Julian Newman & his Sister Jaden on her Freaky Videos Leaking & More!

The first time Adam22 heard of Julian and Jaden Newman, they were twelve and eight years old, sitting on Good Morning America declaring that Julian would be the youngest NBA player ever and Jaden would be the first female in the NBA. That level of childhood conviction didn't come from nowhere — it was engineered by a father who, as Julian puts it, "paved the way for people like the Ball brothers" by being "Joe Jackson, Tiger Woods file, shit like that." The family's philosophy was stark: "If you have a plan B, you don't really believe in yourself." Only plan A. And as Julian defends it now, "The biggest people in the world were delusional at a certain point, and it became reality."

The Plan A Mentality and Its Costs

The Newmans' approach to raising elite athletes was all-in, with no safety net. Julian describes waking up at 5 a.m. to catch rebounds, training multiple times a day, and being driven by a father who "ain't beating nobody to play basketball" but was relentless in pushing his kids. When Adam22 raises the common counterargument — that injuries or bad luck can derail a career, and that having a second passion is prudent — both siblings push back. Julian says, "How could you want to go pro at something, you gotta put your all into it." Jaden agrees: "We were taught like if you have a plan B, you don't really believe in yourself."