Aaron Gray has a workout with 3 other players today for the 76ers.

Yesterday, Gray was in Miami working out for the Heat.

Gray, a 7-0 prospect and third-team All-American, averaged 13.9 points and 10 rebounds his final two seasons with the Panthers.

Boston College forward Jared Dudley (6-7), Villanova forward Curtis Sumter (6-7) and Syracuse center Darryl Watkins (6-11) also participated in the Heat workout.

Gray and Dudley, the ACC player of the year last season, are projected as high as late first-round picks and would likely be available at No. 20. Sumter and Watkins are considered late second-round prospects who might come into play if the Heat were to acquire an additional pick.

Gray, rated third among American-born centers in the draft, said he would welcome the chance to learn behind O’Neal and Mourning.

”It would be a great opportunity,” Gray said. “To learn from two of the best centers in my time of watching basketball — it would definitely help me going against them every day.”

Miami has the 20th pick, which might be too high to grab Gray. The Heat, though, lacking a 2nd round pick might try to get one from Orlando as compensation if the Magic want to hire Stan Van Gundy.

The Rockets have the 26th pick and might be looking for a big man. This writer is not wild about that idea.

Finally Aaron Gray is also being talked about in terms of potentially ending up in Houston. Gray is a project, for certain. Think Dave Feitl. He has soft hands and can catch in the post, but he gets pushed around and isn’t quick enough to be an impact rebounder or shot blocker.

But apparently Gray did a good job in that semi-private workout after the Orlando camp, earlier in the week.

“Aaron Gray was really good. He ran well, his body looked great, he’s smart and understands the game. He shot the ball really well. He definitely solidified himself here. He could play for you right now.”

Other thing worth noting is that Dominic James was horrible in the same workout — reportedly he couldn’t finish. All signs point to his return to Marquette despite a Krauser-esque desire to remain in the draft even if he was a second round pick.

The impact for Panther Digest, remains to be seen.

I’m kind of surprised about this. When Fox Interactive Media (FIM) bought Scout.com nearly 2 years ago, I thought it meant Fox was gearing up for more competition with ESPN across platforms on college sports. With deep pockets behind them, they seemed more stable. Especially as Rivals.com seemed to be looking for a buyer or their own media support.

Instead, it seems that things have gotten very strained. Scout.com has suffered a series of embarrassing losses of affiliates in the last couple of weeks and months. Ohio State’s affiliate left, as did Florida, and then USC. Today, Oklahoma left. These are some of the biggest of the fanbases and subscriber groups. Gone.

You can likely add Texas to that list real soon. The Texas, OSU, Oklahoma and Stanford sites filed a suit against Scout.com and FIM (PDF) in May seeking class action status over the accounting and financial practices.

So the problems at Scout.com is not about a new corporate attitude that stifled the freedom and creativity of the publishers, editors and writers of the sites. It’s about the  money. It’s always about the money.

Looking over the suit, the team sites that will most likely be interested in joining and/or head for independent status will be the big sites. Sites that have their own magazine (ex, Michigan, Nebraska, Penn St. and Alabama), since there are some heavy allegations of big accounting irregularities with the allocation between magazine and site.

Scout.com has the financial support to fight and perhaps even successfully defend the lawsuit. The problem is that they will still lose some of their biggest network affiliates. Even as they build new affiliates in their place, they will face increased competition.

More changes a-coming.

Since LeSean McCoy and Pat Bostick were the highest profile recruits in the 2007 class and have lots of expectations that both will compete and even win starting jobs as freshmen, the two will probably be joined in the minds of most Pitt fans and the local media during their time at Pitt.

They have yet to take a snap in a college football game, but their presence alone gives Pitt hope for the future. The Panthers see Bostick as a poised pocket passer and McCoy as an every-down back with breakaway burst.

The article has a nice mutual admiration of one for the other, and Kevin Gorman does an excellent job of supplementing the story with blog posts on on each.

From McCoy:

“I’m used to fans acting like that. It was more the players and coaches,” McCoy said. “The coaches were so cool. It wasn’t like they just do that for a recruiting trip. It’s like that all the time. I’ve been to schools all over the country. I don’t think the coaches are as cool as Pitt.

“Coach (Dave) Wannstedt, I can go into his office and talk any time. And the players really were cool. At some places, they were jealous.”

The post also talks about how Aaron Berry continued to sell him on Pitt and how McCoy wants to learn from while competing with LaRod Stephens-Howling.

Then it’s Bostick:

“As much as I thought I needed to do to get in shape to be ready for Buddy’s workout program, I probably had to do 100 times more than that; I had no clue,” Bostick said. “When I first met Buddy, I should have known. I kind of needed that, to tell you the truth. It’s just a reaffirmation of the fact that I’m a freshman and I’ve got a lot of work to do. In no way, shape or form am I ready, but it makes you want to work that much harder to get to that level.”

Not that it has come easily for Bostick.

“Physically has been the hardest thing, just the weight training and conditioning,” Bostick said. “I’ve never seen anything like that, just how rigid and organized Buddy has us working. He has working hard. Buddy is doing a great job. It’s just a lot more physically demanding.

“It’s all for a purpose. It’s kind of like boot camp, being a rookie. He’s just one of those guys that will turn out to be one of the biggest influences and helps to your career. I’m glad we have a guy like that to push us.”

Expect to read plenty more about Buddy Morris’s training. As much as anything else, it’s because the players don’t have any other practices. So it’s film, playbook study and conditioning. The post also draws on the attitude similarities to football between Tyler Palko and Pat Bostick.

It’s under 90 days until the first game.