OTISFIELD — Brian Scalabrine insisted it was a way to show Seeds of Peace campers a different side of basketball, and not a means of staying in shape during the NBA lockout.

Every group of campers that passed through his station at the camp’s annual “Play for Peace” clinic had to follow the veteran NBA forward as he jogged around the neighboring soccer field, then mimic him as he led various conditioning drills on his half of the asphalt basketball court.

Scalabrine said he “wanted to break the mold” and let campers know basketball isn’t just about shooting layups.

In between drills, Scalabrine promised the NBA players will break the mold to try to resolve, or possibly combat, the lockout the league’s owners imposed one week ago.

“You can print this — the players are not going to sit around and wait. They have something up their sleeve, and it’s coming pretty soon,” Scalabrine said.

Asked to elaborate, he added, “You’ll know when it’s here. It will drastically change what’s going on right now.”

Right now, the NBA players’ association is disputing financial reports from the league claiming its owners lost $340 million in the 2009-10 season, and both sides are preparing for a long lockout. Some players, including Scalabrine, a former Boston Celtic who played for the Chicago Bulls last season, are considering playing overseas next season.

“We’re just telling everyone to hope for the best but prepare for the worst, so that you and your family are taken care of in the event that it does last all season,” said Jordan Farmar, the New Jersey Nets’ player representative.

“Technically, we’ve been (negotiating) for a year, but once the lockout started, it kind of started all over,” Farmar said. “It’s a long way to go. We know labor negotiations are hard. As players, we want to to get out there and play. We understand the momentum that the league has right now and the excitement from our fans and our supporters and we want to do whatever we can to get a good deal, a fair deal done, as soon as possible.”

Perhaps the players most affected by a prolonged lockout are the rookies who were drafted late last month. The longer it lasts, the less time they will have to prepare for their new team.

Brandon Knight, the University of Kentucky guard who was selected eighth overall by the Detroit Pistons, said he isn’t worried about having to play catch-up when the dispute finally ends.

“It’s fine,” he said. “I enjoy working out, so that’s really what I’m doing right now, working out and getting prepared for the season, whenever it starts.”

Whenever that is, Scalabrine is confident the league will be better for everybody.

“It will probably change for the good,” he said. “What you’re striving for is this: players make money when they play basketball. They have a right to do that. Owners make money when they own a team. They have a right to do that. And fans, maybe ticket prices costing a little less. They have a right to bring their family of four to a game and be able to afford it.”

“If we can provide that in the NBA and a lockout is what it takes, it’s going to be worth it,” he said.