Aussie
Years ago

Sydney Kings: Big announcement dropping at 3pm

Anyone know what this could be?

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Saint23
Years ago

guessing Cooks and Martin are re signing and Thon Maker signing

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KET
Years ago

That'd be huge

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AngusH
Years ago

Just got a voice msg from the Kings - Cooks back for 3 years.

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Saint23
Years ago

Cooks re signed with nba and euro outs

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Saint23
Years ago

i can see him staying for a yr then going to Europe

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Dunkman
Years ago

I can see him staying if it's top marquee money, other wise you would think even Europe would be financially better. Nice signing though.

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Ben
Years ago

This 'big announcement' has the same vibe as the Sobey re-signing.

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Yup
Years ago

Not really sure why he signed in NZ this off-season, figured he'd spend it in the US...

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NBLTigers
Years ago

Same I find it strange too.

Is Thon Maker also heading to Sydney?

Cooks, Martin and Maker will be the best 3 big man in nbl history.

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Dunkman
Years ago

Cooks probably playing in nz to stay game fit, ready to hit summer league.

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Weedy Slug
Years ago

Adams-Bayles
Vasljevic-Bruce-Glover
Cooks-Noi-Galloway
T.Maker-M.Maker(ns)
Martin-Hunter

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Zodiac
Years ago

Cooks said he's not playing Summer League and had a triple double on debut in the NZ league.

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101 annon
Years ago

Cooks doesn't play 3

Import / Bruce / Bayles
Dj / Glover / Noi / Galloway / import
Cooks / Import / Hunter

Hopefully Adams & Martin come back with another wing import. Noi will probably play more 4 than 3 & like they done this year Glover will step up & play 4 at times on the defensive end

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Saint23
Years ago

i think i heard on the basketball show the nba say cooks as a 3

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101 annon
Years ago

If Maker (NS) comes back all well & good

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Dunkman
Years ago

Cooks is 4/5, plays close to the ring, outside shot not good enough yet, could get there though.

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AngusH
Years ago

His stroke isn't broken, I think he could be a 35% 3pt shooter with reps, which is probably enough

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Weedy Slug
Years ago

Cooks is 4/3 imo, what they call a combo forward.

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koberulz
Years ago

There's no such thing as a 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, and hasn't been for years.

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Anonymightymouse
Years ago

Cooks defensively played the 4 and 5 for Sydney this season, ended up playing more 5. He's probably a 3-4 in the NBA though.

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Yup
Years ago

He's prolly closer to Thybulle than anything...kinda positionless

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Pablo Escobar
Years ago

Has it dropped?

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proud
Years ago

I thought it would be a new coach again...

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Cram
Years ago

"There's no such thing as a 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, and hasn't been for years."

While they're clearly not as defined as they once might have been, they're not gone entirely.

Offensively they're probably less relevant now. Rather than a "point guard" you usually now have a "lead guard" who might be a pass first guy (CP3) or a shoot first guy (Harden) and then a big who are mostly defenders and finishers aside from a few genuine ball dominant bigs. Most of the rest of the players on any team now do much the same thing, in spacing the floor off ball.

Defensively you'll usually see a little more alignment to more traditional positions mostly out of avoiding mismatches, so I think when someone says Cooks will play this position or that position you have to think about who he can defend in the NBA and that mostly comes down to match ups.

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