Insider: Will Pacers bring Trey Lyles back home?

The Indiana Pacers will super size their next pre-draft workout with a look at a homegrown product.

According to several sources, former Tech standout and 2014 IndyStar Mr. Basketball Trey Lyles (6-10 forward, Kentucky) will headline the group to work out Thursday for the Pacers. Also working out: another notable big man, Bobby Portis (6-10 forward, Arkansas); Shannon Scott (6-2, Ohio State); Jordan Mickey (6-8, LSU); Larry Nance , Jr. (6-9, Wyoming); and Jarvis Threatt (6-1, D-League).

Indiana owns the No. 11 pick in the draft but through the previous four workouts, the team has mostly brought in guards and wings who could possibly fit the bill as lottery picks. However, this latest crop focuses in on two realistic big-man targets for the Pacers.

The 19-year-old Lyles, who won the 2014 Indiana state championship at Tech, played his final collegiate game inside the sold-out Lucas Oil Stadium during the NCAA semifinals. On that April night, Kentucky lost its bid for an undefeated season to the Wisconsin Badgers. Days later, Lyles and six other Wildcats declared eligibility for the draft.

In his lone college season, Lyles averaged 8.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and showed a decent touch in the paint in converting 59.5 percent of his attempts, according to Synergy Sports.

Last month, Lyles met with the Pacers during interviews at the NBA combine and said the team foresaw him as a stretch-4 to backup a veteran. While the return of another hometown player would create an interesting storyline -- Broad Ripple's George Hill currently starts as the Pacers' point guard -- Lyles would like his narrative to begin anywhere as long as its the NBA.

"Being from hometown Indiana, I already know a lot about the team. I know a lot about what they do. I've been watching them since I was younger…so I know how big basketball is in Indianapolis," Lyles said last month. "It would be fun to play there but you know wherever I go, I'll be fine with.

"I'm going to be happy whatever team I go to," Lyles continued. "If it's them, I'll be grateful for it but if it's not, it doesn't matter to me where I go."

Lyles has sought advice from another local NBA product, Eric Gordon (New Orleans Pelicans), who cautioned him to take on the professional game as such.

"It's a business now. They tell me it's a business and I've got to treat it as one," Lyles said. "It's a different thing when you're playing 82 games."

Another early entry, Portis declared for the draft after a breakout sophomore season at Arkansas. Portis, who was named the SEC Player of the Year and averaged 17.5 points and 8.9 rebounds, could be marked by teams with picks around the late lottery (14th) and the middle of the first round. According to DraftExpress, Portis is projected as the No. 17 pick, just ahead of Lyles.

Among his pre-draft auditions, Portis has already traveled to Detroit, Utah, Boston and Phoenix.

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