{"id":747881,"date":"2026-05-30T11:36:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T11:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/747881\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T11:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T11:36:18","slug":"nebraska-guard-works-out-for-nba-team-ahead-of-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/747881\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska guard works out for NBA team ahead of draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former <a href=\"https:\/\/cornhuskerswire.usatoday.com\/basketball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nebraska basketball;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Nebraska basketball&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Nebraska basketball<\/a> player had an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/draft\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NBA pre-draft;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;NBA pre-draft&quot;}\" class=\"link \">NBA pre-draft<\/a> workout earlier this week. <a href=\"https:\/\/cornhuskerswire.usatoday.com\/search\/?q=Sam+hoiberg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sam Hoiberg;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Sam Hoiberg&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Sam Hoiberg<\/a> worked out for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/pacers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Indiana Pacers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Indiana Pacers&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Indiana Pacers<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Hoiberg started 35 games this past season for the Huskers. He had 9.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Sam&#8217;s father, Fred Hoiberg, was selected by Indiana in the second round of the 1995 NBA Draft. He played for the Pacers for the first four seasons of his NBA career.<\/p>\n<p>After the workout, Hoiberg spoke to the media about his workout and the connection the Pacers have to his family.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s pretty cool. To see his name on the Pacers alumni wall. I didn&#8217;t know it was on there&#8230; having played for him in college and having the success we had and growing as a player. I never expected to be doing NBA workouts&#8230; but it&#8217;s pretty cool to do it with my dad&#8217;s former team.<\/p>\n<p>The interesting aspect of this workout is that the Pacers currently have no draft picks. Indiana lost the No. 5 overall pick in a trade with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/los-angeles-clippers\/12\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:LA Clippers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;LA Clippers&quot;}\" class=\"link \">LA Clippers<\/a> for center <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/players\/5663\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ivica Zubac;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Ivica Zubac&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ivica Zubac<\/a> and does not have a second-round selection.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 NBA Draft will occur June 23-24 at the Barclays Center in <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/teams\/brooklyn\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brooklyn;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Brooklyn&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn<\/a>, New York.<\/p>\n<p>Contact\/Follow us<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CornhuskersWire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@CornhuskersWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;@CornhuskersWire&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> @CornhuskersWire<\/a> on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CornhuskersWire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Facebook&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> Facebook<\/a> to follow ongoing coverage of Nebraska news, notes and opinions.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Cornhuskers Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/cornhuskerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/cornhuskers\/mens-basketball\/2026\/05\/30\/nebraska-basketball-nba-draft-sam-hoiberg-indiana-pacers\/90315829007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nebraska guard Sam Hoiberg works out for the Indiana Pacers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Nebraska guard Sam Hoiberg works out for the Indiana Pacers&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Nebraska guard Sam Hoiberg works out for the Indiana Pacers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former Nebraska basketball player had an NBA pre-draft workout earlier this week. 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