NBA Teams Pass on Maric in Draft
by huskerlibrarian on Jun 27, 2008 11:06 AM CDT
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Not entirely unsurprisingly, Aleks Maric was not drafted in last night's NBA Draft. Projections before the season estimated that Maric might have been as high as an early 2nd-round pick, but the flood of underclassmen and international players -- especially big men -- combined with doubts about his explosiveness to push Maric out of the draft entirely.
Maric's agent says they are working to get him onto a summer league team in hopes of making a roster as a free agent. Otherwise, he will probably find himsel playing overseas.
This now marks 9 years since Nebraska had a player drafted in the NBA Draft. In the 1990s, Nebraska had a relatively strong crop of NBA-caliber talent with draftees Eric Piatkowski, Erick Strickland, Mikki Moore, Tyronn Lue, and Venson Hamilton.
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According to this LJS article, Maric playing in the NBA’s Orlando Summer League. Here (.pdf warning) is the box score from his first game (he’s on the Pacers’ squad).
In the Pacers’ 95-78 win over the Oklahoma City Team-to-be-Named-Later, Maric logged over 18 minutes, shot 3 for 4, had 4 rebounds (2 off), 3 assists, 4 personal fouls, 2 steals, 3 turnovers, and 3 blocked shots. A decent performance it sounds like.
2 3 3 6by KC Gunner on Jul 8, 2008 1:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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