Brisbane Bullets rate fired-up Kiwi Mika Vukona a difference-maker in 2018-19 MARC HINTONSKY SPORTCorey Webster leads the way for the Breakers in first half, but Brisbane win Australian NBL opener. ​Andrej Lemanis could not believe his luck when the phone rang one day last off-season and Mika Vukona was on the other end asking for a job. No one knows better than Lemanis just how valuable a figure Vukona is, on and off the court, and how crucial a piece he is in a championship puzzle. Before the game, Vukona told the NBL's website that he had been unwilling to take the "reduced" role the Breakers had offered him for 2018-19. Fellow off-season addition Gliddon, who was 8 of 13 from the floor and 5 of 10 from deep, also paid tribute to his new Kiwi team-mate's intangibles.

Source: Stuff October 11, 2018 22:30 UTC