No. 82 β€’ Bryce Cotton

Utah Jazz guard Bryce Cotton (8) dunks the ball against the Dallas Mavericks during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game Monday, April 13, 2015, in Salt Lake City. The Jazz won 109-92. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

 Rick Bowmer

After averaging 16 points for the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, Palo Verde High gradΒ Bryce CottonΒ chose to re-sign with the Perth Wildcats in Australia. Last season, Cotton was the MVP in the Australian pro league finals, scoring 45 points in the championship game before a crowd of 13,611 at the Perth Arena. He had a chance to sign with Spanish league power Unicaja Malaga, but at this point seems set to return to Australia for 2017-18.Β 

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