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They ran the first full day of games at the NBA pre-draft camp in Orlando on Wednesday. I'm having a tough time locating boxscores, but Trent Plaisted's Team Three was a 94-81 loser to Team Four. Here's what they said about Plaisted's showing on draftexpress.com:
"Trent Plaisted had some flashes with his ridiculous athleticism, but was a bit too quiet in stretches, not making his presence felt enough."
However, ESPN.com's Chad Ford wrote:
"The camp is usually a graveyard for big men. The guards rarely pass them the ball, forcing them to run the floor and pray that they might get a pass. BYU's Trent Plaisted was a major victim of that syndrome Wednesday. He often was the first guy down the floor on offense. He could have had five or six wide-open dunks, but instead, guards Stanley Burrell and DeMarcus Nelson would just jack up shots instead of passing to the wide-open man."
The only photo of Plaisted I've seen posted was a shot of him having a shot blocked by former Kansas Jayhawk Sasha Kaun. Copy and paste:
www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orl-camp1420080527183029,0,1950735.photo
Meantime, former New Mexico Lobo J.R. Giddens is playing on the same team with Plaisted and is making an impression. A couple of notes from yesterday:
"(Giddens is) not the most skilled with the ball, but capable as a spot-up shooter and constantly making plays offensively and especially defensively thanks to his trademark length and explosiveness. (He) forced the issue with his weak ball-handling skills a little too much at times, but still flashed great potential with some of the moves he made at times. His talent is undeniable, he just needs to polish up his skill-set."
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Team-by-team rosters in Orlando are as follows:
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Team 1:
Wayne Ellington
Jamar Butler
Joe Crawford
Shan Foster
James Gist
Kentrell Gransberry
Darnell Jackson
Quan Prowell
Ronald Steele
Mark Tyndale
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Team 2:
Patrick Ewing
Gary Forbes
Richard Hendrix
James Shawn
Longar Longar
Drew Neitzel
David Padgett
Russell Robinson
Robert Vaden
Deron Washington
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Team 3:
Takais Brows
Stanley Burrell
Chris Daniels
Marcus Dove
JR Giddens
Jiri Hubalek
Lester Hudson
Maarty Leunen
James Mays
DeMarcus Nelson
Trent Plaisted
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Team 4:
Ty Lawson
Keith Brumbaugh
Pat Calathes
Frank Elegar
Vladimir Golubovic
Malik Hairston
Sasha Kaun
Charles Rhodes
Brian Roberts
Sonny Weems
Reggie Williams
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Team 5:
Danny Green
Ramel Bradley
Tyrone Brazelton
Josh Duncan
DeVon Hardin
Kyle Hines
Othello Hunter
Jeremy Pargo
Aleks Maric
Richard Roby
Bryce Taylor
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Team 6:
Brian Butch
Joey Dorsey
George Hill
Davon Jefferson
Joseph Jones
Marcelus Kemp
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute
Shaun Pruitt
Sean Singletary
Mike Taylor
