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Woj Bomb! Wizards sign NBL MVP Xavier Cooks

Posted: Sun Mar 5, 2023 9:12 pm
by AussieCeltic
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Great pickup for the Wizards. The guy can ball. He needs to work on his shot but he’s essentially a 6’8 versatile PF. Great defender, rebounder, passer and finisher at the ring.

He’s in the finals series now but is playing injured so I wouldn’t look at his stats. He was finals MVP last season and regular season MVP this season. Wishing him the best!

Re: Woj Bomb! Wizards sign NBL MVP Xavier Cooks

Posted: Sun Mar 5, 2023 9:20 pm
by UcanUwill
RealGM stats :

Xavier Cooks
31 gp.
26.4 mpg.
15.3 ppg. (57.5 FG% : 32.1 3PT% : 54.1 FT% : .59.4 TS%)
7.7 rpg.
3.8 apg.
0.5 spg.
0.6 bpg.
2.7 TO
112.5 Ortg.
102.7 Drtg.
21.5 PER

Re: Woj Bomb! Wizards sign NBL MVP Xavier Cooks

Posted: Sun Mar 5, 2023 9:26 pm
by BadWolf
15 ppg gets you the mvp down under?

Re: Woj Bomb! Wizards sign NBL MVP Xavier Cooks

Posted: Sun Mar 5, 2023 9:34 pm
by kobe_vs_jordan
BadWolf wrote:15 ppg gets you the mvp down under?

Gets you one in euroleage too

Re: Woj Bomb! Wizards sign NBL MVP Xavier Cooks

Posted: Sun Mar 5, 2023 9:44 pm
by UcanUwill
kobe_vs_jordan wrote:
BadWolf wrote:15 ppg gets you the mvp down under?

Gets you one in euroleage too


Luka Doncic - 16 ppg. on his MVP season.

Re: Woj Bomb! Wizards sign NBL MVP Xavier Cooks

Posted: Sun Mar 5, 2023 9:46 pm
by PapaBear53
Am I the only one that has a different definition of what is a Bomb?

Re: Woj Bomb! Wizards sign NBL MVP Xavier Cooks

Posted: Sun Mar 5, 2023 9:48 pm
by Lockdown504090
can someone find that clip? he has one of the rudest bodies in reverse i ever seen in my life.

Re: Woj Bomb! Wizards sign NBL MVP Xavier Cooks

Posted: Sun Mar 5, 2023 9:50 pm
by CIN-C-STAR
54% FT is concerning but there are some damn good ballers coming from down under so wouldn't surprise me at all if this pans out well.

Re: Woj Bomb! Wizards sign NBL MVP Xavier Cooks

Posted: Sun Mar 5, 2023 9:54 pm
by OxAndFox
BadWolf wrote:15 ppg gets you the mvp down under?


40 minute games. He is at 26mpg. X isn't known as a volume scorer, but the league leading scorer is at 23ppg.
Outside of the NBA the courts are smaller and you can still play D so with not as much room and phydical D it's a little harder to score generally.

Xavier will struggle from the outside so I hope the Wizards have a 5 that can shoot the 3 when/if he is in because it won't be pretty.
Excited to see what he can do. Not many 4s will keep up with him in the open court.

Re: Woj Bomb! Wizards sign NBL MVP Xavier Cooks

Posted: Sun Mar 5, 2023 10:00 pm
by OxAndFox
CIN-C-STAR wrote:54% FT is concerning but there are some damn good ballers coming from down under so wouldn't surprise me at all if this pans out well.


He struggles from the FT line and outside. That's the only thing that is holding him back. As soon as the NBL finals series is over he needs to get on the first flight to the US and hire a shooting coach.

He is another version of Ben Simmons. Xavier isn't afraid to shoot though.

Re: Woj Bomb! Wizards sign NBL MVP Xavier Cooks

Posted: Sun Mar 5, 2023 10:01 pm
by AussieCeltic
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Re: Woj Bomb! Wizards sign NBL MVP Xavier Cooks

Posted: Sun Mar 5, 2023 10:07 pm
by OxAndFox

Re: Woj Bomb! Wizards sign NBL MVP Xavier Cooks

Posted: Sun Mar 5, 2023 10:10 pm
by Ein Sof
I skimmed and read "NBL... Xavier" and for a split second I thought they signed XRM. Aw.

Re: Woj Bomb! Wizards sign NBL MVP Xavier Cooks

Posted: Sun Mar 5, 2023 10:18 pm
by KnicksNext
Does this really qualify as a Woj Bomb? More like tiny firecracker.

Re: Woj Bomb! Wizards sign NBL MVP Xavier Cooks

Posted: Sun Mar 5, 2023 10:21 pm
by cupcakesnake
Interesting pickup. Crazy athlete. I don't know much more about his game than that though.

Re: Woj Bomb! Wizards sign NBL MVP Xavier Cooks

Posted: Sun Mar 5, 2023 10:22 pm
by gmehl1977
BadWolf wrote:15 ppg gets you the mvp down under?

NBL only play 40 minute games like euroleague

Re: Woj Bomb! Wizards sign NBL MVP Xavier Cooks

Posted: Sun Mar 5, 2023 10:26 pm
by UcanUwill
PapaBear53 wrote:Am I the only one that has a different definition of what is a Bomb?


KnicksNext wrote:Does this really qualify as a Woj Bomb? More like tiny firecracker.


You guys into airline security? Let Aussies have their fun, if they signed Vazenkov or Lessort, as EL fan I would woj bombing too.

Re: Woj Bomb! Wizards sign NBL MVP Xavier Cooks

Posted: Sun Mar 5, 2023 10:35 pm
by Harry Garris
BadWolf wrote:15 ppg gets you the mvp down under?


If it's done on high efficiency and you're a great player in other areas of the game too then yeah it can.

Other basketball leagues in the world don't quite have the same obsession with a guy's ability to score out of isolation as we do. There's more appreciation for playmaking and team cohesion.

Re: Woj Bomb! Wizards sign NBL MVP Xavier Cooks

Posted: Sun Mar 5, 2023 10:39 pm
by BadWolf
Harry Garris wrote:
BadWolf wrote:15 ppg gets you the mvp down under?


If it's done on high efficiency and you're a great player in other areas of the game too then yeah it can.

Other basketball leagues in the world don't quite have the same obsession with a guy's ability to score out of isolation as we do. There's more appreciation for playmaking and team cohesion.


OK.,ok, I get the memo.
But other then his 2pt fg nothing really stands out. Probably a great defender.

That ts% looks of if we go by other %s.

Re: Woj Bomb! Wizards sign NBL MVP Xavier Cooks

Posted: Sun Mar 5, 2023 10:52 pm
by OxAndFox
UcanUwill wrote:
PapaBear53 wrote:Am I the only one that has a different definition of what is a Bomb?


KnicksNext wrote:Does this really qualify as a Woj Bomb? More like tiny firecracker.


You guys into airline security? Let Aussies have their fun, if they signed Vazenkov or Lessort, as EL fan I would woj bombing too.


Oh and Vazenkov is getting signed! :pray: