The Breakers have rejigged their roster to accommodate the return of shooting guard Corey Webster after his stint with the New Orleans Pelicans in the United States.
Ahead of tomorrow night's game against the Sydney Kings at the North Shore Events Centre, the Breakers announced Webster's return would see his short term replacement Everard Bartlett move to a fulltime contract, while the tough decision was made to remove forward Duane Bailey from the roster.
Coach Dean Vickerman described the decision making process as difficult, but essential to the club achieving success.
"These days are tough, these decisions are tough, but if you are to be successful they are not decisions you can shy away from," said Vickerman.
"Duane is a young man with a great future in the game, he has contributed to this club on and off court but right now the group has decided that Everard deserves a fulltime spot on the roster and with Corey returning we had to look at where we could make room on the fulltime roster.
"Duane took the news as you would expect, he was disappointed but reacted with great maturity. We have offered him a role to stay with the club in a training capacity for the remainder of the season and to be available should we suffer injuries, understandably however he is considering all of his options right now with a view to earning a playing contract."
