


Saint23
Last month
guessing Cooks and Martin are re signing and Thon Maker signing


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


Saint23
Last month
i can see him staying for a yr then going to Europe

Dunkman
Last month
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.

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

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

NBLTigers
Last month
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.

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

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

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

101 annon
Last month
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

Saint23
Last month
i think i heard on the basketball show the nba say cooks as a 3


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

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

Weedy Slug
Last month
Cooks is 4/3 imo, what they call a combo forward.

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

Anonymightymouse
Last month
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.

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



Cram
Last month
"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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