Andrew Harrison

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The mock drafts are not encouraging, and could be the cause of some serious second-guessing and soul-searching.

Andrew Harrison, though, carries on. He's displayed his wares for four NBA teams now, and will do so for as many as eight more before the June 25 draft. He just hopes someone knows his name that night. He's regarded by some of the mocks as a late second-round pick, by others as a non-pick.

It's hardly the scenario he envisioned when he made the decision to join the landslide out of Kentucky in April, after the Wildcats lost in the semifinals of the NCAA tournament. But it's reality.

"I don't agree with it, but that's life," he said Thursday after working out for the Pacers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. "I'm ready to work and prove I'm as good as anybody. I'm enjoying the process."

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Harrison also has worked out for Chicago, Utah and San Antonio, and will have worked out for 10 or 12 teams before his agent is finished spraying him across the country. He can't afford to ignore anyone given his shaky draft status, but then it could be worse. His twin brother, Aaron, rarely makes a mock draft appearance.

Their attempt to become the seventh set of twins to play in the NBA is uncertain, but Andrew can only afford to worry about himself for now. Aaron was in Chicago on Thursday, working out for the Bulls. He'll make the rounds, too, hoping to impress an NBA team and defy the mock drafters.

Unlike Phoenix's Morris twins, Markief and Marcus, who try to live their lives in sync, Andrew and Aaron are willing to travel separate paths. They practically insist up on it, in fact. Andrew is a 6-5 point guard. Aaron is about a half-inch taller and plays shooting guard. They teamed up in Kentucky's starting backcourt last season, but don't have a stated desire to play together in the NBA – although they certainly wouldn't turn it down.

For now, they are making it a point not to participate in the same pre-draft workouts "so we can both show what we can do without each other." They keep in touch via an ongoing group text that includes two other friends, but are living normal lives apart from one another. There's no sixth sense for what the other is thinking and doing at all times.

"We're not inseparable or anything like that," Andrew said. "Sometimes I don't even know where he is, to be honest. I don't think we're going to share bank accounts or anything like that. It's not like I call him all the time."

Another thing Andrew isn't sure of: how he became a point guard and his twin brother became a shooting guard. It just kind of worked out that way. Their bodies are nearly identical, but their skill sets are slightly different.

Aaron led Kentucky's scoring last season with an 11-point average. Andrew was fourth at 9.3 and led the team in assists. Their stats were obviously diluted by the mother lode of talent on the Wildcats' roster, which sent seven early entrants into this year's draft. Now their challenge is to prove their reputations out of high school in Texas were no fluke. Both were ranked in the top five then, joining the likes of Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker, who left college after their freshman seasons. To be ranked low on the mock drafts, or not ranked at all, must sting, but doesn't make Andrew think he should have stayed in college for a junior or even senior season.

"Not at all," he said. "I was ready mentally and physically."

But ready for what? He'll find out on June 25.

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O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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The Pacers held their third pre-draft workout on Thursday, and this one was a little different than the previous two. Both of the previous workouts featured at least two post players, but all six players visiting Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Thursday ply their trades on the perimeter.

Five of the six prospects are either 6-5 or 6-6, with Louisville point guard Terry Rozier measuring out at 6-2. Rozier and Kentucky's Andrew Harrison are projected to run the point in the NBA, while the other four prospects (Nebraska's Terran Petteway, North Carolina's J.P. Tokoto, UNLV's Rashad Vaughn, and Maryland's Dez Wells) are hoping to carve out a niche for themselves on the wing.

The abundance of perimeter players made Thursday's workout, led by Pacers head coach Frank Vogel and his coaching staff, especially intense. The lack of bigs opened up some room for players to display offensive versatility during three-on-three sessions.

"Everything is going so fast, but still everyone is competitive," Rozier said. "You don't have to worry about sometimes big guys dragging."

Tokoto added: "Everybody plays different spots, I was guarding Rashad Vaughn so we were moving around from wing to post, that kind of thing."

I had the opportunity to speak with all six prospects during their visit to The Fieldhouse. You can watch those interviews in the video player above and read below for brief notes on each prospect.

The Battle for the Bluegrass made its way north into the Hoosier State on Thursday. Harrison and Rozier are very familiar with one another, having played on opposite sides of the Kentucky-Louisville rivalry for the past two seasons. They went head-to-head in a workout in Utah on Sunday and faced off once again on Thursday at The Fieldhouse.

"He's a good competitive person and it's always good to go against someone competitive you test yourself," Rozier said. "So if I can get him in more workouts, it would be a lot of fun."

