Kai Simon Edwards (born 10 August 1997) is a Dutch professional

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player for

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of the

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. Born in

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, he played college basketball with

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. He continued his career in Spain.

Early career

Born in Amsterdam, Edwards is the son of a Dutch mother and Trinidadian father. He started playing basketball at age 15, after playing

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in his middle and early high school years. He started his club career in the youth section of

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, where he played for their under-18 team. Edwards played for the

Canarias Basketball Academy Canarias Basketball Academy is a basketball institute based in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. Its senior team currently plays in the Spanish Basketball Federation with their U18 and U16 teams. The junior team usually participates in the Eurole ...

, a Spanish academy located at the

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College career

Edwards received scholarship offers from three universities, and eventually committed to

Professional career

Edwards started his career in August 2020, when he signed a one-year contract with Bahía San Agustín in the Spanish

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. 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. On 13 July 2021, Edwards extended his contract for another season averaging 6 points and 5 rebounds. On 18 July 2022, he signs for

Club Melilla Baloncesto Club Melilla Baloncesto is a professional basketball team based in Melilla that plays in the LEB league. This is the only team in Spain that played all LEB seasons. The team's home arena is the Pabellón Javier Imbroda Ortiz (formerly known as ...

. On 23 July 2023, Edwards returned to the Netherlands after he signed with

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National team career

In July 2021, Edwards joined the training camp of the Netherlands senior team for the first time, along with his brother

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Career statistics

College

, - , 2016–17 , ,

, , 29 , , 11 , , 16.2 , , .682 , , .000 , , .360 , , 5.1 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , 0.1 , , 4.6 , - , 2017–18 , ,

, , 29 , , 1 , , 7.0 , , .722 , , .000 , , .379 , , 2.1 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , 0.2 , , 2.2 , - , 2018–19 , ,

, , 32 , , 16 , , 20.1 , , .760 , , .000 , , .537 , , 5.7 , , 0.7 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , 5.3 , - , 2019–20 , ,

, , 31 , , 0 , , 22.2 , , .648 , , .000 , , .596 , , 7.1 , , 0.8 , , 0.4 , , 0.4 , , 9.4 , - , colspan=2 align=center , Career , , 121 , , 28 , , 16.6 , , .689 , , .000 , , .502 , , 5.1 , , 0.5 , , 0.3 , , 0.2 , , 5.4

Personal

Kai's younger brother

also plays basketball, currently playing for West Virginia University. At the

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, he majored in business marketing.

References

External links

Kai Edwards
at

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Kai 1997 births Living people 21st-century Dutch sportsmen Basketball players from Amsterdam Club Melilla Baloncesto players Dutch expatriate basketball people in Spain Dutch expatriate basketball people in the United States Dutch men's basketball players Dutch people of British descent Feyenoord Basketball players Landstede Hammers players Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball players Power forwards