No Rush on Travers' Big Decision

Now former Perth Wildcat Luke Travers has been quick to dampen any speculation of a quick decision regarding his NBL future, with the 21-year-old stating an announcement on his playing future could be as far away as June.

After starting his career with the Wildcats as development player in 2019, Travers played 100 games for the side and was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 56^th pick in the 2022 NBA Draft.

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“It’s still early days and we’re going to take our time,” Travers told SEN. “I’m not in any rush at all.

“I’m going back over to Cleveland to spend the whole of June out there working with them, and then straight into Summer League as well.

“I think they’re looking to see where I’m at with my game and how that fits into the NBA system. Once that’s all out of the way we’ll go from there and they’ll give me some sort of indication of what they want me to do.

“The decision is far away. We’re going to take our time and it could even be after Summer League.”

In the immediate days following the league-shaking announcement that Travers would be his hometown club, there was speculation that the desire for John Rillie to run the offence through Bryce Cotton could have been a contributing factor.

Cotton’s name has been consistently raised when discussing the potential greatest NBL imports of all-time in recent years, and he boasts three championships, three NBL MVP awards, two Larry Sengstock medals and six scoring titles in his time in the league.

Travers was quick to vehemently deny that his leaving of the Perth Wildcats’ system had anything to do with Cotton.

“I feel like my words have been twisted a little bit in the media lately,” Travers said. “It’s not all Bryce’s fault. He’s going to go down as probably the greatest import [in NBL history] and it’s not his fault I’m leaving.

“I need to go somewhere where I’m going to get a little bit more of an opportunity to have the ball in my hands, come off pick and rolls, and stuff like that.

“It’s definitely a hard decision but if I want to get to where I want to get to then that’s what I have to do.

“I want to get to the NBA and hopefully stick around in the NBA … that’s definitely the main goal.

“I can’t say enough about the Wildcats, what I dreamed was to be a part of that team and it’s been everything I ever dreamt of to join that team.

“The Wildcats have made my career as it is right now.”