Brisbane Big to Work Out With Pacers

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

First year Brisbane Bullet Josh Bannan is testing the NBA Draft waters this week

Photo: Tommy Martino (gogriz.com)

First year Brisbane Bullet Josh Bannan is testing the NBA Draft waters this week, and has been included in a training group of prospective talent for the Indiana Pacers.

Bannan, 22, averaged 15 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.6 assists in his final season with Montana in the NCAA, and has returned to Australia following 91 games for the Grizzlies.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">workout No. 7 on deck.<a href="https://t.co/PeWiN66Lnj">https://t.co/PeWiN66Lnj</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoldOnTheClock?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoldOnTheClock</a> <a href="https://t.co/ki4aWvp6Ot">pic.twitter.com/ki4aWvp6Ot</a></p>— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pacers/status/1665793382843547648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The Melbourne-born big has been selected to work out alongside fellow prospects Marcus Bagley, Noah Clowney, Alex Gross, G.G. Jackson and J.T. Shumate.

Indiana currently holds five selections in the upcoming draft – picks seven, 26, 29, 32 and 55.

Bannan will be hoping to follow now Melbourne United forward Luke Travers in being among the most recent crop of Australians drafted to the NBA, after the former Wildcat was selected with the 56^th pick in the 2022 draft.