Though they went to rival schools and are both jockeying for draft position, there's no bad blood between Rozier and Harrison, who both turned pro after their sophomore seasons.

"He's always going to be a Louisville guy and I'm always going to be a Kentucky guy," Harrison said. "But to be honest, we're trying to move on now and move on to the next level."

At just a hair under 6-6, Harrison has great size for a point guard. He's an excellent passer and operates well in pick-and-roll sets. His numbers were diluted in college playing alongside a slew of future pros, but he also showed a willingness to sacrifice for the good of the team and learned to play in a system that has proven to prepare players for the NBA.

The biggest knock on Harrison is his offensive efficiency. Though he shot a solid 38.3 percent from 3-point range as a sophomore, his overall field goal percentage was a paltry .378. He will definitely need to improve his ability to score the ball from inside the arc if he wants to succeed at the next level.

Rozier, meanwhile, is hoping to prove that he can run the point after playing mostly shooting guard during his final season with the Cardinals. Rozier averaged an impressive 17.1 points per game for head coach Rick Pitino's squad.

"I sacrificed for my team, they needed me to score the ball that's pretty much what it was," Rozier said. "...It was a lot of fun, but I know I can play point guard at the next level and I know that's what I'm trying to show teams."

Rozier's biggest focus is on fine-tuning his inconsistent outside shot. He knocked down 37 percent of his 3-point attempts as a freshman, but shot just .306 from beyond the arc as a sophomore.

"My jump shot is looking pretty good right now," Rozier said. "That's one of the things I was mainly working on as soon as my season ended, my college career ended."

Athletic Tokoto Refining Game for Next Level

Like Andrew Harrison, J.P. Tokoto's college statistics aren't eye-popping, in part because he also played for a blue-chip program alongside numerous McDonald's All-Americans.

But Tokoto does have one bona fide skill set that should translate immediately to the NBA: He's an excellent defender. Blessed with great length (he has a 6-10 wingspan) and strong natural instincts, the former North Carolina Tar Heel has all the tools to hold his own against the most dynamic scoring guards.

Tokoto averaged 1.6 steals per game as a sophomore, when he was named to the ACC All-Defensive Team, and followed that up by averaging 1.5 thefts per contest as a junior.

Basketball wasn't Tokoto's first love. His grandfather, Jean-Pierre Tokoto, was a professional soccer player who starred for the Cameroon national team that played in the 1982 World Cup. Young J.P. originally played soccer as well before picking up basketball as a teenager. He credits the skills he learned on the pitch as playing a major part in developing his defensive instincts on the hardwood.

"You've got a soccer ball in front of you, you're not really watching the ball you've got to watch the guy as well because he could fake you out with his body," Tokoto said. "So it's kind of watching both ball and man. I kind of translate that to the court, watching guys, how they move and giving them space and of course my length helps a lot and my quickness but that's one of the major things is my footwork."

As good as he is defensively, Tokoto's offensive game raises some serious question marks. His athleticism will allow him to collect a few points per game off hustle plays or in transition, but he will also need to knock down shots from the perimeter, a skill he lacked in college. Tokoto made just 21-of-79 shots (26.6 percent) in three seasons in Chapel Hill.

For that reason, Tokoto has been working on refining his shooting mechanics.

"Footwork is the biggest thing to me," Tokoto said. "Stepping into the shot, not waiting for it to hit me, not hopping into it kind of one, two step. Keeping my elbow in instead of out. If you keep your elbow out you're pushing the ball (sideways), keep it in and you're pushing it forward."

Rashad Vaughn was the youngest participant in Thursday's workout. Vaughn, who won't turn 19 until August 16, went pro after just one season at UNLV.

During his abbreviated college tenure, Vaughn proved himself as an elite scorer. He averaged 17.8 points per game and shot a solid 37.8 percent from 3-point range in 23 games for the Runnin' Rebels, including a 21-point performance in an upset win over #3 Arizona just before Christmas.

Vaughn tore his meniscus in February, ending his season, but he said on Thursday that he is completely recovered.

In terms of raw talent, Vaughn may have been the best prospect at Thursday's workout. At his age, he has plenty of room to develop, particularly on the defensive end. It may have been a risk to turn pro so early, but Vaughn is hopeful he can work his way into the first round on draft night.

"It's always been a dream of mine to do and the opportunity presented itself, so I just took the chance," Vaughn said.

Dez Wells is nearly five years older than Vaughn, but he's hoping that experience can be to his benefit as he fights to make an NBA roster.

