Wildcats respond to Bryce's NBL bombshell
Bryce Cotton dropped a bombshell when he claimed the Perth Wildcats parted ways with him. Now, the club's owner Mark Arena has responded.
Cotton revealed the Wildcats ultimately made the call after he refused to make a quick decision about his contract offer at the end of the season.
The Five-time NBL MVP has since signed with the Adelaide 36s in a move that shocked the sport.
'As much as people say why did I leave the Wildcats, I didn't technically leave,' Cotton said on The EasyDay Show podcast.
'The Wildcats parted ways with me because I wasn't willing to give an answer back in March.'
Cotton said he had told the club he wanted to explore his free agency options when the Wildcats sent his manager a rough draft of an announcement that he was leaving. Instead, he took matters into his own hands.
'When I saw that, I'm like 'No. I'm not going to let you put the word out to the fans. I'll let them hear it from me first because if that's what you decided to do, everything I've given to this city, everything I've given to the club, I'll tell you first I'm not going to be here.
'But they made the business decision to part ways because they didn't want to wait, which is fine. But I don't want to hear all this bitching and complaining when I'm doing what I feel is best for me as a result.'
After the bombshell revelations, Arena told the NBL XXXX
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