Players
Tai Webster
Tai Webster
2024 Averages
9.6
PPG
3.1
APG
3.0
RPG
51
FG%
Biography
Is coming into his first full season in Perth with the Wildcats, after arriving midway through NBL23, and ready to help be a key playmaker and member of the back court.
The younger brother of fellow former New Zealand Breaker, and current Tall Black and Wildcat Corey, he also grew up in Auckland and attended the impressive breeding ground of future basketball stars at Westlake Boys High School.
Before attending college, won an NZ NBL championship with the Auckland Pirates and spent a season with the Breakers as a development player and was part of the championship team in 2013, before heading to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Spent four years playing with the Huskers, culminating in a season where he put up 17.0 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.0 assists a game to end up named to the All-Big Ten Second Team.
From there, started his professional career in Germany with Skyliners Frankfurt, before spending two seasons in Turkey at Galatasaray, then returned home to join the Breakers for the 2020/21 season.
Averaged 17.2 points, 4.9 assists and 4.9 rebounds, before a season-ending Achilles injury and then the following season played in Lithuania with Zalgiris Kaunas before starting the 2022/23 season with Petkim Spor in Turkey.
Ended up leaving in December and joined the Wildcats to play with older brother Corey for the rest of NBL23 and has remained with the 'Cats for his first full season in Perth.