LTU - Seibutis flies in for NBA's Pre-Draft Camp

NEW YORK (NBA) - Lithuania international Renaldas Seibutis is hoping to impress NBA scouts when he heads to Florida this week for the NBA's Pre-Draft Camp in Orlando.

Seibutis is one of several international players jetting in to be put through their paces in the camp that runs from June 4-8.

Also on the participant list are China's Sun Yue, Serbian duo Marko Lekic and Ivan Radenovic, New Zealand's Craig Bradshaw, Australian Brad Newley and
Lithuania's Antanas Kavaliauskas.

Seibutis, who can play either guard position, has spent the last season with Maroussi Athens in Greece, averaging 12.4 points and 3.8 points per game during the team's EuroCup campaign.

Sun Yue intrigues NBA teams as he stands 6ft 9in and has proved himself to be a top-class point guard with Beijing Aoshen Olympians in China.

Newley, 22, was a member of the Australia team that won gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and he averaged 8.1 points per game and 2.5 rebounds per game for his country at the FIBA World Championship last season.

Lekic, also 22, has spent the last three seasons with Atlas in Serbia after starting his career at Partizan Belgrade.

The other players involved have spent the last season in college basketball in the US, with Radenovic playing for Arizona, Bradshaw for Winthrop, and Lavaliauskas for Texas A&M.

Team USA duo Greg Oden and Kevin Durant, as well as China's Yi Jianlian and French prospect Joakim Noah, will attend the camp for physicals but will not participate in drills. All four are expected to be first-round picks with Oden and Durant ready to battle it out for the number one pick.

Ian Parker
FIBA