Some big names won't be in Orlando
By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

The Orlando predraft camp rosters have been finalized for the sessions starting Tuesday and running through Friday.

Here's a position-by-position breakdown of those playing at the camp.

Point guards

Will Blalock, Iowa State
*Bobby Brown, Cal State Fullerton
Keydren Clark, St. Peter's
Sean Dockery, Duke
*Jordan Farmar, UCLA
*Daniel Gibson, Texas
Daniel Horton, Michigan
Carl Krauser, Pitt
Gerry McNamara, Syracuse
Chris Quinn, Notre Dame
*Mustafa Shakur, Arizona
Darius Washington Jr., Memphis
C.J. Watson, Tennessee

Shooting guards

*Morris Almond, Rice
Rashad Anderson, Connecticut
Denham Brown, Connecticut
Taquan Dean, Louisville
*Coby Karl, Boise State
Viktor Keyru, Russia
Tarance Kinsey, South Carolina
Chris McCray, Maryland
Dwayne Mitchell, Louisiana-Lafayette
Brad Newley, Australia
J.R. Pinnock, George Washington
Allan Ray, Villanova
Blake Schilb, Loyola-Chicago
Curtis Stinson, Iowa State

Small forwards

Louis Amundson, UNLV
*Renaldo Balkman, South Carolina
Brandon Bowman, Georgetown
Nik Caner-Medley, Maryland
Nick George, VCU
Dan Grunfeld, Stanford
Tedric Hill, Gulf Coast CC (Fla.)
Bobby Jones, Washington
David Noel, North Carolina
Steve Novak, Marquette
Steven Smith, La Salle
Joah Tucker, Wisconsin-Milwaukee
P.J. Tucker, Texas

Power forwards

Kenny Adeleke, Hartford
James Augustine, Illinois
J.P. Batista, Gonzaga
Brad Buckman, Texas
Taj Gray, Oklahoma
Marco Killingsworth, Indiana
Eric Hicks, Cincinnati
Pops Mensah-Bonsu, George Washington
Paul Millsap, Louisiana Tech
Leon Powe, Cal
Antywane Robinson, Temple
Marcus Slaughter, San Diego State
Craig Smith, Boston College (not cleared yet due to wrist injury)
Curtis Withers, Charlotte

Centers

Terence Dials, Ohio State
Torin Francis, Notre Dame
Matt Haryasz, Stanford
Solomon Jones, South Florida
Paul Miller, Wichita State
Yemi Nicholson, Denver
Michael Southall, Louisiana-Lafayette
Ian Vouyoukas, St. Louis
Eric Williams, Wake Forest
Justin Williams, Wyoming

(* -- Still hasn't signed with an agent and could return to school.)

Some well-known names currently are not on the list. These are players who are still technically on the fence as to whether they're staying in the draft but aren't committing to Orlando, weren't invited, were injured and can't participate or chose not to participate. That list includes: Pitt junior center Aaron Gray, UCLA sophomore guard Arron Afflalo, Connecticut junior forward Josh Boone, Nevada junior forward Nick Fazekas, Colorado sophomore guard Richard Roby, Villanova sophomore guard Kyle Lowry, Michigan State junior guard Shannon Brown and George Washington junior guard Carl Elliott.

Lowry is expected to work out in front of NBA personnel on Wednesday. Gray is scheduled to be in Orlando for the physical-only portion of the camp and could end up having a workout outside of the draft camp.

Here is a look at the team-by-team breakdowns for the camp:

Team 1: Dials, Farmar, Horton, Jones, McCray, Mensah-Bonsu, Millsap, Noel, Novak, Ray

Team 2: Adeleke, Batista, Bowman, D. Brown, Hicks, Jones, Krauser, Mitchell, Washington, E. Williams

Team 3: Anderson, Augustine, Grunfeld, Haryasz, Keyru, Killingsworth, Shakur, S. Smith, J. Tucker, Watson, J, Williams

Team 4: Balkman, Blalock, Buckman, Dean, Hill, McNamara, Miller, Pinnock, Slaughter, Southall, Stinson

Team 5: Clark, Francis, Gibson, Kinsey, Newley, Powe, Quinn, Robinson, Schilb, C. Smith, Vouyoukas

Team 6: Almond, Amundson, B. Brown, Caner-Medley, Dockery, George, Gray, Karl, Nicholson, P.J. Tucker, Withers

[Edited by - djsunyc on 06-06-2006 09:50 AM]

cant believe eric williams has fallen right off the map. the guy has led the acc in scoring and close to 20-10 two years running--hes an athletic 6-9 285 and nopt even on mock draft top 60--thats insane. a lot of good players there--a lot of the 4th year players get short-changed.

Also agree on Eric Williams, who has had some wars with Sheldon Williams & Sean May.

Posted by BRIGGS:

cant believe eric williams has fallen right off the map. the guy has led the acc in scoring and close to 20-10 two years running--hes an athletic 6-9 285 and nopt even on mock draft top 60--thats insane. a lot of good players there--a lot of the 4th year players get short-changed.

Eric williams can ball.... he should be drafted..

JP Batista

While the first batch of competitive play was generally disjointed and not very pretty to watch, JP Batista was one of the few players that was able to make a mark on the court that I watched. Quickly seeking out the leaner Solomon Jones, Batista was able to find success with his back to the basket. On one particularly impressive play, he sealed Jones deep on the block, waited for a double team to pass, and patiently flipped in one of his patented baby hooks. On the other hand, there were several occasions where Batista’s lack of length and athleticism clearly showed. Going up against more physically imposing post players, Batista could have a make or break type of week. At any rate, expect him to be involved in many of the more entertaining paint battles of this camp.

http://www.draftexpress.com/viewarticle.php?a=1329

they begrudgingly give my man props but he is going to bust the arses of the "athletes" and put some sanctity in the athlete-whore scouts this week.