Ater Majok will be a solid contributor off the bench for now, but he could evolve into a genuine starter in 1-2 years if he keeps developing. There are very few guys with his height and athleticism in the NBL.

He comes to the team after a stint with FMV Isikspor in the Turkish 2nd Division.

He will struggle, but needs to be realistic about his ability and the NBL will be his best option to become a better player.

It would be better if he was playing for melbourne or adelaide or sydney from a fans point of view (due to each city's high sudanese population).

Good to see him paying here though.

By the way, why didn't cairns go for him after losing K-Will?

curtley- are you joking? perth has a very high sudanese community- think suburbs like koondoola and mirrabooka!

Good call in the other thread over a week ago:

http://www.hoops.com.au/forum/24515-time-for-wildcats-to-get-a-second-import/#p299628

sorry i'm not down with perth's recent-migrant communities.

Majok will not be an import. He has Australian citizenship and has even played for the Boomers in the Stankovic Cup tournament in 2009. As for points, I should think he would be well short of 10. Possibly a 5? Just guessing.

Always trust bevo!!!! His the brian gorjian!!!! Perth will go back to back!!!
hope we play the breakers & penny!!! 5 Championships to zero!!! Perth knows how to win!!! Wait and c whos the import?

He left before the beginning of this NCAA season. There is considerable speculation as to why he made this decision and to my knowledge very little of this has been confirmed one way or another. Was he unhappy with his role at UConn? Was he failing his studies? Alllegations of recruiting malpractises by UConn were rife during his time at the University. There has also been word of pressure on him to start earning big in order to support his relatives.
Regardless, whatever the reasons, he made his professional debut for FMV Isikspor, a Turkish 2nd division team, on the 23rd October. He played 7 games, averaging 13.9 points and 8.6 rebounds. I'm not sure why he did not continue with them as they seem like good numbers. Perhaps he was on a short term contract as a fill in for an injured player. Hopefully someone else here can fill us both in.

I should also have mentioned that he averaged 3 blocks a game. No doubt his alleged 7'6" wingspan had something to do with that!

I like the signing its a shame its only for 6 weeks hopefully he will get good minutes and prove he is worth keeping for the rest of the season the cats need a good shot blocking presents as knight and wagstaff are not that

Majok only had a 2 month contract with the Turkish team.

HAHAHAHA.....how the mighty have fallen....this joker believed he would be NBA All Star material......now he will be coming off the bench for an NBL team.....good luck with your NBA dream HAHAHAHAHA

I think there is a saying that goes something along the lines of "Dream for the stars".

So he hasn't made the NBA...a gig at UConn, albeit brief, and now with the Wildcats, is much further than I ever got in terms of basketball achievements. I give him kudos for getting close and will never begrudge him setting high goals for himself.

I hope he still achieves his NBA dream. For the time being I'm looking forward to watching talented young Australian citizens getting opportunities to showcase their skills in the NBL

news flash...the sydney kings got more chance of winning the NBL championship this year than Majok ever has of wearing an NBA singlet....he needs to stop telling the media about his NBA aspirations(he was on record saying he believed he'd be an NBA all star) as it makes him look very egotistical and unaware of his actual ability...best of luck with that nba career mate with that 1 point something average at uconn u had...lets see how he goes in the nbl

Haters gonna hate!

...lets face it pretenders 1point whateva av in college is NOT gonna get on anyones radar in the NBA.....this is straight out unrealistic.....if you guys are right then currently we should have around 20 something Aussie active players ready for the nba draft right now and 2nd div euro dont mean a great deal unless your tearin it up....until i witness him tear up the nbl night in and out...like Nate Jawaii was before his first nba stint then Majok has got no business talkin publicly about the nba...im not hatin i wish him all the best..i just think the dude needs to be REALISTIC

nba teams HAHAHA

NBA LOL....NBA on Xbox