Hoops

Nic Kay

Some interesting stats:

Nic Kay without Plumlee:
29.5 minutes, 13.7 points, 7.4 boards, 3 assists

Nic Kay with Plums:
31.15 minutes, 14.7 points, 8.7 boards, 3.7 assists

Really not too much different.
But if anything if would appear that Plumlee is having an additive effect on Kay, which means his own stats can be viewed very positively.
(Rather than thinking he's simply replacing some of Kay's impact.)

Yes clearly missing Neilson being there, maybe new Lemanis was getting the bullet and thought what the f..k, no chance at Olympics.

"The guy is still a fantasy beast"

Correct, the guy hadn't scored a point at half time and was on 26 fantasy points, does all the things players don't get recognised for.

The guy is still a fantasy beast

There's professional and then there's professional I think you may find there is a difference in the level of professionalism between NBA & NBL players. NBL teams only play 1 or 2 games on weekends and train all week, NBA teams play 3-4 games every week against the best players on the planet and rarely train.

Take Mitch Creek for example one year away playing in the G-League & NBA and he looks a much better player now then he did for the Sixers. He's not as muscular as he was and clearly has much better aerobic fitness.

"Back-to-back-to-back NBL/NZNBL/FIBA World Cup and now another NBL season. What do you expect?

All three of his teams played the maximum amount of games in each competition."

Nothing to do with it, he's still playing bulk minutes and when they use him properly he destroys the other team, they just aren't using him all the time like last season. Hunt has taken on some of the inside offence whereas in past seasons Jervis and Brandt weren't overly gifted offensively.

Back-to-back-to-back NBL/NZNBL/FIBA World Cup and now another NBL season. What do you expect?

All three of his teams played the maximum amount of games in each competition.

They're using him as conduit rather than a focal point right now, it's frustrating as a Cats fan knowing how much this guy can dominate when he's utilised. He's lost a lot of shots recently to Hunt's solid offensive play. They should be going to him more often and using Cotton and Terrico as bail out options. Cotton is just going to burn out trying to make him score 30 pts per game.

Nick and the cats are going to be o-Kay

Also possible he is a tad burnt out, has played a heap of basketball. Perths bigs will need to adjust with hunt, very different player. No doubt kay will be fine