The wait for Bobby Brown is over; well sort of. The former Cal-State Fullerton guard recently received his invitation to the NBAs pre-draft camp in Orlando, where hell have the opportunity to show his stuff against other top college players from around the country in front of an audience of NBA scouts. While Brown had a poor showing in Orlando last year, he figures to have a leg up on a lot of the competition this year with his experience in the workings of the camp.
In preparation for his business trip Brown has been working with former UCLA great Don MacLean, who spent nine seasons in the NBA. Brown says that he has already gained a lot from his time with MacLean.
Training days for Brown begin at 8:30, when he wakes up and eats breakfast before hitting the court at 10. Warm-ups consist of ball-handling drills and full court passing drills, after which follows shooting drills. Its been a month since we talked to Brown, but the specific focuses of his training have not changed in that time.
Conditioning has also been a major part of Browns training. He stated that he has been participating in a lot of 1-on-1 and 2-on-2 full court drills to increase his endurance, which will be key when jumping to an 82 game season in the NBA after never playing more than 35 games at the college level.
Since he began individual training when Cal-State Fullertons season ended several weeks ago, Brown states he has noticed a definite difference between the types of coaching he received while still in school as opposed to his training now.
According to reports, the individual work has been paying off. Brown recently scrimmaged with several other college players and a handful of NBA players at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, and put on quite a performance. When asked about his strong showing, Brown remained rather modest, choosing to focus on the fun of just playing the sport he loves.
One of the NBA players running against Brown at the Home Depot Center was Danny Granger of the Indiana Pacers, who has turned into a great contact for Brown as he works towards the pro level himself.
While Brown has been hard at work preparing for draft day, he has been able to enjoy the fact that he has completed his academic career.
In the stay of traditional school work, Brown has been in the process of arranging workouts with NBA teams. At the present time he said that he has definite dates with only a couple of franchises, but that he has already confirmed with seven teams that he will be working out for them. Brown will be hoping for strong performances at both the private workouts as well as the pre-draft camp to help his stock as much as possible. Currently though, Brown states he has almost no clue where he is going to land come draft day.