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Ohio State’s Jae’Sean Tate signs to play with Milwaukee’s summer league team
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There’s no doubt that Tate is going to work his butt off to make the most of this opportunity.
On Thursday night, it took much longer than expected for reigning Big Ten Player of the Year Keita Bates-Diop to be selected in the NBA Draft, however, about 13 hours after the draft ended, KBD’s longtime running-mate Jae’Sean Tate signed with an NBA team. Tate will be joining the Milwaukee Bucks’ summer league roster, according to Ohio State.
Once a Buck, always a Buck!
Congrats @o_tate_
️JT has been signed to the @Bucks summer league roster. pic.twitter.com/FndTSuSxif
— Ohio State Hoops (@OhioStateHoops) June 22, 2018
The Pickerington, Ohio, native was selected as a second-team All-Big Ten member by the coaches earlier this year, after being an honorable mention the previous two seasons. In his senior campaign, Tate averaged 12.3 points per game to go along with 6.2 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and 1.1 steals.
The 6-foot-4, 230-pound forward often played with a tenacity that defied his stature. Throughout his career, Tate became known for mixing it up on the block with players much taller than he was. However, when an already-thin backcourt was mired in turnover issues early last season, new head coach Chris Holtmann decided to turn to his senior leader in another surprising way: as a ball handler.
While it is difficult to project what position Tate would play in the NBA, his ability and willingness to do whatever is asked of him with maximum energy should be attractive to the Bucks’ front office and coaching staff.
Congratulations, Jae’Sean. Can’t wait to hear about you posting up the Greek Freak in practice!
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Matt Tamanini via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
There’s no doubt that Tate is going to work his butt off to make the most of this opportunity.
On Thursday night, it took much longer than expected for reigning Big Ten Player of the Year Keita Bates-Diop to be selected in the NBA Draft, however, about 13 hours after the draft ended, KBD’s longtime running-mate Jae’Sean Tate signed with an NBA team. Tate will be joining the Milwaukee Bucks’ summer league roster, according to Ohio State.
Once a Buck, always a Buck!
Congrats @o_tate_
️JT has been signed to the @Bucks summer league roster. pic.twitter.com/FndTSuSxif— Ohio State Hoops (@OhioStateHoops) June 22, 2018
The Pickerington, Ohio, native was selected as a second-team All-Big Ten member by the coaches earlier this year, after being an honorable mention the previous two seasons. In his senior campaign, Tate averaged 12.3 points per game to go along with 6.2 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and 1.1 steals.
The 6-foot-4, 230-pound forward often played with a tenacity that defied his stature. Throughout his career, Tate became known for mixing it up on the block with players much taller than he was. However, when an already-thin backcourt was mired in turnover issues early last season, new head coach Chris Holtmann decided to turn to his senior leader in another surprising way: as a ball handler.
While it is difficult to project what position Tate would play in the NBA, his ability and willingness to do whatever is asked of him with maximum energy should be attractive to the Bucks’ front office and coaching staff.
Congratulations, Jae’Sean. Can’t wait to hear about you posting up the Greek Freak in practice!
Continue reading...