{"id":923117,"date":"2026-10-10T14:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T14:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/923117\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T14:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T14:18:11","slug":"report-bullets-star-out-for-two-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/923117\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Bullets star out for two months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Brisbane Bullets will reportedly be without one of their star players for close to two months due to a quad injury.<\/p>\n<p>According to ESPN\u2019s Olgun Uluc, guard Arnas Velicka sustained the injury during the Bullets\u2019 Round 4 fixture with Cairns, which will keep him on the sidelines for close to eight weeks.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brisbane Bullets point guard Arnas Veli\u010dka has suffered a quad injury that\u2019s expected to see him sidelined for approximately 8 weeks, sources told ESPN. He sustained the injury during the Bullets\u2019 game v Cairns. The team is aiming for him to return after the November FIBA window.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Olgun Uluc (@OlgunUluc) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OlgunUluc\/status\/2108883031327207634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Uluc says the team is aiming for him to return after the November FIBA window and is planning to sign a new guard in the short term.<\/p>\n<p>Velicka, who is averaging 13.8 points and a League-leading 10.2 assists per game, joins Sam McDaniel and Taine Murray on the sidelines for Will Weaver\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>The Bullets next host South East Melbourne on Thursday from 7.30pm AEDT, live on ESPN.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercoach.com.au\/nbl?utm_source=NBLContent&amp;utm_medium=NBL&amp;utm_campaign=Partner&amp;utm_content=Seasonal&amp;sourceCode=SCWEB_EPD_Partners\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"w-inline-block\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791641891_476_6aaf06b4ba693cfeb2523730_6a960795989a8ba3337cdc3b_SuperCoach NBL_ Bottom of Article Image Version 1 .png\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brisbane Bullets will reportedly be without one of their star players for close to two months due&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":923118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-923117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=923117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/923118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}