Tyler Cooks at Blitz

Saturday, September 23, 2023

Tyler Cook averaged 21 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.7 blocks a game on the Gold Coast, winning the Ray Borner Trophy.

He only arrived at the South East Melbourne Phoenix 11 days ago, but Tyler Cook has already made an incredible impact as an injury replacement player, filling the void in Alan Williams' absence.

With 65 games' experience in the NBA, Cook came with big wraps, but not many people could have foreseen his dominant Blitz campaign.

Across three games, the 203-centimetre big man averaged 21 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.7 blocks a game on the Gold Coast, with potential suitors for his signature no doubt circling.

Cook took home the Ray Borner Trophy as the most valuable player at the Hungry Jack's NBL Blitz.

Melbourne United claimed the Loggins-Bruton Cup as the top team across the tournament, winning all three games.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Ray Borner Trophy goes to, Tyler Cook ?<br><br>Cook averaged 21 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game ?<br><br>Congrats, Tyler ? <a href="https://t.co/rZbMHaKBBv">pic.twitter.com/rZbMHaKBBv</a></p>— NBL (@NBL) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBL/status/1705170385854218367?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>