The sons of Warrnambool basketball legend Bobby want to combine when they hit the Big V court together for the first time on Saturday night.

AJ, 21, returns to the roster after a stint in America while Malakye, 16, will make his debut for the Seahawks' division one team.

AJ said he was excited to play alongside Malakye.

"It'll be so good - we have each other's brains so it will work perfectly," he said.

"He's more of a scorer than I am. I'm more of a playmaker and rebounder.

"I can play anything really. In college I was a starting centre but I can shoot the ball - all of our family can - but I like to make people look better."

Malakye echoed his brothers' sentiments, saying "we definitely work well together".

"We've had the same training and stuff from dad," he said.

The teenager said the pair complemented each other well.

"AJ is more of an aggressive player on the court whereas my game is a little bit more finesse than his is," Malakye said.

"But we are definitely cut from the same cloth."

AJ believes his brother can impose himself for the Alex Gynes-coached Seahawks.

"He is going to be one of the best, easily," AJ said.

Malakye, who goes to Warrnambool College, is eager to debut.

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"I have been thinking about it all week really, to play with the team dad played for is pretty exciting," he said.

"To be able to share that with AJ is pretty exciting as well.

"It's going to be a big step up for me but I think I am ready for it."

AJ said Bobby was the brothers' biggest supporter and was there for advice.

Playing for "for the team my dad was the best player for" is a thrill for the Cunningham siblings.

"He is excited and proud, that's the best way to describe it," AJ said of his dad's reaction to them playing together at Big V level.

Malakye said Bobby was his "biggest help and inspiration".

"(He) kicks me in the butt when it's needed but gives me support along the way," he said.

AJ spent time in America in the US college system before COVID threw his plans into chaos.

He spent his downtime "playing video games" before arriving back in Australia in late November.

"As COVID was hitting I was in a transition of schools, I was moving to division two in New York," he said.

"That all went downhill because of COVID. I spent like 10 months in lockdown.

"My parents had to book an emergency Australian flight for me because that's the only thing they were doing."

AJ still harbours ambitions of returning to the United States where his dad was born.

"I want to get some good film to send back to other schools and just enjoy the season with my brother," he said.

Malakye would also love to play in America.

"I was supposed to be there now playing for a high school but because of COVID that didn't happen," he said.

The Seahawks play Bulleen away on Saturday night.

AJ, who also has brothers Amiyus, 10, and Bobby Jr, 27, who lives in the US, said he was looking to his future off the court too.

"I am actually doing a TAFE course at the moment for community services because it would be nice to follow in my dad's footsteps of being a youth justice worker," he said.

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