I guess that’s the thing about the Chicago camp. It’s a lot of speculation. After what appeared to be a good first day, and making it likely he would try to stay in the draft, Krauser had a less than stellar day.

Playing as the backup point guard behind Notre Dame’s Chris Thomas and on a team that also included former Memphis star Sean Banks, who scored a game-high 19 points, Krauser had only two points on 1-of-3 shooting during the first day of organized games. He also finished with four assists, no steals and three turnovers in 19 minutes in his team’s 98-88 loss to a team led by 17 points from Omar Thomas, formerly of Texas-El Paso.

But it was a junior guard from Maryland, John Gilchrist, who caused fits for Krauser, pressuring the Panthers guard on every possession while finishing with 15 points at the offensive end.
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“I know everybody’s saying negative things because they want me to go back to Pitt, but all I need is one team to say, ‘Carl, we like what you do,'” said Krauser, who was graduated last month but has the option until June 21 to return to Pitt to play for another year because he has not hired an agent.

Michael Malone, Krauser’s camp coach, is among those who thinks Krauser needs to return to Pitt if he expects to get a legitimate shot at playing in the NBA.

“To play in the NBA, you have to have a definitive NBA skill, and I don’t think he has one,” said Malone, a Knicks assistant. “A lot of kids don’t realize how hard it is in the NBA.”

Malone said Krauser, defensively, is “real active.

“But for him to make it, he’s got to be a consistent jump-shooter, he’s got to … just be solid at the point guard, and he’s got to develop a mid-range game. When you come off pick-and-rolls and you can beat your man off the dribble, in the NBA, you’re not going to beat the second guy.

“He’s got a great coaching staff at Pitt. He should go back, get better, work on his weaknesses and that’ll help him know what the whole process is about. Then, when he comes out next year, he’ll be ready to go, just like Ryan Gomes did at Providence.”

Krauser said he’s considering only two options: Pitt or the NBA.

Krauser has today and tomorrow to change people’s minds.

Meanwhile, Chris Taft arrives in camp soon for some interviews and a physical. Guess he’ll have to have his sore right knee checked. The latest on Taft is that he has fallen to the second half of the first round at best — out of the lottery.