{"id":89753,"date":"2025-08-23T10:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T10:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/89753\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T10:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T10:17:08","slug":"bryce-cotton-opens-up-on-shock-switch-to-adelaide-36ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/89753\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryce Cotton opens up on shock switch to Adelaide 36ers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bryce Cotton says Adelaide\u2019s offer to switch allegiances came “out of the blue”, but admits everything fell into place perfectly for his move to the City of Churches.<\/p>\n

The five-time MVP and former Perth Wildcat officially joined the 36ers in May, marking one of the most significant Free Agency moves in NBL history.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was out of the blue,\u201d Cotton said, speaking to Dejan Vasiljevic on the Straight Shooters Podcast.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe and my agent were talking about different offers and different things that may come through in the next coming weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in Puerto Rico and getting ready to go to bed and he [Cotton\u2019s agent] sends me all the bullet points of the proposal Adelaide put together.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy eyes got so big like a cartoon and I go in and wake my wife up and I was like \u2018I think we\u2019re going to go to Adelaide\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started talking it over and it was just a situation we couldn\u2019t pass up.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou guys came out of the blue, but I\u2019m sure glad you did.\u201d<\/p>\n

With several offers on the table, Cotton said the move to Adelaide simply felt right.<\/p>\n

Now, he\u2019s gearing up to join a star-studded 36ers lineup featuring Montrezl Harrell, Zylan Cheatham, Isaac Humphries and Vasiljevic.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Adelaide came into the picture everything kind of lined up for me as a person and for my family,\u201d Cotton said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt helped that Mike has been my coach before when I was at Utah and I\u2019ve played years and years against, so obviously the dynamic of having such a great shooter was very compelling at me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw how good they were last year and I felt like their style of play, it just resonated for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old delivered one of his most dominant seasons in the Hungry Jack\u2019s NBL26 campaign, putting up a career-high 28.1 points per game in another MVP year. <\/p>\n

But he echoed Vasiljevic\u2019s comments earlier in the week, highlighting that \u201csacrifice\u201d will be key to Adelaide\u2019s success.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite my ability to score the ball, I\u2019ve always been a willing passer,\u201d Cotton added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the attention I get \u2026 with the type of shooters we have, especially somebody DJ, I have no problem getting 10 assists to DJ alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever it takes to win \u2026 it\u2019s such a cool challenge to be here and we want to help to try to implement a winning culture.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt comes with sacrifice, it comes with commitment, but the only thing that matters is the bottom line of trying to win ball games.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to win, however we get it done.\u201d<\/p>\n

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