Newley playing with Australia in 2014.
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No. 18 – AEK Athens | |
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Position | Small forward / Shooting guard |
League |
Greek League Champions League |
Personal information | |
Born |
Adelaide, South Australia |
18 February 1985
Nationality | Australian |
Listed height | 199 cm (6 ft 6 in) |
Listed weight | 94 kg (207 lb) |
Career information | |
High school | Lake Ginninderra (Canberra, ACT) |
NBA draft | 2007 / Round: 2 / Pick: 54th overall |
Selected by the Houston Rockets | |
Playing career | 2004–present |
Career history | |
2004–2007 | Townsville Crocodiles |
2007–2008 | Panionios |
2008–2009 | Panellinios |
2009–2010 | Beşiktaş |
2010–2012 | Lietuvos Rytas |
2012 | Valencia |
2012–2016 | Gran Canaria |
2016–present | Sydney Kings |
2017–present | AEK Athens |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Brad Newley (born 18 February 1985) is an Australian professional basketball player for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League. The 199 cm small forward-shooting guard was drafted 54th overall by the Houston Rockets in the 2007 NBA draft. He was a member of the Australian Under-19 junior national team that won the gold medal at the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Greece, where he scored 16 points against Lithuania's Under-19 team in the final.
Newley was born in the Adelaide suburb of Lower Mitcham. He has one younger sister, Mia, who also plays basketball. Newley originally attended Colonel Light Gardens Primary School, in the nearby suburb of Colonel Light Gardens, before moving with his family to the North Territory and then Queensland. Settling down in Queensland, he attended Mountain Creek State High School on the Sunshine Coast, before moving back to Adelaide and attending Pasadena High School, where he played alongside future NBA player Joe Ingles. He played for the Forestville Eagles as a junior and moved to Canberra in 2003, to attend the Australian Institute of Sport and Lake Ginninderra Secondary College. He played for the AIS in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL), averaging 17.1 points and 3.9 rebounds per game in 2003, and 24.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game in 2004. To cap off a successful 2004 SEABL season, Newley earned All-Eastern Conference first team honors and won the East Men's Australian Under-23 Youth Player of the Year award.