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Adelaide are "down limited bodies," Trevor Gleeson said, after getting "outworked at home." He wants scoring beyond Bryce Cotton and Nick Rakocevic, and on Zylan Cheatham, who rarely looked at the rim: "I don't care if he's open for a 3, shoot the goddamn ball."
"So he's 1-0 as a head coach." Bryce Cotton on Marko Marinovic, who coached Adelaide 36ers in place of Trevor Gleeson. Marinovic, "probably first Serbian ever coaching in NBL," likened working with "the best player in Australia" to his time with Nikola Jokic.
"I've coached over 1,000 games in 4 different countries, so I know what happened." Adelaide 36ers coach Trevor Gleeson stands by his claim that Bryce Cotton was targeted, calling it unnecessary. He asked the referees about it: "I asked and I didn't get a response."
Brian Goorjian only glimpsed the late exchange between Bryce Cotton and Kendric Davis, but the Sydney Kings coach said the rivalry from last season's finals "hasn't gone anywhere": "What you see just shows how we feel about each other. And I think our sport needs it."
"Sometimes people got me marked around their calendar. I'm quiet until you got something to say, and everybody knows how I get down." Bryce Cotton on his late clash with Kendric Davis in Adelaide's win over Sydney. Trevor Gleeson: "no reason for that." He backed Cotton.
New signing Corey suits up in Adelaide's next game, filling in short-term while Flynn Cameron's ankle heals. Matt Weston puts Cameron 4 to 6 weeks away; he is out of a boot and doing layups. Weston expects Corey's shooting to "help Bryce [Cotton] get a little bit more free."
Shea Ili missed Melbourne United's first game against Adelaide. Now he's available to guard Bryce Cotton. "Yeah, it's certainly a luxury," coach Jacob Chance said. From United's media availability: Cotton will see a rotation of defenders, Cole Anthony among them.
Bryce Cotton got 4 shots and no 3-point attempts in Adelaide's loss to Illawarra, though fouled 3 times on the 3-point line. "That's not good enough," coach Trevor Gleeson said. Teammates firing quick 3s when he's denied doesn't suit a roster without many shooters, he said.
Adelaide 36ers coach Trevor Gleeson on losing Flynn Cameron: "Flynn would have been averaging 30-35 minutes a game as our premier point guard." Gleeson still plans to rest Bryce Cotton in games "so he's fresh at the end" but won't sit him if he's scoring heavily.
Adelaide coach Trevor Gleeson rejected the idea the Perth game went wrong because of an offence too focused on Bryce Cotton: "Nah, that wasn't the issue. The issue is how we played." He said toughness, playing together and discipline were missing, and were fixed against Cairns.