It doesn’t matter how deep the draft is in point guards, if Krauser thinks he will be drafted in the second round, he’s going to stay in the draft.
I don’t think it’s that he wants out of Pitt, so much as he wants in the NBA.
Some think if Krauser comes back, he could possibly break into the bottom of the 1st round and get the guaranteed money (no guaranteed contract in the 2nd round).
“At this point, I think a guy like Krauser should use this camp as a learning tool for himself and find out what he needs to improve on in his game in order to become a first-rounder next year,” said Chris Ekstand, who is a consultant to the NBA and specializes in scouting and the draft.
“Even with a big week, he probably won’t be a first-rounder, which means there is no reason for him not to return to school. This camp will give him a real good idea of what he needs to work on and if he maximizes his experience and uses it to improve, he certainly could become a first-rounder next year.”
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Ekstrand, who said [WVU’s Kevin] Pittsnogle, like Krauser, probably would benefit from going back to school to work on his game, pointed to Orlando Magic guard Jameer Nelson as an example of a player who used the camp as a learning experience and then made improvements in his game his senior year to become a first-round pick.“That happens a lot, so, hopefully, Krauser, who in talking to general managers and scouts around the league the sentiment is that he is clearly a second-round pick, will follow a similar path,” Ekstrand said.
Krauser’s athleticism, defense, intensity and toughness will be his ticket into the NBA, Ekstrand said, but his biggest liability is his consistency shooting the midrange jumpers.
He’s not there to gauge his draft stock, so much as to try and impress a team to take a chance on them. That is clear to most (Insider subs.).
Carl Krauser, 6-2, Jr., Pittsburgh: Krauser was working out with John Lucas in May. He’s 24 and would be a fifth-year senior if he went back to Pitt. Krauser wants to stay in the draft — and to do that he’s going to have to be a standout in Chicago. He has the ability to dominate the position at this camp. If he does, he has a real shot to be a second-round pick. That could be enough for him to stay in the draft.
The Chicago camp hasn’t released an official list of invites, but ESPN.com got a copy of it (Insider Subs.). It confirmed that Chevon Troutman was not invited. That decision to skip the Portsmouth Invitational for Seniors last month is now looking completely moronic. Another undersized power forward, Jason Maxiell of Cinci, dominated at Portsmouth and the lesser competition and got the Chicago invite.
