Brad Newley

Brad Newley

Position	Shooting Guard Small Forward
Height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg)
League	Spanish League ULEB Cup
Team	Valencia BC
Born	18 February 1985 (1985-02-18) Lower Mitcham, South Australia
Nationality	Australian
Draft	2nd round, 54th overall, 2007 Houston Rockets
Pro career	2004–present
Career history	Townsville Crocodiles (2004-07) Panionios (2007-08) Panellinios (2008-09) Beşiktaş Cola Turka (2009-10) Lietuvos Rytas (2010-12)
Awards	Australian League All-Star Game MVP (2005) Australian League Rookie of the Year (2005) Australian League Best Sixth Man (2005) LKL All-Star (2011)

Brad Newley (born 18 February 1985, in Lower Mitcham, South Australia) is an Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for Valencia BC in Spain. He is a 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) tall small forward that can also play at the shooting guard position. Notably, a member of the junior Australian national team, that won the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Greece, where he scored 16 points against Lithuania in the final. He was also selected in the second round of the 2007 NBA Draft, 54th overall, by the Houston Rockets.

Career

Australia

Brad Newley played professionally with the Townsville Crocodiles of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL) in the 2004-05 NBL Season. His efforts, in this breakout season, earned him the NBL Rookie of the Year award as well as the NBL Best Sixth Man award. In addition, he was named in the NBL's domestic All-Star team. Playing in this exhibition NBL Australian League All-Star Game he was selected as MVP. His style of game is extremely skilled, he is an excellent jump shooter and defender and has a trademark two handed dunk along with nasty tip dunks,

After another impressive season in the NBL, Brad choose to enter the 2006 NBA Draft. However; prior to the actual draft he withdrew his availability, and instead used this experience as a motivational tool to improve.

In the NBL 2006-07 season Newley alongside Larry Abney led the Crocs to the NBL playoffs. However, title hopes were extinguished in the finals by an impressive Sydney Kings outfit. After the disappointment of this finals exit, in a season capped by a career high 46 point performance against the Cairns Taipans, Newley announced that he had signed with the Adelaide 36ers. Yet he also noted that his main focus was still being drafted into the NBA.

After numerous tryouts with various teams, Brad Newley was drafted by the Houston Rockets with draft pick number 54. Although he was not guaranteed a contract, Brad participated in the 2007 Vegas Summer League with the Rockets. Recognizing that he needed to improve certain areas of his game, Newley opted to play in the higher level of the Greek League with Panionios Athens, rather than return to the NBL and play with the 36ers.

Europe

On the fourth match day of the Greek League 2007-08 season, Newley scored 32 points on 12-of-12 shooting for Panionios in a win against A.E.K. By making 8-of-8 three-pointers, a new record was set in the Greek A1 League competition. The previous mark was of 7-of-7. He was also named the MVP of that week.

He was selected to the "Rest of the World" team for the 2007-08 Greek League All-Star Game. In the summer of 2008, Newley left Panionios and signed with the Greek club Panellinios. In 2009, he moved to the Turkish League club Beşiktaş.

In 2010, he moved to the Euroleague club Lietuvos Rytas, signing a 2 year contract worth $850,000 dollars net income.

In January 2012 he signed with Valencia BC.

Australian national team

Newley made his senior debut with the Australian national basketball team during the 2006 Commonwealth Games. This was a successful tournament, with the Boomers winning gold. Additionally he was selected in the Boomers squad for the 2006 FIBA World Championship. In this tournament, despite limited game-time, he averaged 8 points per game and 3 rebounds per game. Newley was also selected to play in the 2008 Beijing Olympics Basketball Tournament. He averaged 12.7 points per game, shooting at 57% from the field and 45% from 3 point range during the Olympics.

Newley was representing Australia at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey.

Awards and accomplishments

• FIBA Under-19 World Championship: Gold Medal (2003)
• Australian All-Star Game MVP (2005)
• Australian League Rookie of the Year (2005)
• Australian League Best Sixth Man (2005)
• Greek All-Star Game (2008)

External links

• Brad Newley at NBA.com
• Euroleague.net Profile
• 2010 FIBA World Championship Profile
• FIBA.com 2008 Olympics Profile
• Draftexpess.com Profile
• Turkish League Stats
• ESPN.com Profile
• Yahoo! Sports NBA Profile
• Brad Newley's Euroleague Blog

Awards
Preceded by Darryl McDonald	NBL Best Sixth Man 2005	Succeeded by Stephen Hoare
Preceded by Steven Marković	NBL Rookie of the Year 2005	Succeeded by Mark Worthington