Pacers' Bigsapalooza Today, Guardfest Tomorrow Attract Plenty Of Attention

by Tom Lewis on Jun 1, 2010 8:56 PM EDT in Indiana Pacers News

Slow news day?

With the Indy 500 in the rear view mirror, it appears that anyone associated with the local media made their way down to the Fieldhouse today to watch the NBA draft prospects brought in for workouts. Four intriguing bigs pounded away at each other along with Lance Stephenson and Purdue's Chris Kramer in front of a full local media contingent. I'll have all of the links to the stories, sound and video in the morning but I had to mention what amounts to a media frenzy around here because I personally can't get enough.

Of course Conrad Brunner and Mike Wells led the charge and probably wondered where all of those guys were in early April. I noticed that Mighty Mike even showed up in full summer sartorial splendor, sporting the pink and white striped golf shirt. Beautiful.

No doubt everyone will show up again tomorrow when an extremely intriguing group of guards go at it, trying to impress their way up the draft board. Can't wait to see how things go with this group which includes Eric Bledsoe (Kentucky), Avery Bradley (Texas), Sherron Collins (Kansas), Jordan Crawford (Xavier), A.J. Slaughter (Western Kentucky) and Willie Warren (Oklahoma).

Bruno has interviews with all of the prospects along with some video of the workouts at Pacers Draft Central. After the jump, check out the workout video along with JMV's chat with Mike Wells which discusses not only the draft but Josh McRoberts' status with Jim O'Brien.

Mike Wells with JMV (audio link) talks about the workouts and the draft in general for the Pacers. Wells espouses my hope, that the team should trade the tenth pick, if possible. The "possible" part complicates things though. They also discuss Jim O'Brien's apparent distaste for Josh McRoberts even though Josh has shown he could bring something positive off the bench if given the opportunity.

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Whiteside – Some fantastic blocks there. He held his own in the paint. Quick across the lane for help defense. Soft blocking touch kept the ball in play. Hit an outside jumper, but it looked a little ugly!

Orton – Good hustle, had a block and attacked the boards. Hit a college 3, good range.

Udoh – Finished with a dunk in traffic, good strength. Nice high-low pass at the end of the vid

Caracter – Great high-low post feeds. Made 3 interior passes (I think)

Based on these highlights, Whiteside killed it. His length and quickness were the deciding factor. Interesting prospect here. It’s only 3 on 3, but I may soon be buying a ticket on the Whiteside train…

by jantz101 on Jun 1, 2010 9:34 PM EDT reply actions

I agree. In the limited snapshot provided by that video Whiteside looked much better than Udoh.

by indy62 on Jun 2, 2010 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions

Whiteside looks like he's 15

No wonder he’s considered immature.

Indy Cornrows

by Tom Lewis on Jun 1, 2010 10:01 PM EDT reply actions

Sounds like

The Pacers are very high on Avery Bradley and could think he can be a Russell Westbrook type guy. If he can develop into a Westbrook esque player then i’m all aboard

by DaltonS49 on Jun 1, 2010 10:53 PM EDT reply actions

Poor Kramer.

He was getting abused by Stephenson. And from what I’ve been told Kramer was a pretty good defender in college.

by ThirtyOne on Jun 2, 2010 8:11 AM EDT reply actions

Kramer

He’s got a long road in front of him. I expect he’ll play a couple of years overseas before moving on to other things. He just needs something of an offensive game and he could be a very, very small piece on an NBA team. But I don’t see that ever happening.

by blueandgold24 on Jun 2, 2010 9:05 AM EDT up reply actions