 Toews withAlvark Tokyo in 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 3 – Alvark Tokyo | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | B.League | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | (1998-09-17)17 September 1998 (age 26) Kobe,Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | |||||||||||||||
| College | UNC Wilmington (2018–2019) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2020:undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2020–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Utsunomiya Brex | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Shiga Lakes | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Alvark Tokyo | ||||||||||||||
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Kai Toews (テーブス海, born September 17, 1998) is a Japanese professional basketball player forAlvark Tokyo of theB. League.
Toews grew up playing soccer before starting to play basketball in fourth grade. His father, former professional playerBT Toews, taught him the fundamentals of the game.[1] Growing up, Toews citedAllen Iverson as his favorite basketball player.[2] Toews attended Keihoku High School for his freshman and sophomore years and was recruited by Japanese universities but had higher ambitions.[3] Toews moved to the United States and attended theNorthfield Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts for two years.[2] In his senior season, Toews helped the team to a 31–4 record and the New England Prep Class AAA Championship, earned honorable mention All-NEPSAC honors.[4]UNC Wilmington coachC.B. McGrath offered Toews a scholarship, after seeing him play when McGrath was an assistant atNorth Carolina.[1]
On November 25, 2018, Toews had a career-high 14 assists againstEastern Illinois.[3] As a freshman, Toews started 32 of 33 games and averaged 8.8 points, 7.7 assists and 2.6 rebounds per game. He finished second in NCAA Division I in assists per game, behind onlyMurray State'sJa Morant. He set theColonial Athletic Association single-season assists record with 253 and was named to the CAA All-Rookie Team.[2] Toews was a finalist for the 2019 Kyle Macy Award presented by CollegeInsider.com to the nation's top freshman basketball player.[1] In his sophomore season, Toews started 12 of 13 games for UNC Wilmington and averaged 5.5 points, 4.3 assists, and 2.2 rebounds per game.[5] After the team's game againstVanderbilt on December 21, 2019, Toews announced he was leaving the team to pursue professional opportunities. “Obviously, it was a total surprise to us,” coach McGrath said.[2] Toews finished his career with 362 points, 112 rebounds and 309 assists.[5]
On January 10, 2020, Toews signed a professional contract with theUtsunomiya Brex in Japan.[6]
On June 13, 2022, Toews signed with theShiga Lakes for the2022–23 B.League season.[7]
On June 30, 2023, Toews signed withAlvark Tokyo.[8]
Toews has played for Japan's Under-15 and Under-19 national teams.[2] Toews competed for Japan in the 2019William Jones Cup in Taiwan.[9]
His cousinJonathan Toews played for theChicago Blackhawks of theNational Hockey League from 2007 to 2023.[4]
