Jake Tyrone McKinlay[1][2] (6 April 2001 – 20 December 2021) was a New Zealand basketball player.

[19] In February 2021, McKinlay signed with the Manawatu Jets for the 2021 New Zealand NBL season.

[19][22] On 13 June, he was carried off the court with a serious knee injury late in the first quarter against the Wellington Saints.

[24][25] By December 2021, McKinlay had recovered from the injury and had signed with the Wellington Saints for the 2022 season.

[30] At the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Argentina a few months later, he averaged 4.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists in seven games.

[4] McKinlay died on 20 December 2021, shortly before 6:00 a.m., following a serious crash involving his car and a truck on State Highway 1 in the Horowhenua District north of Ōtaki.

[33][34][35][36] He had been playing basketball in Wellington the previous day and was coming back to Palmerston North for work.