{"id":4710,"date":"2024-08-18T17:56:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T16:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/?p=4710"},"modified":"2024-08-18T17:56:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T16:56:32","slug":"kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Kai Williams signs for the 2024\/25 season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Milton Keynes Breakers are thrilled to announce the signing of British-Canadian forward Kai Williams for the 2024\/25 season. Williams, a 6\u20196\u201d forward, brings a wealth of experience to the team from his 11-year professional career.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Williams grew up in Canada, where he represented the Canadian National Team at U17 and U19 levels. He went on to attend NCAA Division 1 South Dakota State University where he amassed 1,423 points and 843 rebounds in a stellar four-year career.<\/p>\n<p>Upon graduation, Williams embarked on a professional career that saw him make stops in France, Cyprus, Canada and most notably the UK, where he played for several top-flight teams including the London Lions, Newcastle Eagles and Worcester Wolves.<\/p>\n<p>Williams joined the Breakers in 2021 as a coach and has been instrumental in the development of young talent at the Breakers, serving as the Assistant Coach of the Club\u2019s Academy. He played a crucial role in the MK5D Basketball Academy&#8217;s National Championship win in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>As the Breakers prepare to compete in NBL Division 1, Williams\u2019 signing adds a new dimension of experience and versatility to the team. Williams shared his excitement about joining the Breakers&#8217; roster, stating, <em>\u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to this season and hoping to contribute as best as I can on and off the court with everything the club has going on. It\u2019s been great to see how much the club has grown in the last three years and I\u2019m privileged to be a part of this.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI have always been a team-first player and pride myself on having versatility. I think with the returners and new additions the club has made, it will really suit my skill set. My coaching and experience in the game have given me a different viewpoint and allowed me to see the game from a different angle.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis is a really exciting time for the club with the men moving into Division 1, all the plans for the women\u2019s side, and with all age groups getting stronger and stronger. I am also really looking forward to playing in front of my kids. I have been fortunate to play basketball for a long time, but this season will be a special one for sure.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Head Coach Billy Beddow-Patel expressed his enthusiasm for Williams\u2019 signing, saying, <em>\u201cPersonally, I\u2019m really pleased that we have been able to sign Kai for the upcoming season. He was a brilliant coach for the junior club last season. I<\/em><em>&#8216;m so pleased he has decided to lace his shoes up again and bring his wealth of playing experience to the men\u2019s team too.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kai Williams becomes the fourth major signing of the summer for the Breakers, following the commitments of Luke Gregory, Nate Robinson, and Blayne Freckleton. His addition to the team is expected to bring both on-court excellence and invaluable leadership as the Breakers embark on their first season in NBL Division 1.<\/p>\n<p>More signings will be announced in the coming weeks as the team prepares to take the floor in September.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Season Tickets<\/strong> for the 2024\/25 season are now on sale and available <a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.lokkaroom.com\/promoter\/8620\/mk-breakers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Milton Keynes Breakers are thrilled to announce the signing of British-Canadian forward Kai Williams for the 2024\/25 season. Williams, a 6\u20196\u201d forward born in Canada, brings a wealth of experience from his time in top-flight British Basketball<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mens"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kai Williams signs for the 2024\/25 season - MK Breakers Basketball Club<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kai Williams signs for the 2024\/25 season - MK Breakers Basketball Club\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Milton Keynes Breakers are thrilled to announce the signing of British-Canadian forward Kai Williams for the 2024\/25 season. Williams, a 6\u20196\u201d forward born in Canada, brings a wealth of experience from his time in top-flight British Basketball\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MK Breakers Basketball Club\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mkbasketballlub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-18T16:56:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-18T16:56:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kai-Williams-vs-Team-USA-Select-Pre-Season-2017-e1505110596477-1170x650-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ben Burrell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mkbballclub\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mkbballclub\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ben Burrell\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ben Burrell\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/#\/schema\/person\/dc9bac2d2e0183074fbfbc2ef0f67643\"},\"headline\":\"Kai Williams signs for the 2024\/25 season\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-18T16:56:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-18T16:56:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/\"},\"wordCount\":520,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kai-Williams-vs-Team-USA-Select-Pre-Season-2017-e1505110596477-1170x650-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Mens\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/\",\"name\":\"Kai Williams signs for the 2024\/25 season - MK