There are about 65 prospects vying for the attention of coaches, scouts and general managers this week at the NBA's annual predraft camp at Moody Bible Institute.

But the name of one intriguing prospect who has not participated keeps popping up. He's Darius Miles, the prep phenom from East St. Louis High School.

"I love Miles," said Michael Jordan, director of basketball operations for the Washington Wizards. "The kid can play. He's a tall, skinny kid like Kevin Garnett, with great skills. He would be great for a young team. I would take him with the No. 1 pick [overall] in a heartbeat."

It's highly unlikely Jordan will have the chance. The Wizards, without a first-round pick, will choose 35th in the June 28 draft. But there are rumblings that teams with multiple first-round picks, such as the Bulls and the Orlando Magic, might be amenable to deals.

Miles and DePaul's Quentin Richardson attended Thursday's session but didn't participate. On Saturday they'll be joined by such probable lottery picks as Cincinnati forward Kenyon Martin, Iowa State forward Marcus Fizer and Texas center Chris Mihm for physical exams.

The Bulls, who pick fourth, seventh and 24th in the first round, plan to bring in Miles for an individual workout in the next week or two. They already have looked at St. John's Erick Barkley, Indiana's A.J. Guyton, Connecticut's Khalid El-Amin, Ohio State's Scoonie Penn and Auburn's Doc Robinson. All are guards, and Barkley is said to have made a favorable impression.

Although the physical exams for the top prospects won't take place until Saturday, physical play has been the norm among the NBA aspirants. During Wednesday night's session, Atlanta General Manager Pete Babcock, one of the camp directors, called both teams to center court in midgame for a warning to tone down the physical play.

Even with Babcock's admonition, the 40-minute game ended with 70 fouls called on the two teams. The day's second game saw 66 foul calls and the final game 58.

Jordan sees some potential amid the elbowing.

"It's probably in my best interests to say that I don't, so that a lot of them can sneak down to the 35th pick," he said. "But there are some good, talented players there."

Bulls General Manager Jerry Krause has been to earlier camps at Portsmouth, Va., and Phoenix. "With six picks in the first 34 selections, this is certainly important to us," Krause said. "In Phoenix we spoke with 24 people we will bring in for physical testing. We do psychological testing and we do skills testing."

Pete Myers, a former Bull, is completing his first year as a member of Krause's scouting staff.

"Jerry took me on the road right after I got hired. We went out for four days," Myers said. "He showed me a lot and shared things with me. He doesn't like to talk during the games because he's watching everything--it's amazing. He watches how the kid responds to things off the floor, different calls . . . everything."

Among those who have had their moments in the games thus far: forwards Dan Langhi of Vanderbilt, Donnell Harvey of NCAA runner-up Florida, Lavor Postell of St. John's and Malik Allen of Villanova; and guards El-Amin, Bootsy Thornton of St. John's and Jason Hart of Syracuse.

Coaches, scouts and GMs painstakingly evaluate the nuances of each player's performance, but as Myers acknowledged: "There's a little luck involved, too, when you're picking talent. People don't understand that."