Just Love LOOVE the sound of anonymous knuckles dragging on the ground.

Tomlinson has been very erratic for most if not all of those 5 years,

"He's shit."

He lead the league in assists a few years ago, can you show us your more impressive resume?

How does the anon's resume affect Tomlinson's skill level?

Tomlinson is awful.

Nate is out the league cause he can't score. Those days are gone, you have be able to put the ball in the hole

Good point Anon! The forum should just be you talking to yourself. You are the only one fit to post here

Nate got the most out of his limited physical abilities. For a player to get 5 or so years in the NBL with limited offense and defense is a great achievement.

Looking forward players like Nate tend to make the best coaches, I wonder if he will look to take the John Rillie type path going back as an assistant coach with his old school.

User A: Someone is excrement.
User B: That someone managed to do something reasonably decent. Maybe they're a fraction better than being likened to faeces.
Users C-Z: It's the end of discourse as we know it!

I can't understand people having strong feelings for or against Nate Tomlinson. I didn't really notice him on court but he didn't do much wrong really either. I don't see how a Tom Daly or pretty much any third string NBL point guard is much better.

Tomlinson couldn't run anything either. Couldn't run a pick and roll and would never get out of first gear. He tried to be a floor general but failed. Adnam can run the pick and roll and has a lot more energy in the offense which I think is valueable in the second unit.

Isaac - I have tears.

Reading these threads is like listening to nba fantasy draft nights after the third round selections have been made.
All the gun players are gone, everyone is blind, and every subsequent name that is picked is met with mockery and sh!t sledging. The only reason the sledging ceases is because the next player is picked, and they were taken 10 rounds too early and are an even bigger piece of sh!t than the previous selection.

PS - Tomlinson - pretty solid career, but taken 10 rounds too early.

Didn't he have one season about 5 years ago where it all came together for him? Might have been the year before Goulding went to Europe...

""He trys to emit a hard vibe from the tatts/clothing etc. he wears. Trying to compensate for something? You aren't hardcore, son.""


hahaha someone posting as an anon on an internet forum, questioning somebody else's toughness.

This.

Will.

Do.

Me.

Skipper.

Kingpodge, unless you write under your real name, you are no less anonymous then an anon. Worse..an anon with a fake name.

I don't know how true that is. With an alias, you have a broader corpus to judge by. Less applicable here, but I think Podge openly associates that identity with pictures of himself on social media, so, less anon than anon.

Anyway, let's get back to Nate Tattlinson!

I'm with ME - found him inoffensive as a player. Thought he was a pretty typical backup point.

"Clearly no one knows the route he took to become a basketball player."

I do. I watched most of it. Fairly typical really. Obviously family background started him off. Played in some good junior teams and was a good player in those teams. 14's Nationals, NITP, State Teams, College. Fairly recognisable and well trodden pathway that a lot of Aussie kids take.

As far as the guy personally, can't say I was always the biggest fan when he was a teenager, but he's grown up into a decent guy I'm happy to have a beer with. Comes from a great family and is well on the way with a beautiful family of his own. Good luck to him whatever 's ahead

I think Nate has a role to play within an NBL bench.

Off the top of my head we have as other bench PGs Kenney, Bruce, Kenyon, Ili, Tueta, Johns, Adnam, with Rotnei Clarke being an exception. Nate is not that far a drop in quality from those names, he can safely run the point for you for 10 mins to give your first PG a rest.

I honestly have no idea who i am.....


Tomlinson played his role and played his role well. Diminish his skill level all you want, but he made a career out of playing professional basketball at the highest level in Australia. If nothing else, respect the amount of time he's spent on the training court, or icing down injuries at 3am on the way to another game.

AND, on a scientific note:

If you're looking at drawing some kind of causation between being a jerk and having tattoos - there's a certain clean skin Wildcat's player that disproves that theory completely.

So you're saying he should post more anonymously... ;-)

NBL site has posted Tomlinson's retirement announcement. Moving into coaching, initially in China with his father.