Adam Zagoria covers basketball at all levels. He is the author of two books and an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Sports Illustrated, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide.
GREENBURGH, N.Y. –– With Marcus Camby having been shipped out, the Knicks have an opening for a backup center behind Tyson Chandler.
And former Kansas big man Cole Aldrich is one of several bigs trying to fill the spot.
“I know my role right now is to get better wtih these guys and make the team and continue to do what I do good,” the 6-foot-11 Aldrich told SNY.tv Sunday at training camp.
Aldrich was drafted by New Orleans with the 11th pick in 2010 after three seasons at Kansas, where he helped the Jayhawks win the 2008 national championship. The Hornets traded his draft rights to Oklahoma City.
Having cut his list to seven schools, Rashad Vaughn has three official visits set and is working on determining the other two.
The 6-foot-5 shooting guard from Henderson (NV) Findlay Prep has visits set to Baylor (Oct. 18), Iowa State (Nov. 17) and UNLV (Nov. 25). He is also considering taking officials to Kansas, Arizona and North Carolina. Minnesota is the seventh school on his list, and Vaughn has already been there unofficially.
“I’m going to try to fit it in,” he told SNY.tv of his remaining two officials from USA Basketball in Colorado Springs, Colo. “I don’t know for sure which one I’m going to do, though.”