Kai Simon Edwards (born 10 August 1997) is a Dutch basketball player who plays for Club Melilla Baloncesto of the LEB Oro. Born in Amsterdam, he played college basketball with the Northern Colorado. He continued his career in Spain.
Born in Amsterdam, Edwards started playing basketball at age 16. He started his club career in the youth section of Apollo Amsterdam. Edwards played for the Canarias Basketball Academy, a Spanish academy located at the Canary Islands.[1]
Edwards received scholarship offers from three universities, and eventually committed to Northern Colorado.[1]
Edwards started his career in August 2020, when he signed a one-year contract with Bahía San Agustín in the Spanish LEB Oro.[2]
After playing the pre-season with Bahía San Augstín, Edwards signed with another LEB Oro team in Castelló, where he averaged 7 points and 4.7 rebounds in his rookie season.[3] On 13 July 2021, Edwards extended his contract for another season averaging 6 points and 5 rebounds.[4] On 18 July 2022, he signs for Club Melilla Baloncesto.[5]
In July 2021, Edwards joined the training camp of the Netherlands senior team for the first time, along with his brother Jesse.[6]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016–17 | Northern Colorado | 29 | 11 | 16.2 | .682 | .000 | .360 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 4.6 |
2017–18 | Northern Colorado | 29 | 1 | 7.0 | .722 | .000 | .379 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
2018–19 | Northern Colorado | 32 | 16 | 20.1 | .760 | .000 | .537 | 5.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 5.3 |
2019–20 | Northern Colorado | 31 | 0 | 22.2 | .648 | .000 | .596 | 7.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 9.4 |
Career[7] | 121 | 28 | 16.6 | .689 | .000 | .502 | 5.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 5.4 |
His younger brother Jesse also plays basketball, and currently plays college basketball for Syracuse.
At the University of Northern Colorado, he majored in business marketing.[8]