In his four years in college, Wells tallied 1,710 career points while competing in three major conferences. He was the Sporting News Atlantic 10 Freshman of the Year at Xavier before transferring to Maryland. He averaged 14.9 points per game and was named third team All-ACC as a junior and then was voted to the coaches' All-Big Ten first team during his senior season, the Terrapins' first in a new league.

Wells believes his wealth of knowledge from his time in college will help him transition quickly to the next level.

"I can adjust a lot quicker to the physicality, the speed of the game," Wells said. "I feel I can adjust to the sets and the overall knowledge of the game...I think I have experience over these guys."

Wells' maturity was on display his senior season, when he improved his 3-point percentage from .304 as a junior to .510 as a senior, albeit on just 49 attempts. The 6-5 shooting guard credits that improvement to having better shot selection and making sure to "pick and choose" his spots.

A childhood friend and high school teammate of John Wall, Wells has had several people in his corner as he prepares for the NBA. One of those is Maryland coach Mark Turgeon, who also coached Pacers guard Donald Sloan at Texas A&M.

"Coach Turgeon knows him really well and he did a great job of prepping me and getting me ready to come to the Pacers and (making sure I knew) things about the franchise," Wells said.

Like Wells, Terran Petteway proved himself as one of the best scorers in the Big Ten.

Petteway, who started his college career at Texas Tech before transferring to Nebraska, led the conference in scoring as a sophomore, averaging 18.1 points per game. The Cornhuskers also made a surprise appearance in the NCAA Tournament that season.

Petteway continued to light up the scoreboard during his junior year, but the Huskers struggled as a team, going just 5-13 in conference. After topping 18 points per contest for the second straight season and completing enough coursework to earn his degree, the 6-6 wing elected to forego his final season of eligibility and enter his name into the draft.

Petteway has good athleticism with a 6-11 wingspan. In the short portion of 3-on-3 work the media was allowed to watch, Petteway skied for an emphatic slam dunk on the baseline and also blocked a shot at the rim. He's hoping performances like that will open enough eyes that an organization takes a chance on him at draft night.

"I'm trying to prove that I'm a two-way guard and that I can be a guy that can come in and score and also guard my position," Petteway said.

The Pacers own the 11th and 43rd overall selections in the 2015 NBA Draft, which will take place on June 25 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

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Pacers Turn Attention to the Perimeter

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Pre-Draft Workouts: May 28, 2015

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Height: 6-6
Weight: 213
Position: PG
College: Kentucky
Age: 20

PPG: 9.3
RPG: 2.2
APG: 3.6
BLK: 0.2
STL: 1.0

2014-15 (SOPHOMORE): Named to the 2015 Midwest NCAA Region All-Tournament Team ... Tabbed to the 2015 SEC All-Tournament Team ... Started all 39 games for the Wildcats in 2015 ... Became UK's all-time leader in assists through the first two years of his career after registering a team-high 139 assists as a sophomore ... Averaged 9.3 points, 3.6 assists and 2.2 rebounds per game ... Scored in double figures in 17 games as a sophomore, including five of his last seven games played ... Registered career-best totals in field-goal percentage, 3-point field goals, free-throw percentage and steals ... Led UK in scoring (10.1 points per game) and assists (3.4) in UK's 10 games vs. ranked opponents ... Had 11 of his 13 points in the first half of the Final Four vs. Wisconsin while also registering four assists ... Posted 13 points, a career-high four steals and two assists in the win over No. 20 West Virginia ... Logged 14 points, four rebounds and three assists in the NCAA Tournament win over Hampton ... Had 15 points, which included a career-high three 3-point field goals, in the SEC Tournament title game vs. No. 21 Arkansas ... Logged 15 points with a pair of assists in the win over Auburn in the conference tournament ... Scored nine points in the regular-season finale vs. Florida ... Had 12 points and four rebounds at Georgia ... Scored 18 points on a perfect 8-for-8 day from the charity stripe to help lead UK past No. 18 Arkansas ... Notched 12 points and a career-high nine assists in the dominating win over Auburn at home ... Logged 14 points at Tennessee, including a late-game steal and lay-in to put the game out of reach ... Had nine points and six assists against South Carolina ... Scored 13 points and added four assists at LSU ... Logged a season-high 23 points and dished out seven assists in the win over Georgia ... Poured in 15 points on 9-of-11 shooting from the free throw line at Missouri ... Scored nine points and added five assists at Texas A&M ... Posted 12 points and five assists against Ole Miss ... Had eight points and eight assists in the win over UCLA ... Scored 11 points and added five assists and two steals against No. 21 North Carolina ... Had a career-high four steals, with six points and four assists vs. Providence ... Notched 11 points and four assists against UT Arlington ... Scored 10 points and dished out four assists in the win over No. 5 Kansas ... Reached double figures in the opening game of the season with 16 points against Grand Canyon.

