Mike McKay (basketball)
| Personal information | |
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| Born |
15 October 1965 Adelaide, South Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Listed height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) |
| Listed weight | 92 kg (203 lb) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1983–2000 |
| Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
| Career history | |
| 1983–1984 | West Adelaide Bearcats |
| 1985–1995 | Adelaide 36ers |
| 1996–1997 | Brisbane Bullets |
| 1998–1999 | Canberra Cannons |
| 1999–2000 | Wollongong Hawks |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Michael George "Mike" McKay (born 15 October 1965 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a retired Australian professional basketball player who played most of his career with the Adelaide 36ers in the National Basketball League (NBL), winning the 1986 championship with the team. He also played for the West Adelaide Bearcats (with whom he started his NBL career in 1983), Brisbane Bullets, Canberra Cannons, Wollongong Hawks and was a frequent member of the Australian boomers during the late 1980s and early 1990s, including being part of the national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
Mike McKay started his professional career with the West Adelaide Bearcats in 1983. Along with fellow Bearcat players Al Green, Moscow Olympian Peter Ali and veteran guard Ray Wood, the then 19-year-old joined the Adelaide 36ers in 1985 after the Bearcats pulled out of the NBL at the end of 1984. Under the coaching of his former Bearcats coach Ken Cole, McKay helped the 36ers, now Adelaide's sole representative in the NBL, to its first Grand Final appearance in 1985. The 36ers lost the Grand Final to the Brisbane Bullets 95–120 at the Sleeman Sports Centre in Brisbane, but McKay would go on to win the NBL's Rookie of the Year award, becoming the first 36ers player ever to do so. McKay played all 28 games in 1985, averaging 12.9 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists. He won the Rookie of the Year award despite already having played 38 games for West Adelaide in 1983 and 1984.
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