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IF YOU WERE PART OF THE Boomers team that participated in the “basketbrawl” in the Philippines, then an NBL season with a difficult draw doesn’t seem all that difficult.
Ask Australian Boomers guard and recent recruit to Brisbane, Cam Gliddon.
The NBL announced its schedule for the 2018–19 season on Wednesday. Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, and New Zealand—the top four clubs from the previous season—will be the opponents in 12 of the Bullets’ first 15 games.
who participated in the extensive recruiting effort from Brisbane during the off-season, which also resulted in the acquisition of NBL legend Mika Vukona and Boomers teammates Jason Cadee and Matt Hodgson, stated there is no need for concern regarding the new Bullets roster.
Gliddon remarked, “I don’t see it as a bad thing.” “This is a new season and every team has experienced adjustments; they were in the top four last year.
“Those are challenging teams because they have a track record of success. These are the games you participate in. They’re incredibly satisfying wins because you have to put in a lot of work to defeat those teams.
“The first half of the season may be a guessing game because teams don’t find their rhythm until the halfway point. I have no concerns about the matchup because it’s an excellent opportunity to steal a few victories from teams that appear to have a top-four roster.
On October 13, Brisbane’s first home game of the season will feature Gliddon against his former team, the Cairns. Gliddon is getting used to life as a Bullet at the team’s one-stop shop, the Clem Jones Centre in Carina.
He was on the Boomers bench three weeks prior to the nasty all-out riot that broke out during the FIBA World Cup qualifier in the vicinity of Manila.
In September, the Boomers will play their next round of qualification matches in Kazakhstan (at home in Bendigo) and Qatar (away in Doha).
The Boomers team is eager to get past the event, but they understand it will take time, according to Gliddon.
“Perhaps it could have been handled better; it was a crazy situation,” Gliddon remarked. “The whole incident was disheartening, and it is an ongoing issue.
“It was all over social media when it happened, and it was impossible to avoid. After a brief period of silence, the announcement of the sanctions caused social media to explode once more.
