Vukona off to Brisbane?

With no cast-iron deal in front of him from the new Breakers management, club legend and five-time NBL champion Mika Vukona is reportedly heading to reunite with his old coach Andrej Lemanis at the Brisbane Bullets.

Stuff understands that Vukona was told he was no longer seen as a starter at the Breakers under the new ownership group headed by American Matt Walsh.

Reports have emerged in Australia that he is now heading to join Lemanis at the Bullets where he will line up alongside Tall Blacks team-mate Reuben Te Rangi who has just inked a new deal to remain in Brisbane.

Vukona played 13 seasons all told with the Breakers in two stints, and under Lemanis’ tutelage won a threepeat of championships between 2011-13.

He also won a title with Melbourne’s South Dragons in 2008-09.

Fox Sports are reporting that the 35-year-old Fiji-born Kiwi has signed with the Bullets, who are in the process of remaking their roster after another season that fell short of their targets.

They have also reportedly lured Boomers guard Cam Gliddon from Cairns on a new three-year deal.

Breakers general manager Dillon Boucher did not want to comment on Vukona’s reported departure because they had yet to receive indications to that effect from the player, but he confirmed they had been happy for the club veteran to test the free-agency market.

‘‘We actually don’t know what Mika is doing. He wanted to go to free-agency, and I put that down to not having a coach in place and him not knowing what the landscape was going to look like.’’