By Matthew Gardner | May 30, 2007

GAME ONE: Team Six 106, Team Five 84
The first game of this year's Pre-Draft Camp saw a balanced scoring effort and lots of passing as Team Six won by 22 points against Team Five, 106-84.

Detroit Mercy's Ryvon Covile led Team Six with 19 points on 8- of-11 shooting. The senior from Detroit, who was twice named to the second team in the Horizon Conference, also hit a three- pointer and finished with six rebounds.

The best outside shooting performance in the morning game came from Syracuse's Demetris Nichols, who canned 4-of-5 from beyond the arc to finish with 18 points.

Nevada's Marcelus Kemp and Ramon Sessions each scored in double figures in the opening game. Kemp was 5-of-10 from the field for 11 points, while Sessions was 4-of-10 and ended the game with 10 points to go along with his game-high seven assists.

Also scoring in double figures for Team Six included Clemson's James Mays with 13 points. One of Mays' buckets came in the form of a one-handed throwdown off a miss.

Coby Karl, the son of Denver Nuggets coach George Karl, added 11 points after hitting 3-of-4 three-point attempts. In one sequence in the opening half, Karl found Nichols open for a three and then came down the floor on the next possession and buried a three of his own.

Team Five's Coleman Collins of Virginia Tech scored a game-high 22 points on 8-of-14 shooting. He also found ways of creating opportunities, getting to the line eight times in his 22 minutes of action.

Pittsburgh's Aaron Gray, who is getting a lot of looks because of his interior size and strength, finished with 15 points, which included a 7-of-10 effort from the free throw line. Gray also collected nine rebounds.

The only other player to reach double figures for Team Five was Cal State Fullerton's Bobby Brown, who is one of five players participating in the Pre-Draft Camp for a second straight year. Brown finished with 11 points on 3-of-8 shooting.

Sean Singletary, who of the smallest guys in camp this week, didn't shoot particularly well (3-of-10), but showed he can run the point, though he finished with as many assists as turnovers (four each).

D.J. Strawberry, the son of former major league standout Darryl Strawberry, demonstrated solid floor awareness and outstanding hustle in his first game of this camp. The Maryland forward finished with five points, four assists and three rebounds.

GAME TWO: Team Two 80, Team One 76

In a game featuring two National Champion Florida Gators, it was a former Gator that performed very well.

Mohamed Abukar, who began his career playing for Billy Donovan in Gainesville before transferring at the beginning of his sophomore season to San Diego State, scored 16 points and collected six rebounds in Team One's loss to Team Two.

In all, this game featured four former Gators. Abukar was joined by his former teammate, Chris Richard, on Team One, while Taurean Green was paired up with Mario Boggan. Boggan spent his freshman season at Florida before moving on the Chipola (Fla.) Junior College and then on to Oklahoma State where he finished as a First Team All-Big and honorable mention All-American.

Green scored 11 points, which included 3-of-4 from three-point range. He demonstrated his ability to hit the NBA three, while also showing he's not afraid to run an offense.

Richard has been able to use this week so far to show off his athleticism. That element can be easily overlooked when you're playing on the same team as Green, Corey Brewer, Al Horford and Joakim Noah. Richard has shown some nice moves this week playing the post, while also demonstrating his defense - picking off a pass at one point and throwing the outlet pass to Arizona's Mustafa Shakur for a layup.

Shakur, who returned to Arizona after participating in the Pre-Draft Camp last June, scored 12 points, while Wildcat teammate Ivan Rademovic also added 10 for Team One.

Leading the way in Team Two's victory were Texas A&M's Antanas Kavaliauskas with 14 points, while France's Ali Traore scored 13 points in 13 minutes before fouling out.

GAME THREE: Team Four 78, Team Three 67

San Diego State's Brandon Heath scored a game-high 17 points to lead Team Four to a victory in the final game on Day Two at Pre-Draft Camp.

North Carolina's Rayshawn Terry added 13 points, while Serbia's Marko Lekic scored 11 points and Oregon's Aaron Brooks finished with 10 points to go along with six rebounds and five assists.

Terry, who has perhaps been overshadowed in his days as a Tar Heel by players like Sean May, Raymond Felton, Rashad McCants, Marvin Williams, Brandan Wright and Tyler Hansbrough, showed the discipline and court awareness that comes with players four years under the guideance of Roy Williams. He made some nice moves in the lane and also drew a charge before leaving the game late after taking a hard hit.

