles of the National Basketball League (NBL). He was subsequently named NBL Rookie of the Year. In 19 games, he averaged 17.9 points, 8.7 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game. He helped the Hawks reach the grand final in the 2016–17 NBL season. In 34 games, he averaged 9.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.0 steals per game. In 20 games, he averaged 14.3 points, 9.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.2 steals per game. In the 2018–19 NBL season, he was named in the All-NBL First Team and helped the Wildcats win the championship. In 34 games, he averaged 14.7 points, 8.7 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.2 steals per game. He helped the Saints win the championship and earned league MVP honours. In 20 games, he averaged 15.9 points, 10.0 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.9 steals per game. and helped the team win back-to-back championships. In game three of the grand final series against the Sydney Kings, Kay had a career-best game with 30 points and seven 3-pointers to go with 12 rebounds and four assists in a 111–96 win. In 34 games, he averaged 15.8 points, 7.9 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.3 steals per game.

Spain and Japan (2020–present) On 5 July 2020, Kay signed with Real Betis of the Liga ACB. In 36 games in the 2020–21 ACB season, he averaged 7.9 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.0 steals per game. In 56 games in the 2021–22 B.League season, he averaged 13.9 points, 7.8 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.4 steals per game. In 63 games in the 2022–23 B.League season, he averaged 15.4 points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game. In 2024–25, he averaged 13 points, seven rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.

In May 2025, Kay re-signed with Shimane.

National team career Kay debuted for the Australian under 19 national team in 2010. In 2018, he won a gold medal with Australia at the Commonwealth Games. In 2019, he was awarded the Gaze Family Medal alongside Nathan Sobey for performances at the World Cup Qualifiers and the Commonwealth Games.

In February 2021, Kay was named in the Boomers' Olympic squad. He went on to help the Boomers win the bronze medal. He averaged 11.0 points and 6.3 rebounds in six games.

In February 2022, Kay was named in a 17-man Australian Boomers squad ahead of the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers in Japan. He re-joined the team for proceeding qualifying windows in August 2022 and February 2023.

In July 2024, Kay was named in the Boomers' final squad for the Paris Olympics.

In November 2024, Kay joined the Boomers for the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers. He re-joined the squad in February 2025 for two more qualifiers.

In October 2025, Kay was named in the Boomers squad for the first window of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Asian Qualifiers. In February 2026, he was named in the squad for two more Asian qualifiers. In August 2026, he was named in the squad for another two Asian qualifiers.