Johnson gets shot to impress NBA execs

[HOUCajun]

_ Overseas, not in the NBA _

I think everyone understood what JP meant. Even before you so brilliantly clarified. Aren't you happy for the pub Tyren is getting by playing in this event?

[Parrott]

Overseas, not in the NBA

Feel free to re-read what I wrote. It's a pretty clear message. Failing to get drafted by the NBA doesn't mean the end of the road for those guys. They can play overseas and in the NBA Development League. Some of those guys can even work their way into the NBA.

That's the exact message that the assistant director of NBA scouting has told me multiple times in the past few months.

Given that you've already admitted to know little about these players, I'm not surprised that you're ignorant about those possibilities. You go from saying you've never heard of those guys, then say that Downey could make it in the NBA? How would you know anything about that given that you didn't even know anything about him?

[raginsaints]

Tyren Johnson would actually be a good fit for the Hornets. I don't think the Hornets have a 2nd rd pick this year though.

[CajunTime]

_ I think everyone understood what JP meant. Even before you so brilliantly clarified. Aren't you happy for the pub Tyren is getting by playing in this event? _

Very much so. I was just saying that I would have thought I would have seen more big names on those two teams. Portsmith really is a good event, but the 4 man NBA workouts are where the real decisions are made by the execs on whether to draft you are not. IMO, portsmith is an event where a scout may see some one that might catch there eye, a guy they might have not have heard of or seen play. Most NBA scouts have a pretty good list already made up way before portsmith

[LSUConnMan]

The NBA's great for vanity and uber wealth, but a pro career in Europe's still better than nearly any job in the U.S. TJ worked his way into 6 figures last season, and will do very well in the near future. Hell, 5'10" 200lb. Khalid El Amin is a millionaire thanks to Turkish basketball.