With five years of experience together, few coaches know six-time MVP Bryce Cotton better than Trevor Gleeson.<\/p>\n
From the Hungry Jack\u2019s NBL17 to the NBL21 Seasons, that duo delivered three championships to the Perth Wildcats, among plenty of other accolades.<\/p>\n
While still months away from the start of the tip-off of the 2026-27 campaign, Gleeson is already developing a plan for how to use his star, who led the League in minutes played (38.38) last season.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first thing I said [to him is] we\u2019re not going to play you 40 minutes,\u201d Gleeson said on NBL Now.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need the team to have a little bit of an identity without you on the floor, which is something we did in Perth.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had the Greg Hire types come in with that second unit and really change the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just found that when your rockstar has a bad game or maybe gets injured, you\u2019ve got to have the whole team ready to step up to the plate, and that\u2019s something I want to develop in Adelaide.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe will still be the focal point, he\u2019ll still shoot the most and we\u2019ll still run things through him, but I certainly don\u2019t think he\u2019ll be playing 40 minutes a game.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Cotton\u2019s league-leading minutes played per game were almost two more than second-placed Jack McVeigh (36.25) from Cairns, and nearly four minutes a game more than he played in NBL25 (34:54).<\/p>\n
Joining Cotton on Gleeson\u2019s 36ers next season are Zylan Cheatham, Flynn Cameron, Ben Griscti, Isaac Humphries, Bul Kuol, Nick Rakocevic, Keanu Rasmussen and Isaac White.<\/p>\n
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