GM Clarke:

It has become obvious over the last week that Perrin was no longer committed to the team, and the situation has become untenable. It is not in the best interests of the rest of the players or our fans to retain a player that is not committed to his team or the Club and have agreed to release Perrin immediately.

Not roughing it out might look better on the resume then coming last. Sydney look like they can snatch another game or 2 and get off the bottom

Disagree FM. No other team down this way will touch an import that bails on his team with a few games to go.

WOW - he would have been a target for the Bullets to re-sign and I'm sure other teams might have offered him too. Doubt that will happen now

Unless a highly regarded import with history, don't get paid out at all and get a flight home paid for.

Australian basketball as it improves and becomes back in the spotlight again needs to remember the game has changed since the 90s - its all business!

And he was paid for the last game where the Bullets suggested he wasn't putting in the effort.

From Liam Santamaria:

The relationship between Buford and the rest of the team has been a rocky one all season. Buy-in has been an issue since pre-season.

I heard he was just a different customer. Treated it more like a job, ala Europe, rather than investing into a team setting as we do here in Aus.

If he's being penalized for treating it like a job,then the Bullets need to grow up. You reckon NBA teams have Kumbaya cuddles at training?
No wonder these muppets are at the bottom once again.

Second year in a row Brisbane have released an import with their season already over just to get rid of them.

He is talented enough to get a gig in Europe and its probably better to look now than in a month.

Cairns have essentially done the same thing with Sparks although he is still on the roster playing minor minutes.

Makes sense for the teams outside the finals to cut costs if they can and run the locals to see what players are worth bringing back next season.

TBH I'm surprised that there isn't the call for his head moreso as the expectation is there being the National Coach... Maybe there just aren't the Bullets fans around or they can't figure out the right end of the pitch fork to be using?

Either way, poor form on Bufords part to have that much a significantly bad attitude that they can even use it as an excuse... No real sugar coating either, which is a surprise for the NBL...

I don't really see a problem with Buford requesting a release.

The season is over for the Bullets, Buford did give his best most games, especially when the season was still alive for them. His name being in MVP discussion confirms he did well when invested.

Clarke did not need to angle his tweet to suggest non-commitment to the team. He could have been a bit classier and stated Buford had opportunities in Europe and wished to pursue them, since it would be of no consequence to Brisbane, we let him go. If Brisbane were in the top 4 that is a different matter entirely.

It sounds like his attitude has been a problem for a while but has become a real distraction now that their season is done. Daniel Kickert, ever the diplomat, has pinged one off on Twitter apparently aimed at Buford. "Once a quitter always a quitter".

Very poor form and highly unprofessional by Buford.

Even when teams cut players they usually dress up the statements talking the player up, the Bullets haven't even tried to hide their disdain.

He won't ever get another job in this country and will miss out on a few overseas too for doing this.

I have no issues with teams releasing players due to bad attitudes. Similar to Jeremy Tyler and that Venezuelan guy from Cairns (name I've forgotten).

Brissy don't have the money to be replacing imports mid-season so I can understand why they kept Buford around, particularly since he could play. Now their season is well and truly over, fair call to get rid of him.

I wasn't aware of the ongoing issues with Buford and Lemanis during the season.

Just trying to put the pieces together with no info.

A potential timeline;

I'm guessing after the Bullets were knocked out of the playoffs his agent put a short term high dollar/euro deal in front of him that he wanted to take.

A release was requested and denied.

Buford put in a low effort 2-13fg performance against Melbourne. Perhaps Buford didn't practice hard, or sat out with a dubious injury the last few days.

A release was granted.

A press release was sent out without the normal 'mutually amicable parting of ways' type stuff you normally read.

It was officially injury but it was reported that he clashed with Fearne.

The bullets have certainly made their bed so to speak for Thursday night's game.. given their parting shot at Buford they’ve got no excuse at all not to play very hard and very well against the Hawks

Carrera had an injury but he was released due to attitude. 100%.

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100%
Is that you Homicide?

100%. He's a grown man, trust me. Bronx New York!

Like fluro green spandex tights, Carrera clashed with everything

Conversely, the Taipans is of a shape that not even an elastic hugging material liek Spandex could fit.

Just blaming Carrera is the beginning of that slippery slope.

I'm not sure what that sentence means, Lovebroker, but you know he's not a real Taipan, right?

Whatever slope I'm slipping down, i hope it's lubricated.
Carrera's an explosively passionate guy, and he showed some of that on the court (exhibit A being the dint in Cooke Jnr's face). The frustrations from the injuries would have added to his volatility as well.
Based on what has been reported, he clashed with the playing group, the coaching staff, and (probably) the parking inspectors around the CBD. And obviously, it got to a point where it was untenable.

But do I blame Carrera? Well, can you blame a shark for chewing off someone's leg? The sun for shining? or the wind for blowing? He is who he is. Even if he apparently came with a reputation for being volatile, he's a bloody talented basketballer and the Taipans probably figured they could harness that and manage the volcano. Was it worth the gamble? Hindsight says no... but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't ready to award him the league MVP after his first couple of games (that were all losses, but that's not the point....).