Cotton makes Boomers call

The NBL’s best player Bryce Cotton says playing for the Boomers isn’t on his radar, despite obtaining his Australian citizenship after a nine-year wait.

It’s been widely speculated Cotton could don the green and gold now he is naturalised, but the legendary guard from America insists he has moved on.

Asked if he had a desire to represent Australia at a World Cup or Olympics, the five-time NBL MVP said in an interview with CODE Sports: “Not really – for me it is thrill of just being a citizen and then from an NBL standpoint the opportunity to play as a local.

“And what that means for me individually and what it means for any team that I play for and obviously playing for the 36ers.

“That is what excites me a lot, but as far as the Boomers stuff, that doesn’t cross my mind.

“I think people want that (me to play for the Boomers) more than I do.

“There was a period when I was entertaining the opportunity, for sure.

“But it was never a goal of mine, as I’ve said before.

“When the opportunity came up I was like, ’sure, if I can do this, let’s do it, but after different things transpired I thought, ’that’s OK, this was never a goal in the first place.

“As I said, I’m more happy about what citizenship means for me from a life standpoint and what it means from an NBL standpoint.”

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