Breakers Basketball Club\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kai-Williams-vs-Team-USA-Select-Pre-Season-2017-e1505110596477-1170x650-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-18T16:56:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-18T16:56:32+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kai-Williams-vs-Team-USA-Select-Pre-Season-2017-e1505110596477-1170x650-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kai-Williams-vs-Team-USA-Select-Pre-Season-2017-e1505110596477-1170x650-1.jpg\",\"width\":1170,\"height\":650},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kai Williams signs for the 2024\/25 season\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/\",\"name\":\"MK Breakers Basketball Club\",\"description\":\"MKBC remain a Community Basketball Club committed to developing basketball right here in Milton Keynes\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Milton Keynes Breakers Basketball Club\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-MK-Breakers-Logo-\u2013-RGB.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-MK-Breakers-Logo-\u2013-RGB.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Milton Keynes Breakers Basketball Club\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mkbasketballlub\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/mkbballclub\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mkbasketballclub\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/#\/schema\/person\/dc9bac2d2e0183074fbfbc2ef0f67643\",\"name\":\"Ben Burrell\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/165e4b7f28e1691050da7417b8d872bc65a22ed497031a0678989743eee5e3a7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/165e4b7f28e1691050da7417b8d872bc65a22ed497031a0678989743eee5e3a7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ben Burrell\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/author\/benburrell\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kai Williams signs for the 2024\/25 season - MK Breakers Basketball Club","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kai Williams signs for the 2024\/25 season - MK Breakers Basketball Club","og_description":"The Milton Keynes Breakers are thrilled to announce the signing of British-Canadian forward Kai Williams for the 2024\/25 season. Williams, a 6\u20196\u201d forward born in Canada, brings a wealth of experience from his time in top-flight British Basketball","og_url":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/","og_site_name":"MK Breakers Basketball Club","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mkbasketballlub","article_published_time":"2024-08-18T16:56:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-08-18T16:56:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1170,"height":650,"url":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kai-Williams-vs-Team-USA-Select-Pre-Season-2017-e1505110596477-1170x650-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ben Burrell","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@mkbballclub","twitter_site":"@mkbballclub","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ben Burrell","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/"},"author":{"name":"Ben Burrell","@id":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/#\/schema\/person\/dc9bac2d2e0183074fbfbc2ef0f67643"},"headline":"Kai Williams signs for the 2024\/25 season","datePublished":"2024-08-18T16:56:30+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-18T16:56:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/"},"wordCount":520,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kai-Williams-vs-Team-USA-Select-Pre-Season-2017-e1505110596477-1170x650-1.jpg","articleSection":["Mens"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/","url":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/","name":"Kai Williams signs for the 2024\/25 season - MK Breakers Basketball Club","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kai-Williams-vs-Team-USA-Select-Pre-Season-2017-e1505110596477-1170x650-1.jpg","datePublished":"2024-08-18T16:56:30+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-18T16:56:32+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kai-Williams-vs-Team-USA-Select-Pre-Season-2017-e1505110596477-1170x650-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kai-Williams-vs-Team-USA-Select-Pre-Season-2017-e1505110596477-1170x650-1.jpg","width":1170,"height":650},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/2024\/08\/18\/kai-williams-signs-for-the-2024-25-season\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kai Williams signs for the 2024\/25 season"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/","name":"MK Breakers Basketball Club","description":"MKBC remain a Community Basketball Club committed to developing basketball right here in Milton Keynes","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/#organization","name":"Milton Keynes Breakers Basketball Club","url":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-MK-Breakers-Logo-\u2013-RGB.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-MK-Breakers-Logo-\u2013-RGB.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Milton Keynes Breakers Basketball Club"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mkbasketballlub","https:\/\/x.com\/mkbballclub","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mkbasketballclub\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/#\/schema\/person\/dc9bac2d2e0183074fbfbc2ef0f67643","name":"Ben Burrell","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/165e4b7f28e1691050da7417b8d872bc65a22ed497031a0678989743eee5e3a7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/165e4b7f28e1691050da7417b8d872bc65a22ed497031a0678989743eee5e3a7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ben Burrell"},"url":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/author\/benburrell\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4710"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4716,"href":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4710\/revisions\/4716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkbasketball.club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}