Depends what they want to do with him really.

You outposted me by seconds, but mine should be left since I spelt Houston right :-)

I know.... grrr... i was in a rush to beat you.... :D.... you win.. lol....so what do u think they will do with Brad??

It will be a while before you'll know. Houston will put him through the ringer and work out whether he's worth a roster spot.

If not, they might want him to go to Europe or D-League to develop certain parts of his game.

I don't like 6ers chances of them letting him come back to Oz to play though.

Draft Picks that low don't always end up with contracts, but they'll want to keep him close IMHO so they can keep an eye on him.

Damn...

Jesus Dude,

I don't hink you need to go crying off to mummy just yet.

Besides, letting him go and do his thing pretty much guarantees he'll be back there when he returns.

Good short term punt, great long term plan.

Nothing wrong with that.

It's not like they'll lose the money and the cap points if he stays over there.

he wont go to the rockets rooster..i have no doubt about it...he will remain with them for a few weeks/months but then he will get released to the D-League or Euroleague..Im not a h8r its just i am suprised he was even selected in the draft...he has a great future and if he doesnt make it this time im sure he will make it in the future

Pretty sure they'll have a plan B too.

Tool anon...in fact you are the tool box..

As if it isn't great for another Aussie to be in the big league..

Rockets Rooster?

Some kind of strange NBA initiation ceremony?

Go Brad!

We are so proud of you!!

Adelaide's own just got drafted by the NBA!

Congratulations.

On the NBADraft site it says Brad was picked up by Orlando?

no it doesent... see http://www.nba.com/draft2007/board.html
#54
if that was the one you were looking at...

Houston had traded for the Orlando pick which was then used to draft brad.

I was looking at this one:

http://www.nbadraft.net/

yea... houston bought a second round pick from orlando

Houston bought Orlando's pick for cash considerations this morning.

Anybody know what the 36ers have for their plan B on the basis that Newley is gone for the whole, or even part of the season?

Great news for Brad.. Wish him luck and this will only strengthen Aussie Basketball...

Congrats

Im sure itll emerge very soon.

As for the anonymous post i was waiting for someone to come out swinging at the sixers trying to pick up Brad. I agree its a good long term plan and if he didnt get drafted someone like anonymous would have been the very same person asking why we didnt chase him.

Uggh

"Besides, letting him go and do his thing pretty much guarantees he'll be back there when he returns.

Good short term punt, great long term plan."

Dicko, love reading your posts, but above is same theory with Bradkte all those years back......Don't think we will hold our breathe...

Dicko....can you advise what you guess to be the Plan B?

"I am absolutely over the moon," he said.

"It has been a dream of mine for a long time. I am just absolutely wrapped.

"It is a big thing for me so hopefully things work out when I get over there and play.

"I just wanted to hear my name called.

"It's a champion club and they've got my rights now so I am very very happy.

"Mum had a couple of wines and we are all over the moon."

this is fantastic news for SA basketball. Congrats to Newley, i must say i am shocked by it! I wish him all the best.

good to see him drafted, great player, and even greater guy. if he doesnt get to suit up, atleast he will get to train alongside tmak, which would be great learning experience, seeing as brad could be our own version of the man??? congrats once again

Good stuff Brad... Just goes to show that the "science" of drafting is anything but... Refering to the haters... Teams draft on any number of factors - clearly Brad met them (for Houston anyway)...

STO but just fantastic news .

To everyone concentrating on how this will affect the sixers c'mon now focus on what it is , an amazing achievement whatever the outcome
.
CONGRATULATIONS to Brad , his family
and everyone that has had input and given support over the years .

They must of wanted him to go and buy a pick for him.

Saw this on OzHo:

The Houston GM has just told the draft function that Brad will continue to play overseas.

Well done Brad. Awesome achievement dude. also well done to those who helped along the way, in his family, Forestville Eagles BC, AIS, Townsville Crocs, esp Ian Stacker, and all his international coaches esp whoever coached that u19 team to world sucess...that deinately helped him get put on the map.

Look, he still may be released and if he goes to Europe then the Sixers will have 11 points and the maximum 200,000 to play with. There are some coming out of college and australian european players so the Sixers still are in a good position to get top 2.

Well done Newley! Hope you get some minutes and show them what you've got!

123abc if a european player wanted to return back to australia adelaide wouldn't be his number one choice to start with and would want alot more than 200,000

And how many Australians playing over there would be options? Andersen and Nielsen are out of the question.

Who's left?

Well done Brad...Live the dream mate!

Great news for Brad! This isn't so great for the Sixers, but what where management supposed to do? They went out and signed the best Australian player available, and it isn't like we still have to pay Newley or spend the cap points on him if he does end up overseas. And we do still have Maher, Davidson, Sutton, Ng, and Copeland. The guard spot is well staffed, but we do lose the franchise player. If Schenscher was to come in, this wouldn't be a bad thing, it might actually be a team with better balance (just don't bring back Nash, for the love of CHRIST!).

But fantastic for Newley, and it will be interesting to see Houston's intentions for him unfold over the coming weeks and months.

36ers fans shouldnt give up hope just because he got drafted does not mean he'll be playing or even staying in the U.S alot of 2nd round especially late 2nd round picks aften return to the leauges they came from to "develop" but good on him wish him the best

Kingma? Apparently he has improved.
If Schenscher doesn't get signed by an NBA team it is possible that he could come to Adelaide.
There are a few Australian college players available aswell.

All is not lost!

kingma.... are you serious.. just how much crack have you had today?

we don't need a damn wookie, we need a basketball player....

Issac, when you posted that The GM said Brad will continue to play overseas, is that an indication that there intentions for Brad is to keep him playing in the N.B.L? i just am not sure what that was about!

apologies for miss spelling your name Isaac

I saw Phil Jones, a Kiwi guard, absolutely destroy all the Australian guards last year. In 2004 he was ranked second amongst all scorers at the Athens Olympics. Last season he was playing for Cantu Italy, he may be available for the next NBL season, worth checking out anyways.

And i think Brisbane also have their eyes on Stefan B amongst a few others who has finished College as a plan B in case Sammy Mac goes.

Hrmm this is a good thing, when he starts getting some court time ive got a few friends i might have to visit in Houston!

Phil Jones struggled big-time is his first NBL stint. Had a couple of big 38 point games but at other times seemed to struggle to get his shot off. May work alongside Maher as opposed to Henare however.

From the rockets site:

The Rockets later selected Newley with the 54th overall pick after acquiring the selection from Orlando earlier in the day for cash.

Newley, who has shown an ability to hit long range and pull-up jumpers, has spent the past three seasons playing in the NBL, Australia's premier professional league. He averaged 22.4 points last season with the Townsville Crocodiles.

"He's someone that we think can develop over time," Morey said. "He may play in the summer league with us, but we haven't had a chance to speak with him yet."

http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/Rockets_select_Oregonrsquos_-230260-34.html

This is borderline worthy of a thread of it's own, but hopefully many people will be attracted by the name (it's not really Brad's Mum).

Check this video of Newley being drafted.