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NBA scout to check out Croc's Newley Brad Newley has been likened to former Dream Team ace Dan Majerle by an American talent scout who has declared the athletic Townsville guard a certain selection in this year's NBA draft.
Atlanta Hawks international scout Ron Meikle labelled Newley one of the "top 60 players in the world" after landing in Townsville as part of a global mission by the NBA club ahead of the draft in June.
He will study Newley's form in Saturday night's NBL clash between the Crocodiles and lowly Singapore.
Meikle, who was invited to Townsville by Crocodiles coach Trevor Gleeson, said Newley, who is yet to nominate for the draft, could be a bolter.
"We have Brad on our list of the top 60 players in the world and the top 60 get drafted, so that's where I feel like he will be drafted," Meikle said.
"Where (he) gets drafted? It's going to be up to him.
"It's going to be to the team when they work him out. If he has great work outs he could move up and it depends I think who declares for the draft from the college ranks, that's the other thing.
"This is a very good draft. There are a lot of solid players out there.
"But definitely, he is an NBA player. I guess it will be up to him when he does get drafted if he decides to stay or decides to come, they have that option obviously when you are playing in a foreign country.
"But to me, I definitely would not have come all this way if I didn't think he was an NBA player."
Meikle said Newley reminded him of Majerle at a similar age.
Majerle, known as "Thunder Dan", played 14 seasons in the NBA and retired in 2002 with career averages of 11.4 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.
The sharp-shooter won a world championship gold medal as part of the all-conquering 1994 US team that included Shaquille O'Neal.
"I compare him to Dan Majerle," Meikle said of Newley.
"(Majerle) came into the league in the same way, very raw, he wasn't a really good deep-out shooter but he kept practising and practising and just shooting and shooting.
"I think I had a fairly good discussion with Trevor and I know that he has incorporated that a lot into his practises.
"For him to make it in the NBA, he can play two positions. He can play shooting guard and small forward because he is tall enough and athletic enough to do that but he's got to do a better job I think, if I'm going to critique him right now, is to put the ball on the floor."
Meikle said South Dragons young gun Joe Ingles was also on the Hawks' radar.
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