Not trying to be stupid but could the Boomers be contesting gold at the next olympics??

If Team USA dont get their act together I would think they could.

Alot of things would have to go right for that to happen.

I think gold might be a bit of a stretch

I asked Stacks how he got Newley and he said "we were the only club that asked him to play for us. I think you guys ( sixers) just assumed he would play here."

Very big assumption and a very big error from the sixers.

If they were the only club to ask them to play for them, the entire NBL needs new recruiters. i find that amazing. He and Luke Kendall are the most exciting players Australia has produced in a long time.

Anyone know why he didn't go to college? I know their recruiters are on the ball. He would have attracted some attention on SASI tours etc...

He got plenty of college attention. Gonzaga and Arizona just to name a couple. He decided that the Crocs were his best option. Seems like it is working out very well for him.

Good on ya Smitty!

I would think playing at Arizona in front of NBA scouts with his ability would have been a better option.....now he will have to wait until an International Series to demonstrate his worth to the scouts.

I feel that dropping the D is far more accurate considering he plays none. A couple of blocked shots dont make you a defender.

Having said that, D is all about hard work and desire. If he can develop his defensive game he will be an even better player. I know Brian Gorjian is a dirty word on this forum but as Boomers coach, this is where he comes in. Newley can learn from him and i will gladly re-instate the D.

Scoring machines still have their uses! Only 19 yo!

It would be awesome to see him play in the Central ABA this season... What are the chances? Where will he be playing -- in the QLD leagues?

I would doubt that he will play any ABL next year, with the world champs in July?? Training camps and tours would be on the cards I would think.

The big question is, how long will it be untill he is a sixer? Forman JH and Newley as a front line would look ok .

He might not want to be a Sixer. It sounds like the Crocs are looking after him pretty well

Thought that Holmes should have posted newley up bit more would have had a considerable size difference and exposed the Townsville defence. Newley has hops if he gets a run at it but Holmes is better in the low post didn't think we exploited that very well at all.

I don't think there is a real height difference between them and while Jacob might've used his weight to his advantage, Newley has substantial reach and is pretty aggressive.

Newley had a great fadeaway over Oscar on the North side of the court. Really impressive.

BTW, anyone see the boxscore from the last Bullets game? They've replaced Kevin Freeman with Bryant Mathews who had 28 points (even after shooting 7/17 FT) in about 30 minutes in his first game in the league. If Maher is indeed out for 6 games, without Nash we're going to struggle to contain a Guard/Forward type who's fast.

Newley really impressed me, he didn't play that well last time he came here but him and Adam Quick are great pickups for the crocs and are going to be great players in a couple of years.

Why would he want to become a sixer. He knew phil does not put rookies in first year. O didn't start or get much time first year and neither did Jacob. At Townsville he is getting quality court time as Rose can not stay on as long anymore and is getting past it. I would think if Newley is at Townsville next year he may even start. Also West Sydney was after Newley. The coach was wathcing his every game at the under 20 nationals. After the tip dunk of the QLD seven footer I would be getting the cheque book out straight away.

He made the right decision. More time will make him a better player. I can see him starting next year and also not returning to Adelaide.

newley is gonna be the best australian born player who is playing in the NBL in the next 3 or 2 years... i played with him alot last year n he is absolutely amazing... he didnt wanna go to usa because he is over school like so many of us n he has earning power here... he helped me fail a class... but neverthe less he is gonna be freakin awesome he is by far the best player i have played on the same team with n thats sayin alot considering the talent ive had the oppourtunity to play with.. NEWLEY FOR MVP!!!! LGC PRIDE BABY

But then, have you tried to take it over Simon Dwight?

Newley is an absolute champ! he is not overated as he's stepped up to challenges and has succeeded, so it seems mr anonymos may be a lil jealous? and one thing bout the d.last time i checked if u block a few shots, u r then considered a defensive threat r u not? i didn't think his d was bad and it's sooo much better from what i saw at the game.
i'm pretty sure he and many other players in the comp r gonna be sent by the landlord in their careers, newley showed guts by tryin to take on dwight, i give a lotta respect for that, u gotta take it at them!

one last point: y would newley want respect from a gutless guy like u anyway who hangs crap on a good player and doesn't leave a name!

GO SIXERS!

Good on him for the nbl all star game starting position. He is having a great year and I am very happy for the fella.
He'll be a boomer before you know it!

As a Crocs supporter, Newley has done a fantastic job this season. However, if Stacker did put him on for longer, Newley would be an even better player than he already is. Go Brad- Congrats on the starting line-up for the All- Stars game!!!!

Who advises these kids? Here is someone who has a chance to play in the NBA if he gets enough experience and coaching and more importantly regular playing and practice time against the 'jumping' athletes that the USA produces for the NBA game.

If you are a star level athlete (which he is) and don't want to deal with classes you can pick a college where 'school' means nothing but turning up for a few tutoring sessions (see Michigan, UNLV, Miami for a start but there are plenty of others) and get some real attention and playing time in front of the NBA scouts.

Now he might not get to start for Australia until he is 23 or 24 with more 'experienced' players like Saville and McKinnon still in the mix. Even then Australia still like to spread the offence around so the chance to go nuts and score 30 is rare - and you have to consider that Bogut (who is playing as well as anyone in the NCAA this year) is more likely to get the opportunity to go for that many points and show off his skills.

