[1][2] Kim played college basketball for Chung-Ang University, where he was teammates with future KBL MVP Oh Se-keun and roommates with Lee Dae-sung.

[6][7][8] In October 2015, the KBL announced the police investigations into over a dozen players and their involvement in an illegal gambling site.

Kim, Oh and several other fellow Chung-Ang University alumni were found to have been involved while they were still college students, before turning professional.

Prior to the January game against Busan KT Sonicboom, they had been on a 10-game losing streak before Kim scored a career-high 49 points as the Knights came from behind to narrowly win 91-90 in overtime.

[14][15] With the record, he is tied for third place for the most number of points scored by a domestic player in a single game in KBL history.