One more power foward position to come?

So what position will this guy actually play?

We all thought Sydney needed to prioritise an import PF, and according to LSM that's what they've done. He has this guy starting at the 4!?!

"I've spoken to a bunch of people about Tate and everyone I've touched base with loves him, with the words most commonly used to describe him being 'animal’, ‘beast’ and ‘freak’. One international scout described him as "a mini-Zion with his frame" and said “he’s too powerful for small forwards and too elusive for power forwards.” I can’t wait to watch this guy take on the NBL. "

His Belgian stats don't hint at this superman status?

"Pacific Shrink"!

Stretch 4's are good, especially back in the day when teams would play a 3-man front-court.
But I still see guys like Kay and Wesley as the archetypal NBL PF.

Brisbane have gone interesting, on the assumption that Braun is now going to be forced to play the 4. But he was signed when they thought Patterson wasn't returning, and besides still has a few inches on Tate.

Last season Wear seemed to prefer the stretch 4 role, and at times played more like a 3/4, but he at least had the size and strength of a true NBL PF.

I just assume Tate was either going to start at SF, and/or relieve Newley and allow him to slide to the 2 at times?

Who knows, maybe the new coach doesn't realise what a selfish soft___k Kickert has become? Only good for throwing elbows and starting brawls

Wow my memory mustn't be too good Dazz as I can't remember Kickert being anything other than a selfish soft cocked marshmallow.

Good luck to him but I don't know how you can trust him, he's an amazing shooter but everything else he does on a basketball court is inadequate and he's too old to be changing his game now

Yeah, amazing at protecting his stats...

Look, even if you start Kickert at PF, they still have a superb lineup.
Probably on paper the 2nd best, and not far behind MU.

And that last player is going to come down to dollars, how much they have already spent and which players they can squeeze into the Bench Cap.
They may need to sign a bargain option like Hire, but then why sign Tate?

Tate will be the Kings starting PF.

Moller, Tate & Newley at the 4 .....Bogut is going to be in perpetual defensive rotation.

"Moller will start at the 4"

Yes, but we're talking about the Sydney Kings and NBL, not the Huskies.

I think Moller at the 4 can work next to Bogut.

Exceeded expectations

Boy were you guys wrong, I wish it had names on the people who said these takes without watching him play !

Congratulations to him. But there are plenty of average players running around collecting pay checks in the NBA. Just ask LeBron, 90% are chumps

There's a lack of a "middle" (or maybe "lower middle") class in the NBA for sure, where the risk and insecurity of minimum/two-way/non-guarantee contracts means the best players in that category are playing in Europe. We are still talking about 100% of guys in the NBA being among the top basketballers in the world however - guys who contributed if not starred for (largely) div 1 powerhouses in college or the top Euro leagues.

Turned into a good player, certainly having Weaver go there helped him, been injured a lot as well.

I saw this message called out recently. Good to see.

As to the 90% are chumps thing....

Rosters of 17 with the bottom few being 2-way and non guaranteed etc mean that yeah the bottom 6ish of most rosters are comparable in talent with the top couple of most teams in most quality leagues around the world. There'll be some that ar even worse than that and just have a good run at the right time etc.

But regular rotation players - your top 10-11 guys - are (for the most part) well above that in terms in quality.

Tate has been a rotation player since he's been in the league and often a starter. Yes its been a bad team, but we'll get a better sense of that this season with a new coach and some more depth. He's done really well so far and can only be considered a success.

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