JULY 25: McVeigh’s two-way contract with the Rockets is now official, per Jonathan Feigen of The Houston Chronicle (Twitter link).
JULY 15: Australian forward Jack McVeigh has agreed to a two-way deal with the Rockets, ESPN’s Olgun Uluc reports.
The 6’8” McVeigh, 28, is coming off the best season of his professional career with the Tasmania JackJumpers. He led them to the 2024 NBL Championship and earned Championship Series MVP honors. Over the 2023/24 NBL season, McVeigh averaged 16.5 points and 5.4 rebounds per game for the JackJumpers, shooting 52.5% from the field and 36.4% from beyond the arc.
McVeigh is a member of the 12-man Australian Boomers team for the 2024 Paris Olympics. He had nine points in Australia’s exhibition loss to Team USA on Monday.
McVeigh spent four seasons at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln before beginning his professional career in the NBL.
Rockets big man Jock Landale is also on the Australian national team.
The Rockets had one opening for another two-way player. Jeenathan Williams and N’Faly Dante hold the other two-way deals.
A guy named McVeigh on a team called the Rockets is wild….
Excellent!