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Sydney Kings confirm Brad Newley signing for 3 years

People have said it before and it's still been Perth and NZ in the Final, but this season is gonna have a load of talent and it's way too early to pick... Hawks have been quiet, but if they do manage to get Rotnei, they're automatically back in the hunt...

Cairns have added some key players and still imports to go? Brisbane have some solid players and it's all about chemistry with them, so who knows? No doubt half the Kings team will go down with season ending injuries *does some serious knocking on wood* and they'll be down the bottom again... Anything could happen...

Adelaide is going to be a lot better than people are expecting. They're going to run and gun half of the league off the floor.

Very keen to watch Newley play back on Aus soil. We really have only seem him play once every couple of years for Australia.

Newley is a good signing for the Kings bringing some much needed experience to the team. With that said, he will be expected to score 15+ points a game now that he is back in the NBL after having a some good success in Europe.

I think people forget he's only 31 years old because he's been out of the NBL for so long. I don't know if he's going to be scoring 20 PPG, but he figures to be a top quality local swingman.

Seems he will close his career out as a Sydney King. Should be interesting to see what impact he has on the league, and whether he has retained some of the offensive firepower that made him deadly in Townsville.

Confirmed Newley for three seasons.

Newley confirmed I'd reckon. Good pick up.

Found it

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/basketball/blow-for-adelaide-36ers-as-superstar-brad-newley-signs-for-sydney-kings/news-story/78f63d5b029de5de1d5fb0f4ca2468f2

When was it announced? Got a link?

^me

Newley was already announced

Odds are it's B-Newley.

"We're a bit worried about Andrew as head coach. Just giving the fans a heads up."

i seem to recall a "one team per division" clause being applied steadily over a period of years. Each year a new age grade would be introduced - so all of a sudden a swag of players would not be demoted a grade after playing at a usual junior level.

i.e i know u12s have had it in place in 2009/10.

what age grades are due in 2010/11 - u14s ?

now the question i have here is - some grades only have say 13-14 teams (u18 div 2g) - so we go to 1 team per grade and it leaves 4 or so.

nothing more unappetizing than 12 months of only 4 teams playing each other in another division.

i prefer they way that bsa do it - by all 14 playing each other once and then the top and bottom groups divide to finish the season off.