For Team Three, Oral Roberts' Caleb Green scored 14 points, while Ohio State's Ron Lewis added 12 pointes.

COBY'S COMEBACK
For the second straight year, Coby Karl, is back to workout in front of NBA teams.

The son of Denver Nuggets coach George Karl was a participant at last year's Pre-Draft Camp before withdrawaling his name from consideration and returning to Boise State for his senior season.

"I feel like I'm in a lot better condition," said Karl on his participation at this year's camp. "Physically I'm more prepared and mentally, obviously I've gone through this before."

Originally a walkon at Boise State after receiving no college scholarship offers, Karl has had to overcome more challenges than just on the basketball court to follow his dream.

Over the past two years, Karl has undergone chemotherapy, in addition to having his thyroid and cancerous lymph nodes removed while battling a treatable form of cancer known as papillary carcinoma.

Fully recovered from the surgeries, Karl is focused this week on getting noticed by NBA teams. Karl said one advantage is playing in front of people that he's known for many years, being the son of an NBA coach.

"It's great for me, because I know all these guys and I feel comfortable playing out there," Karl said. "My dad has worked with or worked for a lot of them or is good friends with them."

One of Karl's highlights on Wednesday came as drills were coming to a close in the morning session. With the buzzer about ready to sound, Karl launched a shot from half court that that fell right in the basket.

SHAKUR'S SECOND TRY
Karl isn't the only player back for seconds at this Pre-Draft Camp. After hearing not so positive news last year, Mustafa Shakur opted to return to Arizona and improve his position in this year's Draft.

Shakur said some thought he was trying to force to many shots and wasn't playing with enough control at last year's camp - just a couple of the things he focused on when he returned to Arizona.

"I was trying to do a little bit of everything last year," Shakur said. "At times it was helping me, but other times it ended up hurting me because I was getting tired out there trying to do too much and was making mistakes."

Scouts pointed to the fact that Shakur needed to become a better decision maker, along with improving his shot in order to make it in the NBA. "(Scouts) didn't seem to worried about my scoring, but they wanted to see me create better opportunities for my teammates and play the point guard role, which I'm very comfortable doing," Shakur said.

In his senior season, Shakur averaged 11.9 points a game - very similar to the 11.2 he averaged as a junior. However, the biggest change came in his assist totals, moving from 154 in his junior season to 215 this last season.

One big advantage Shakur sees at this camp is playing on the same team as his Wildcat teammate Ivan Rademovic. On a few occasions on Wednesday, the two players connected on some scoring opportunities.

"I made a couple of passes to him where I didn't really see him, but I knew he was going to be there," Shakur said.

CAN I SEE YOUR CREDENTIALS, SIR?
With a who's who of NBA brass swarming Wide World of Sports this week, Disney security is trying to get the onlookers away from the closed-to-the-public event, while making sure those who are permitted at the event are displaying the proper credentials.

Of course, there are some exceptions to the rule.

When your silouette is on the NBA logo (Jerry West), wearing a credential at all time isn't quite necessary. Or if you've won the most games in NBA history (Lenny Wilkens) or coached teams to titles in both college and the NBA (Larry Brown), your given a free pass.

And certainly, if your last name is Jordan or Bird, a credential is almost as useful as the final score in the games this week.

Even in the NBA circle, there are few occasions where so many general managers, coaches, scouts and other front office officials have an opportunity to be in the same place at the same time like Pre-Draft Camp.

Everywhere you look, you see an interesting combination of NBA execs chatting it up.

In one spot you have Larry Brown two places down from Danny Ainge who is having a conversation with Elgin Baylor. In another location, it's Jordan sitting next to West, chatting with Rod Thorn and Mike Dunleavy, among others.

MUST BE A TURKEY THING
If you've ever made a visit to an Orlando Magic game, it's not uncommon to see Hedo Turkoglu with a towel drapped over his head after checking out of the game.

Ever wonder why Turkoglu does that? Well, perhaps it's a Turkey thing. Major Wingate, the former Tennessee player who played this last season for Tofas Bursa in Turkey, was also seen with a towel over his head in Turkoglu fashion after taking a seat on the bench. It is unknown whether Wingate picked up the habit while playing overseas or it's merely a coincidence.

THE TALK OF THE CAMP
The buzz around last year's Pre-Draft Camp focused on the rift in New York between GM Isiah Thomas and then-coach Larry Brown. This year's topic of discussion became very clear on Wednesday when Kobe Bryant announced on Stephen A. Smith's radio show that he would like to be traded from the Los Angeles Lakers.