Gliddon calls time on career

Friday, September 6, 2024

One of the NBL's greatest three-point shooters has retried.

Cam Gliddon, one of the NBL’s greatest ever three-point sharpshooters, has called time on his career after 342 games.

The 35-year-old revealed his retirement to Newscorp on Friday, saying, “yeah, I didn’t get a ring, yeah, I didn’t go to the NBA, yeah, I didn’t play at the Olympic Games, but I did a hell of a lot of stuff for someone who came out of WA country”.

Gliddon started his NBL career with the Cairns Taipans in 2012 and stayed with the Orange Army until 2018.

He burst onto the scene by winning the league’s Rookie of the Year award in 2013, when he recorded 7.1 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.4 steals per game.

One of the best sharpshooters in the modern era has called time on an exceptional 342-game career 🎯

The sweet-shooting Gliddon ranks third all-time in the 40-minute era for three-point makes 🏅

Congratulations, @CammyGliddon 👏 pic.twitter.com/O8Vlgt2erw
— NBL (@NBL) September 6, 2024

Establishing himself as a key rotational piece wherever he played, Gliddon went on to represent the Brisbane Bullets (2018-2020), South East Melbourne Phoenix (2020-2022) and the New Zealand Breakers (2022-2024).

The WA native hit 638 three-pointers throughout his career, third most in the league’s 40-minute era, trailing only superstars Chris Goulding and Bryce Cotton.

Gliddon has also donned the green and gold with pride, winning gold medals with Australia at the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup and 2018 Commonwealth Games, while also playing for the Boomers in their historic 2019 games against Team USA at Marvel Stadium – a moment that stands out to him as a career highlight.

“That two-month block was a fairytale…Patty (Mills) went FIBA Patty on Team USA and being in the same team as Bogues (Andrew Bogut), Joe (Ingles), Patty and Goulding, who I played with at the U19 World Cup years and years ago in Serbia, was pretty special,” Gliddon said.

Gliddon also played in Poland and Russia throughout his career.