Willie Farley

Infobox NBA Player


position = Shooting guard
height_ft = 6
height_in = 4
weight_lb = 209
team = Adelaide 36ers, West Sydney Razorbacks
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1975|8|22
birth_place = Chicago, Illinois
career_start = 2000

Willie Deshon Farley (born August 22 1975 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player best known for playing as a member of the Adelaide 36ers in the Australian NBL. A shooting guard, he is 6'4" tall and weighs 92 kg. Farley has played around the world, including stops in France, Philippines, as well as Australia.

Farley first played in the NBL during the 2001-02 season for the Adelaide 36ers. He finished second in the league in scoring averaging 24.9 points per game and led the 36ers to an unlikley championship.

He played the following season for the West Sydney Razorbacks before rejoining the 36ers from 2004 to 2007. In his first season back with the Sixers he averaged 23.5 point per game and finished second in MVP voting to Brian Weathers.

Despite Farley's return the 36ers were knocked out in the first round of the playoffs in 2005 and 2006 before failing to make the playoffs in 2007. He was runner-up in the 2006 Philips NBL Dunk Competition behind New Zealand forward Riccardo 'Carlos' Powell.

During his playing days in the NBL Farley was one of the most explosive scorers in the league, consistently putting up big numbers while exciting fans with high flying dunks and plenty of long range threes.

Farley attended Farragut Academy in Chicago, Illinois where he was a team-mate of current NBA player Kevin Garnett and Ronnie Fields