CAMERON Gliddon has informed the Cairns Taipans that he won’t be returning, multiple team sources told foxsports.com.au.

The guard began his professional career with the Taipans, joining the team in 2012, and was among the team’s leading scorers over the 2017-18 regular season, averaging 12.6 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.

Gliddon has received interest from multiple NBL teams over the course of his free agency, sources said; coming from the likes of Melbourne United, a 2018 Grand Finalist; the Perth Wildcats, Gliddon’s hometown team; and the Brisbane Bullets, a team featuring Boomers head coach, Andrej Lemanis.

In August, 2017, Gliddon was a member of the Australian Boomers team that won the FIBA Asia Cup, and has been a key member of the team’s Asian Qualifying effort for the 2019 FIBA World Cup.

The 6’6 guard will represent Australia again, as a member of the Boomers team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Gliddon, 28, finished 13th in the 2018 NBL MVP voting, and earned the second most amount of votes among Australian players. He helped the Taipans to an 11-17 record this past season.

The departure of Gliddon marks a busy off-season for the Taipans, with the team already choosing not to re-sign head coach, Aaron Fearne, before receiving the news that Gliddon, their captain, also won’t be returning.

NBL teams can officially sign players on April 14, 2018, when the league’s free agency period begins.

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Olgun Uluc covers basketball for Fox Sports Australia. Twitter: @OlgunUluc