I don't see Newley's name in any of the draft lists yet in the USA, even the ones that specialise in international players. That will likely change, but the best he will probably do is probably an NBA team taking a chance in the middle-late second round probably in 2006.

For a guard, where competition is extremely fierce (as coaches have always said - you can't teach height), 24 is often too late for the NBA. NBA teams would much rather 'train' a local 20-22 year with massive atheletic ability than deal with training an older player who might only play a few more years or might not work out at all.

2 years doesn't sound like much, but it means a lot to an NBA team and they don't have to worry about the player going home to the NBL where the player knows they have a game.

And for what? All for a few bucks to play in the NBL.

Hopefully I am wrong and it all works out differently. It is great to see a bunch of Australian basketball players coming into the NBL with huge amounts of offensive aggression that has been missing for quite some time. Andrew Gaze is still my first basketball hero from my (much) younger days, but he shouldn't still be the leading Australian scorer in the league.

And it is sad that there are New Zealanders playing in the NBA (yes, yes, limited playing time, but they ARE there and Sean Marks has proven a servicable backup when healthy and Kirk Penny is back in the NBDL last time I looked), but currently no Australians.

Good call, what tha. I know if I was potentially a NBA player, I'd be heading to the USASAP (oops - that should be two acronymns!). If you want someone to see you, you have to be under their noses, and learn their ways.

When in Rome .....

I think you might find he will have NO TROUBLE getting a starting gig in the Boomers, taking into account his all-star MVP. Tehcnically speaking foirm that award, on the night he was the best player in the NBL, although thats a debate, i know. And when you say two years is a long time, true, but in 2 years Brad will be 21, which is still young for NBA, most players coming out of college are at least 22+, with the odd exceptions in the league like Shuan Kemp and Le Bron coming staright from high school. I think people just need to lay off it a bit and let him play ball, coz i know for a fact that he was told by an NBA scout recently to play another 2 seasons in the NBL, then nominate for the NBA draft and he would go top ten. Not a bad wrap from someone who knows their stuff. The yanks dont think as badly of our league as everyone may think....

brads my cousin he's a ledge!!! give him a break!!!

Richard, Newley got 30 odd points in an all star game where not a lot of defence was played. He is good but not a starter for Boomers.

Congratulations to Brad on winning Rookie of the Year & Best 6th Man... it is such an achievement.
Townsville will come back firing next season, so watch out!!!

BRAD NEWLEY IS A HOTTIE!!!

BRAD NEWLEY IS HOT.... and i love him heaps.. he is the bestes..:) he is sooooo sexy.. :) bahaha well he is hot..hey courtney... haha hell yeah ..

he is my cousin so beat that girls Hi brad how u goin? didnt see you when you were down sorry well i hope u have a boomer of a year have fun Andrea
one of my mates david dalton says hi and some of my friends want to meet you they say u are hot but not the boys have fun Andrea Newley :)

BRAD NEWLEY is one HOT basketball player... he is sooooo sexy.. i love him.. GO BRAD...

Brad is a fantastic player saw him play 2 matches in Adelaide through the last season FANTASTIC!!!!!
Go cous, cous
Keep up the good work and GOOD LUCK for up coming matches.

When brad first went to Townsville he was that big. When someone grows 5 to 6 inchs in a year after being signed. Sure other scouts will look bad. No way Adelaide would have know that in 12 months he would have gone from lay-up to show dunk
:-)

www.andrewbogut.com.au

has anyone else notice that Cameron Tovey (Perth Wildcats) looks a lot like Brad Newley???

i saw Tovey play in Townsville the other night and i had to look 3 times at him!!

tell me your thoughts on the matter!! id love to hear if anyone else agrees!!

I think the crocs are really lucky to have brad on the team cos he is one of a kind!and he rules the court!plus he is good looking

why arent the sixers interested in players like newley and Schensher who have shown intrest in playing for adelaide but for some reason we dont do anything? am i wrong?

we have been 2 nearly all of the crocs games and brad has played awesome in every1 of them!he is the best

Brad Newley is one of the best!! Georgia and i go to all the season games and plus we r the book ppl. Casey Calvary is hot and awesome!!! he rox at dunking! GO CASEY AND BRAD!!!!!!

you're also annoying parasites.

im cousins with brad i hope he does real well he can dunk the ball so hard

Loser

casey is the best!!!! he is such a nice guy and the does some really awesome dunks,he rox our sox!!!!!!!! Casey Calvary and Brad Newley and Larry Abney are our fave players from the crocs team so yeah keep up the great work guys!! we will keep coming to your home games to watch u guys destroy the other teams! (thats if you are still with the crocs) and that dude who called brad newley a loser is a ferret

this sucks! the season has ended !brad newley roxs and so does casey there like the best!!!!if any1 thinks there losers well those people dont no who the champs are!!well brooke and i go to all the home games were like the number 1 fans!we r the book people!well have a good brake guys and some back ready to smash the other teams next seasons! we will be there chearing you on!

Congrats on 200 games Newley.
Not the result you wanted though hey cobber.