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Ex-Chicago Bull Cameron Bairstow bounces back from horror injuries
THE NBA can wait for now, Cameron Bairstow has unfinished business with the Brisbane Bullets.
The ex-Chicago Bulls forward and Rio Olympian has re-signed with the Bullets for the next two NBL seasons after overcoming a horror knee injury.
The No.49 pick in the 2014 NBA draft was the marquee signing for the Bullets when they re-entered the NBL but his first campaign in the singlet he adored growing up in Brisbane, ended prematurely and painfully.
He crashed to the floor in December 2016 during an overtime loss to Illawarra, damaging both his ACL and MCL.
Bairstow had to wait six weeks for the MCL to heal before he could undergo his knee reconstruction.
The 27-year-old says he never doubted that he would return to basketball and his love for the game pushed him through the long rehabilitation process.
After a delayed start to his first season at the Bullets due to a shoulder injury from the Rio Olympics, Bairstow says Brisbane and the NBL never saw the best of him.
But the “Bear’’ plans to change all that and has stripped eight kilograms off his 206cm-tall frame to take pressure off his knee.
Bairstow – who will switch from singlet No.41 to the No.8 he wore as a junior - still has aspirations to return to the NBA but repaying the faith of Brisbane is the first priority.
“If the opportunity ever presented itself (with the NBA), of course I would look at it but right now my focus is to have a great season with the Bullets,’’ Bairstow said.
“That’s the only thing that’s on my mind. I don’t think too much about what the future holds outside of that.
“I’m excited to be back playing basketball. Being out of the game for so long was very difficult and really makes you appreciate what you have as a professional athlete.
“My love for the game is definitely there. I’m excited to be back amongst it with the boys.
“I don’t think I was able to show what I was capable of doing in the NBL last time. I had that shoulder injury from Rio and I was struggling to find a rhythm then I did my knee so it was a tough year.’’
Bairstow is back on court doing everything bar contact which he expects to incorporate in the next month or two, in time for Bullets pre-season training.
He said the return of Boomers teammate Andrew Bogut to the NBL was a real coup for the league.
“It reinforces how tough the NBL is now. When you improve the talent level with a player like him, it’s a huge boost for the league and for Sydney,’’ Bairstow said.
“It takes time to adjust to the different style of play, the FIBA rules and the shorter games but you find a way to be affective.’’
He said with Australians like Ben Simmons, Joe Ingles and Aron Baynes enjoying success in the NBA, the national program was also booming.
“Everyone wants to be a part of that Boomers team for Tokyo. Having the USA come to Australia next year (before the World Cup in China) is also really exciting for the sport in this country,’’ he said.
The signing of Bairstow completes the local quota for the Brisbane roster for the 2018-19 NBL season which starts in October.
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