The Breakers have confirmed the signing of American point guard David Stockton as a replacement player for the injured Ben Woodside.
The contract with the 24-year-old American, who is the son of NBA Hall of Famer John Stockton, was only signed in the early hours of this morning, meaning that while he is on a plane bound for New Zealand today, it is unlikely he will suit up on Friday night at Vector Arena for the game against the Cairns Taipans
Breakers general manager Dillon Boucher spoke of his delight in securing a player the quality of Stockton.
"This was never going to be a decision we were going to rush into, all the more so when we had to wade through the players we had available to us when Ben went down with the injury. Such is the strong reputation of the Breakers with clubs, players and agents around the world, let's just say we weren't short of options in the past few days. But David is someone we have spoken to before, he was on our radar in the off-season before he decided to head to Europe and we are delighted that he has committed to us now.
"His reputation as a player is very similar to Ben, he reads a game superbly, is a great passer of the ball and can shoot the ball when he needs to. He will be that floor general that we need and given time we believe we have the right player to continue to direct this team as Ben was doing so well before his injury."
