Skipping Pre-Draft Camp often a costly decision

	With a plethora of competitors sitting out the Pre-Draft Camp, UCLA's Jordan Farmar could make quite an impression in Orlando. Andy Lyons/Getty Images

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Conversation on opening night of the NBA Pre-Draft Camp focused on two groups of players: the 60 NBA draft hopefuls here on the courts at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex and the score of others who declined the opportunity to show their skills before a rapt audience of NBA general managers and scouts.

The first group of players worked the jet lag out of their legs, ran through a few basic offensive plays and learned the strengths and weaknesses of teammates they will be playing with over the next three days. The pace of the drills was intense, the competition for every inch of space on the floor was stout and finesse plays were few and far between.

But while the NBA intelligentsia watched Connecticut's Rashad Anderson drain jumpers as if on automatic pilot, Washington's Bobby Jones dictate the flow of play with his defense or Cal State Fullerton's tough Bobby Brown foul Notre Dame's Chris Quinn four times on the same play, they also pored over their player lists, thinking about who was missing.

Cal forward Leon Powe and Texas guard Daniel Gibson and forward P.J. Tucker (groin strain) were last-minute deletions from the camp roster. Powe and Tucker have already indicated that they will not be returning to the college ranks, while Gibson is reportedly still undecided (SI.com's Luke Winn has more on this in his draft camp report.)

Others who elected not to play but who are far from being assured the comfort of a selection in the first round were Hassan Adams of Arizona, Arron Afflalo of UCLA, Dee Brown of Illinois, Shannon Brown and Paul Davis of Michigan State, Guillermo Diaz of Miami, Quincy Douby of Rutgers, Mike Gansey and Kevin Pittsnogle of West Virginia, Ryan Hollins of UCLA, Alexander Johnson of Florida State, Kyle Lowry of Villanova, Richard Roby of Colorado, Rajon Rondo of Kentucky and James White of Cincinnati. Of that group, only Afflalo, Lowry and Roby are said to be seriously considering returning to college.