<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>If Jay Bilas is correct, the University of Wisconsin’s Brian Butch will not be among the 60 players chosen in the National Basketball Association draft Thursday night. And to hear Bilas tell it, that could be a blessing for him. “It’s more likely he will play in the NBA than he will be drafted,” said Bilas, the basketball broadcaster who is providing analysis during ESPN’s telecast of the league’s 62nd draft. “I think Brian can play in the NBA.” Bilas said Butch did not shoot the ball well last season and he did not shoot well at the Orlando pre-draft camp. “He is not a great athlete, but he is a solid player who can help you,” Bilas said. “He can come in and rebound. He is not going to make a lot of mistakes. He knows how to play. He is a really good kid and a really good teammate.” An undrafted player has some advantages, Bilas said. “For people who get all hung up about being drafted, for Brian I think he would be better off not being drafted,” Bilas said. “Because then he and his agent can gauge, ‘Here’s a team that can use you and let’s put you in camp here. You are more likely to make this team than you are if so-and-so drafts you and may have more at that spot, so you are stuck going to camp there while you could have been proving yourself to another team of your choice.’ ” As for the Milwaukee Bucks, who are to choose No. 8 overall, Bilas was asked what players would be expected to be available at that spot. Bilas mentioned Indiana guard Eric Gordon, Kansas forward Darrell Arthur, West Virginia forward Joe Alexander, UCLA guard Russell Westbrook, Texas guard D.J. Augustin, LSU forward Anthony Randolph and forward Danilo Gallinari of Italy. “There are a lot of possibilities at eight, and a lot of possibilities you could go,” Bilas said.</div> Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
