#8 Tamar Slay
Player File
Tamar Ulysses Slay is a 6' 8" second
year guard from Marshall.
Birthday:
April 2, 1980
Birthplace:
Beckley, WV
High School:
Woodrow Wilson HS, Beckley, WV.
Drafted:
54th overall in the 2002 Draft, by NJ.
2002 - 2003 Regular Season Stats:
Games Played:
36
Minutes PG:
7.6
Points PG:
2.6
PCT: .379
Free Throw PCT:
.70
Rebounds PG:
0.9
Assists PG:
0.4
Blocks PG:
0.08
Steals PG:
0.39
Turnovers PG:
0.56
Nicknames:
Officially, it's "Link" because of the speed at which he grew
in High School, and his resultant gangliness. This year's crop of nicknames
include "Slayer", "Handles", "T-Mar" and
"Tay-Mar". We can still do better. Click
here to read the rest of the nicknames.
Known For: Sleeper, overlooked second round pick in 2002 out of Marshall had an uneven rookie season, but displayed enough potential to stick around again this season. Continues to write a guest column for the YES Network.
The Real Deal: Who is Tamar Slay? Is he a scorer? A shooter? A slasher? Seems like we didn't see enough of him to be certain. We know more about his thoughts than about his basketball performance thanks to his column. That can't be good. The Nets love his potential, but he needs to show more, especially on the defensive end, to get minutes (or make the active roster). And let's face it - if he could make shots from outside consistently, he'll be golden. How he'll be used, or if he'll be used at all, remains to be seen.
Joe's Update: Is Tamar the Slayer the next Brandon Armstrong, or more in the mold of a Lucious Harris? It appears that Slay would need consistent minutes to make a contribution, and the only way he gets those is if he shows the world he can make shots from outside (or one of the guards gets hurt - yeesh). As on the fringe, realistically, as Armstrong, on this ten-plus deep Net roster, but with more goodwill built up from a rookie season in which he showed more flashes of performance than Brandon Benchstrong. Will he kill or be killed? Only Byron Scott and crew know for sure.
Tamar Slay's' stats and bio: click here.
The 2003 - 2004 Roster
Brandon Armstrong - G
Jason Collins - C/F
Lucious Harris - G
Richard Jefferson - F
Jason Kidd - G
Kerry Kittles - G
Kenyon Martin - F
Alonzo Mourning - C
Zoran Planinic - G
Rodney Rogers - F
Brian Scalabrine - F
Tamar Slay - G/F
Aaron Williams - C/F
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