Cummard likes where he stands

For Lee Cummard, it is status quo so far. Nothing's changed.

He spent Saturday working BYU basketball's father and son camp, manning the Whiffle Ball booth. The verdict is still out on whether the NBA will come calling for his skills. He has not hired an agent. He has not been invited to the NBA pre-draft camp in Orlando, which begins Tuesday and runs through Thursday at the Disney Wide World of Sports Complex.

Several NBA teams have called BYU coach Dave Rose and inquired about Cummard and the possibility of workouts, but nothing is on the calendar. The NBA prohibits private workouts until the Orlando camp concludes.

"I'm in the same position I was a few weeks ago — the greatest position," said Cummard. "Whatever happens happens and whatever that is, is positive."

NBA teams invite 64 players to Orlando where they undergo drills and scrimmages and are assigned to six teams and play actual games. Cummard's teammate Trent Plaisted is expected to be one of the 64, according to DraftExpress.com, which lists members of the projected six teams.

Cummard has kept in touch with Plaisted since he left for Los Angeles to work out with former NBA center Don MacLean. J.R. Giddens, the MWC co-MPV with Cummard, is also there working out with Plaisted.

"I text Trent all the time," said Cummard. "Sounds like he's working pretty hard, five or six hours a day. He's being pretty aggressive down there, trying as hard as he can and trying to be coachable."

The workouts, Plaisted told Cummard, are not much different than what BYU conditioning coach Justin McClure puts the Cougars through, although Plaisted reported they are centered more on court explosiveness and basketball-centered skills to prepare him for the draft workouts.

Meanwhile, Cummard remains in Provo working out every day with the Cougars.

"I'm having my best offseason so far. I'm more focused than I've ever been," he said. "I'm not doing anything different other than trying to get bigger and stronger so that if something does happen in the next two weeks, I'll be ready."

Although he is a team captain and has this NBA trial balloon floating overhead, Cummard said it hasn't been distracting to keep his role as a Cougar leader — and he still has his good and bad days going against his mates. "There're days I can't be stopped and other days I look like one of the worst guys on the floor."