Perry Ellis left the United States for Australia on the final day of August. He arrived in Sydney a week ahead of the start of the National Basketball League’s exhibition season. If you’ve traveled that far around the world, you know the time change and jet lag are tough on the brain and body. Adjustment to the time change showed in Perry’s first game. On the other hand, maybe he didn’t like wearing purple?
Perry did not get going on offense in the opener. In just over 21-minutes in the Kings’ exhibition loss to the Brisbane Bullets, Perry scored 6 points on 3-11 shooting.