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Published: May 31, 2008 12:30 AM
Modified: May 31, 2008 02:42 AM

Injuries slow Green at NBA camp

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LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. - North Carolina's Danny Green may have to put his NBA Draft hopes on hold.

Green took a bad fall in a camp game Thursday, banging up his left hip, elbow and wrist and aggravating an ankle injury. He sat out Friday's final game and plans to have an MRI exam on the injuries in the next few days.

If the MRI shows damage to his joints, Green plans to pull out of the draft and return to Chapel Hill for his final college season.

"I won't be able to do any workouts," if injured, Green said. "It's hard to get drafted if you don't do any workouts.

"I can't run. My hip is bad and my ankle isn't great, either.''

Another Tar Heel, Wayne Ellington, said the me-first atmosphere around the draft-camp games requires some adjustment.

"It's definitely not a team basketball kind of thing and (team ball) is what Carolina guys are used to," Ellington said.

Ellington has several workouts scheduled, starting next week in Toronto, and will let feedback from those workouts determine whether he stays in the draft.

A third Tar Heel, point guard Ty Lawson, sat out Friday's game with a hip pointer. Lawson played one of three games here, but performed well enough in that game to suggest he'd be a first-round pick.

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