If you thought Syracuse’s love affair with Gerry McNamara would end when the Bishop Hannan graduate’s days playing for the Orange ended, you were wrong.
McNamara has thrown out the first pitch at a Syracuse SkyChiefs game, dropped the puck before the first game of the Crunch’s AHL playoff series, and he’s made his non-playing television debut, stealing the lines of a Syracuse auto dealer who is trying to sell cars.
Pretty heady stuff for McNamara, who has signed with agent Bill Neff and has been working out with a trainer as he prepares for three workouts for NBA teams this week.
McNamara, who suffered a bad groin pull that forced him to sit out much of the Orange’s first-round NCAA tourney loss to Texas A&M, will put his skills on display for the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday, the Minnesota Timeberwolves on Thursday and the Toronto Raptors on Friday.
After those workouts, it is likely off to Orlando for McNamara. No, not to try out for the Magic, but for the NBA’s annual pre-draft camp, slated June 6-10.
Some mock drafts project McNamara as a mid- to late- second-round pick when the NBA holds its draft a month from today.
