The Breakers have their eyes on back-to-back ANBL titles but they are already in planning mode for next season and want to retain their entire squad for the next campaign.
Only Tom Abercrombie, Alex Pledger and BJ Anthony are contracted for the 2012/13 season but the club are in talks with Mika Vukona about a new deal and with Abercrombie and Pledger about upgrades. Abercrombie has clauses in his contract that allow him to play in the NBA or a top European club and, given his impact over the past 18 months, he will have courted attention overseas.
Breakers' general manager Richard Clarke said they had also held informal talks with the remainder of the squad about their plans but was hopeful they would retain the entire squad, including imports Gary Wilkinson and Cedric Jackson and late recruit Daryl Corletto.
"You are always going to have challenges with guys fitting into the salary cap but our intention is to keep the whole squad together as much as possible,'' he said. "We have a pretty good squad this year and we want to keep them together.''
The biggest question marks might hang over 36-year-olds CJ Bruton and Dillon Boucher. It had been widely assumed Bruton would retire at the end of the season but he indicated late last year that wasn't a certainty and he might look to play on.