Jack McVeigh

They've won three in a row for the first time since the early stages of last season, and a lot of it is built off the way that they're shooting the basketball.

Well, Jack McVeigh is playing brilliantly, and now that Jaylen Brown has found his rhythm in the NBL, it's given someone that defenses have to focus on.

He's really explosive.

He's quick with the basketball.

He's a pretty good decision-maker, but it's just giving Jack McVeigh a little bit more of a license, more liberty and space to operate, and he ripped Illawarra up today.

Are you trusting Cairns a little more now, or not yet?

Any time you win two games on the road consecutively, I gotta trust you.

I do love-

He, he's gonna have to go out there and assert a dominance with his game, which I know he's fully capable of doing.

You, you said just then, obviously Cairns are finding what, finding ways to win when it's not Jack McVeigh sort of doing everything.

On the flip side, Arnus Licous had a couple of probably quieter games.

Is it sort of like if he doesn't have a good game, Brisbane don't roll at the moment?

So, um, yeah, it's kind of...

I think I'd put it down to see which point guard starts the game and plays the way they want to, and who, who controls the speed of the game is gonna, gonna be a big indication of who's gonna come out on top.

And the, I guess the positive for Cairns in some ways is Jack really hasn't fired yet, so it's sort of like you think there's a big Jack McVeigh game coming soon, isn't there?

Yeah, definitely.

Mm

... them to make it 3-1, and in the NBL Taipans against the Bullets, Jack McVeigh to have 25 plus PRA.

Had 27 last game, 20 before that, 25 the game before that, 24 in their season opus, opener.

So he's there or thereabout.

Do you know what I mean?

'Cause that's what Jack McVeigh does.

Yeah.

And that's why Jack McVeigh's as good as he is, because he's able to catch and shoot from that position.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Absolutely.

But next round we have Cairns Taipans in Cairns, as I just said, on Thursday night.

What are the matchups you're gonna be watching closely tonight?

Um, de- definitely the Jack McVeigh, Sam Maninga matchup.

I mean, I don't know if they're gonna play against, uh, o- on each other for a majority of the game, but you've got the million-dollar man in Jack McVeigh on the Cairns Taipans team that, um, they really need him to do well for that, that team to win.

And then on the other side, like I just mentioned, Sam Maninga, um, so important to the Breakers.

And if he can get cooking at the start, he's, he's a tough cover, and I think that's what the Breakers will do, actually, is feed it into Sam and, and let him try to get busy early and, and, and put the, put the ball in his hands and, and see if they can get off to a good start.

Cam, on Jack McVeigh, how do you go about limiting his influence without giving everyone else too much space if you're on that Breakers side?

Yeah, it's a, it's a tough one.

He's, um...

i don't know how you couldn't have him this high like although he's had some drama in recent times with uh i'm not going to get into it but he's got expected he can't shoot the ball that well but he's so athletic defensively very good and just so mobile and a proven winner you can't have him any lower than this i reckon yeah i think it's a perfect spot for

him at eighth we've got jack mcveigh yeah we just spoke about his teammate keanu pender I think those two guys are going to have a heavy workload on them to carry this Cairns team to any success this season.

I think they're clearly like a step ahead of anyone else on that Cairns team in terms of basketball talent, I guess you could say.

And we know what he can do.

Almost,

he's taken that top dog mantle away from Jack McVay a little bit.

He was the one who the offense was going through and he's a bit more forceful at the moment.

I think Rukosevic will take him.

But Pinder, at his best, is shoulder down, going to the basket, using some of that quickness and strength that he had.

So I feel like Rukosevic will go to him.

And that'll leave Zion Cheatham on Jack McVay, which I also feel is the best matchup.

Yep.

And then our top three, we go into a little bit more detail around.

So at number five, we have Jack McVeigh.

I have him at an expected score of 57 for round two.

At number four, Christian Doolittle from Perth, an expected score of 61.