Here's the latest from Greg Wrubell"

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."

I think the bolded quote conveys the same sentiments I had at times about Trent last season. And he sure didn't have any guards hogging the ball here.

Greg also said J.R. Giddens (also on Trent's team) has impressed some people with his defense and explosiveness.

Yndian wrote:

Here's the latest from Greg Wrubell"

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."

I think the bolded quote conveys the same sentiments I had at times about Trent last season. And he sure didn't have any guards hogging the ball here.

Greg also said J.R. Giddens (also on Trent's team) has impressed some people with his defense and explosiveness.

It wasn't that he had guards hogging the ball here it was that they were usually scared to pass the ball to him. In fact the only player who could consistently pass the ball into Trent in the post was Lee. How many times did you see Trent get fronted and nobody would just lob it over his head for the easy dunk. The problem was guards that hogged the ball the problem was guard who couldn't pass the ball. In the end you get the same result.

(3rd attempt)

Here's a bit of info from game 1:

Team 3
Maarty Leunen 6 points
James Mays 13 points, 5 rebounds
Trent Plaisted 6 points, 4 rebounds
DeMarcus Nelson 13 points
Stanley Burrell 7 points
Chris Daniels 7 points, 6 rebounds
Marcus Dove 5 points
JR Giddens 7 points
Jiri Hubalek 9 points
Lester Hudson 4 points, 5 assists, 5 turnovers
Takais Brown 4 points

Analysis: Scouts love BYU's Trent Plaisted but he didn't do much to impress here with only 6 points and 4 rebounds. We took a look at Lester Hudson yesterday but he did not perform well on Day 2 because the 5 turnovers really hurt. James Mays played surprising well with 13 points and 5 rebounds. I don't think he is much of an NBA prospect but I will add him to the growing list of players to keep an eye on. DeMarcus Nelson certainly helped himself with 13 points because he is mostly looked at for his defense. Another Portsmouth Camp favorite, Jiri Hubalek played well here as well with 9 points. JR Giddens had a decent game with 7 points, I expect him to be more aggressive as the camp goes on.

Also from http://www.nbadraft.net/2008nbapredraftcamp003.asp

Trent Plaisted struggled to get into the flow of the game. He's been one of the more impressive players in camp during drills, but was unable to get the touches to make much happen in this game. He looked athletic running the floor and crashing the boards.

I can understand the guards bearing some of the blame for his lack of offensive looks, put rebounding is all about hustle and personal effort.

4 rebounds is not a good showing from a post player of his "freakish" athleticism.

snoscythe wrote:

I can understand the guards bearing some of the blame for his lack of offensive looks, put rebounding is all about hustle and personal effort.

4 rebounds is not a good showing from a post player of his "freakish" athleticism.

Unless he only played 15 minutes. Unfortunately we have no idea how long he playes so I don't think I could make a statement on whether it was good or not.