Arnas Velička
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Oct 11, 2026
Jack HeverinHOST
Uh, the basketball gods haven't been shining on two of our point guard stars in this NBL season.
Jack HeverinHOST
We hyped Arnas Velicka coming in.
Derek RuckerHOST
Mm.
Jack HeverinHOST
He'll miss anywhere up to the next eight weeks with a quad injury.
Toby CrestaniHOST
Both of us had Bryce Cotton.
Toby CrestaniHOST
I had my boy, Velicka, and you had Kyle Anthony.
Toby CrestaniHOST
None of us had probably the bloke who's leading the MVP right now, Parker Jackson-Cartwright.
Toby CrestaniHOST
Is it potentially because he's from New Zealand? Potentially, but from Perth, we don't really care about Melbourne and Sydney either.
Toby CrestaniHOST
So it's probably between those two.
Toby CrestaniHOST
The other ones are Bryce, obviously, uh, has a twenty-five points and a six and a half assists, and he's just point one of three-pointers behind, uh, PJC.
Toby CrestaniHOST
And then Velicka as well, who I kind of just had a chuck in there.
Toby CrestaniHOST
He's a one-man offense.
speaker_0HOST
I traded out Parker Jackson-Cartwright because, and he top scored for the whole round.
speaker_0HOST
Granted, I felt like Velicka was gonna do well.
speaker_0HOST
He was my captain.
speaker_0HOST
Um, so I bring out Dejan Vasiljevic and Tanner Krebs, and I bring in Maliko Muja and Keelan Martin.
Toby CrestaniGUEST
But I think you can get away with having four on the double and then having two on your bench ready for next week.
Toby CrestaniGUEST
So on the off chance you already have four or five on the double this week already, utilize your trades by changing your bench to make sure that you've got at least two players ready for next week, and then next week you can trade in two more and you end up with four.
Toby CrestaniGUEST
But one thing I've noted from last week is we expected Velicka and Anthony to go nuts.
Toby CrestaniGUEST
Now, both of them were very underwhelming.
Nik LackovicGUEST
They shot the ball really, really well.
Nik LackovicGUEST
Dell and Torrey Craig removed Velicka as the preferred ball screen operator.
Nik LackovicGUEST
They took him out of his rhythm.
Nik LackovicGUEST
They played a high level of the pickup point of the ball, the physicality.
Rob ClaytonHOST
Yeah, I mean, look, they were still competitive, especially in that second game against Tassie there.
Rob ClaytonHOST
Look, Velicka was a little bit disappointing, if I'm being honest.
Rob ClaytonHOST
Yeah, he got his double-figure assist, but he was just throwing up bricks in that Tasmania game.
Rob ClaytonHOST
He didn't score his first basket until overtime.
Brian WindhorstHOST
Mm.
Derek RuckerGUEST
And the guys that he is gonna have to face, Bryce Cotton, Kendrick Davis, Cole Anthony, Taryn Armstrong- Arnas Velicka up in Brisbane, who was the Lithuanian League MVP last year, he's leading the league in assists, he is an outstanding point guard.
Derek RuckerGUEST
Then they br- got Brandon Knight coming in.
Brian WindhorstHOST
Mm-hmm.
Matt McQuadeHOST
He was incredible.
Matt McQuadeHOST
Arnish Velicka, Velicka rather, fantastic.
Matt McQuadeHOST
Again, what can you say? joined another good friend of ours, Derek Rucker, is the second player in NBL history to start his NBL career with double-figure assists, and he's opening two games.
Matt McQuadeHOST
I predict that he'll have double-figure assists in more than 50% of his games this year, and that might be underselling it.
Damon LoweryGUEST
... is Bryce Cotton.
Damon LoweryGUEST
Arnas Velicka has got me Googling how long is it gonna take me to get to Lithuania?
Andrew GazeHOST
[laughs]
Damon LoweryGUEST
This, these, this guard Parker Jackson-Cartwright is um, is incredible.
Derek RuckerGUEST
Don't be surprised if he rises up.
Pete HooleyHOST
Well, I think it's gonna be Anis Velicka.
Derek RuckerGUEST
Ooh.
Lanard CopelandGUEST
Oh, there you go.
Pete HooleyHOST
But if anyone could do it from what we've seen.
Lanard CopelandGUEST
Yeah.
Pete HooleyHOST
But I think Velicka finds his way onto this list, but we'll find out.
Derek RuckerGUEST
Man, it eats at my soul to have to omit some of these guys who are showing either great form or you can just see that this league is going to be really good for them.
Ben QuagliateGUEST
a guy who's probably a little bit inconsistent with the shooting.
Ben QuagliateGUEST
And I think with the Bullets, it's just going to come down to how far can Velicka and then the strong local core, Tyrell Harrison, there's going to be...
Ben QuagliateGUEST
I still don't think they're going to make the playoffs, but...
Ben QuagliateGUEST
If I would be betting on any coach to drag up a roster that I think is quite light, it's going to be Weaver.
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