Gary Wilkinson Preparing for Draft & Summer Leagues

Utah State University stand-out and Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year Gary Wilkinson is still working toward a professional basketball career. Gary performed well at the Portsmouth Invitational last month and is now working out with a well-renowned basketball trainer.We got word from Gary’s agent, Ben Pensack (via email), that Gary is preparing for the NBA draft and summer leagues. “Right now Gary is working out with NBA trainer Joe Abunassar in Las Vegas,” Pensack wrote. “If Gary is not drafted, he has been invited to play summer league ball with the Utah Jazz. Several other NBA teams have expressed an interest in the possibility of bringing Gary in for a pre-draft workout sometime in June.”Abunassar runs a place called

<a href=”http://www.impactbball.com/”>Impact Basketball and Impact Workout</a>

. NBA superstars like Kevin Garnett, Chauncey Billups, Danny Granger, Joe Johnson and Mo Williams all have trained there. In a recent

<a href=”http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=12766″>Hoopworld.com</a>

article, we learned that most of the Denver Nuggets trained there last summer (that workout seems to have paid off pretty well).We’ll keep an eye on Gary’s progress and let you know where he lands.

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