When an NBA team holds a pre-draft workout for projected second-round picks, the invitees are often unfamiliar names, or small-school players far from the spotlight of national TV. That definitely wasn’t the case at Monday morning’s New Orleans Pelicans draft workout, however. A virtual who’s who of NCAA men’s basketball programs were represented, including two players from Kansas, two from Indiana, as well as one each from Syracuse and Arizona.
Part of the attraction of visiting the Pelicans for possible second-rounders is somewhat obvious: New Orleans currently holds back-to-back picks in the early portion of Round 2, with selections at No.