A new rule implemented by the NBA this year bans all private workouts before the NBA pre-draft camp in Orlando, which runs June 4-8. Any workouts held during the camp must be made available to all teams, the Memphis Commercial-Appeal is reporting.

''A guy like Tarence (Kinsey), we pinpointed him all year,'' Grizzlies director of player personnel Tony Barone Sr. said. ''Then, we brought him. Maybe that guy, you don't even bring him in now. That's a possibility.''

The logic behind eliminating the workouts before the pre-draft camp was that it would get more players, especially those projected to be selected in the late first round to second round, to participate in Orlando.

In recent years, an increasing number of players chose to skip both the Orlando camp and the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, held in Virginia in early April. Instead, they would travel to different NBA cities and participate in the private workouts.

''We're taking a different path out of necessity,'' NBA vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson said early this season. ''We want to try to improve the attendance and quality of the pre-draft camp.''

Barone understands the thought process behind the NBA's intentions. But he isn't sure how it's going to play out.

''There's been controversy about that,'' Barone said. ''The thought process was move these workouts after Orlando. That would force the agents to play those players who were borderline first-round picks, and maybe some first-round picks, into Orlando. I don't know that that's going to happen.

''Portsmouth was a little bit better than it's been in the past. The trickle down was supposed to have been there would be more borderline guys in Portsmouth, and then the better players would be in Orlando. I don't know that that's going to happen. So that's going to be an issue. We don't know how it's going to affect us yet.''