2013-14 (FRESHMAN): Averaged 10.9 points, 3.2 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game as a freshman ... Started 39 of 40 games played ... Ranked third in freshman single-season history with 159 assists on the season... Finished the year with three or more assists in seven of UK's final nine games ... Tallied eight points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals in the national title game vs. Connecticut ... Notched nine points and four assists as UK defeated Wisconsin in the Final Four ... Dished out six assists in the Wildcats' Elite Eight win over Michigan ... Tallied 14 points, five rebounds and seven assists in UK's Sweet 16 win over Louisville ... Led UK with 20 points and added three assists en route to knocking off Wichita St. ... Bested his career high in assists from the night before with nine assists to go along with 12 points vs. Georgia ... Notched a career-high eight assists to go along with 11 points in UK's win over LSU in the SEC Tournament ... Recorded a career-high eight assists to go along with 11 points in UK's win over LSU in the SEC Tournament ... Dished out five assists on the road at Florida ... Tallied 14 points, three assists and two steals vs. Arkansas ... Led UK in scoring with 20 points, while grabbing four rebounds and dishing four assists vs. Florida ... Tallied 16 points, five rebounds and two assists in UK's win over Auburn ... Recorded 14 points, four assists and two steals as UK defeated Missouri ... Dished out five assists vs. Georgia ... Drained a couple 3s, grabbed eight boards and dished out four assists as Kentucky knocked off Texas A&M ... Scored a career-high 26 points, including going 10-for-10 at charity stripe, in UK's win over Tennessee ... Nailed a 3 with 1.2 seconds remaining in regulation to send UK and Arkansas into overtime ... Recorded 10 points, eight rebounds, four assists and no turnovers in UK's win at Vandy ... Delivered a season-best 18 points to lead Kentucky to a win over Louisville ... Had a career outing on the road at UNC, notching season bests in points and assists, scoring 17 points and dishing out seven assists ... Tallied 13 point on 4-of-7 shooting from the field in Kentucky's win over Boise State ... Scored seven points and dished out six assists in UK's loss to Baylor ... Went 8-for-8 from the charity stripe vs. Providence ... Scored 12 points and five assists in UK's win over Cleveland State ... Notched 15 points, while dishing out six assists in a win over UT Arlington ... Scored eight and pulled down eight rebounds in a win over Robert Morris ... Posted 11 points in 38 minutes of action against Michigan State ... Scored 13 points in UK's win over Northern Kentucky ... Tallied eight points and dished out a team-high five assists in a win over UNC Asheville ... One of four UK freshmen to earn recognition on the preseason watch list for the Wayman Tisdale Award ... Was tabbed to the Bob Cousy Award watch list ... Selected by the media as a preseason All-SEC second team honoree ... Sat out UK's two exhibition contests with a bone bruise in his right knee.

HIGH SCHOOL: Logged 15.8 points, 7.0 rebounds and 7.0 assists as a senior at Travis where he directed the squad to a state title in 2013 ... As a junior he averaged 12.5 points, 6.0 assists, 4.9 rebounds and 2.1 steals, while also helping guide his team to an appearance in the 5A State Championship game and a 36-4 record in 2011-12 ... His twin brother, Aaron, is also a member of the Wildcats' roster ... Ranked as the top point guard in the country by all three recruiting services and the third-best prospect in the country by ESPNU Recruiting ... Scout and Rivals both rank him as the fifth-best prospect ... Suited up for both the McDonald's High School All-America and Jordan Brand Classic games.

PERSONAL: Son of Aaron and Marian Harrison ... Chose Kentucky over Maryland, SMU, Baylor, Kansas and Arizona ... Born Oct. 28, 1994 in San Antonio, Texas.

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Andrew Harrison: 2015 Draft Prospect

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Thursday's Pre-Draft Workout Participants

The Indiana Pacers will host six prospects for the 2015 NBA Draft at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Thursday for pre-draft workouts.

The six players scheduled to participate in workouts are Andrew Harrison (Kentucky), Terran Petteway (Nebraska), Terry Rozier (Louisville), J.P. Tokoto (North Carolina), Rashad Vaughn (UNLV), and Dez Wells (Maryland). Players are subject to change.

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The 2015 NBA Draft will take place on Thursday, June 25 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The Pacers own two picks in this year's draft, one pick in both the first and second rounds, the 11th and 43rd overall selections.