In the St. Vincent center on Thursday, the scene was a group of prospects doing their best to show the Pacers brass one thing: that they would be excellent fits with the Indiana Pacers. There were six players in total. But Landry Shamet was the standout of the group.
Shamet was the only prospect from the Thursday group with first-round potential, and he has been tied to Indiana at the 23rd pick in some mock drafts. He’s doing his best to familiarize with the Pacers already, albeit unintentionally.
“I’ve been going [to workout] to UCLA and there’s guys like Stephen Jackson in there, really wily veteran guys that you can just soak up a lot of information from by just playing a couple pick-up games with.