Draft Combine
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Peter_Gibbons
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What if a top guy like Derrick Favors or Demarcus Cousins measures unfavorably at the combine? Will they drop down to us?
Today is the 1st of 2 days of combine taking place in Chicago's famed Attack Athletics facility. The combine will have drills, agility, athletic and medical testing and plenty of interviews with teams.
Participant List
Solomon Alabi, Florida State
Cole Aldrich, Kansas
Al-Farouq Aminu, Wake Forest
James Anderson, Oklahoma State
Luke Babbitt, Nevada
Eric Bledsoe, Kentucky
Trevor Booker, Clemson
Craig Brackins, Iowa State
Avery Bradley, Texas
Derrick Caracter, Texas El Paso
Sherron Collins, Kansas
DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky
Jordan Crawford, Xavier
Ed Davis, North Carolina
Devin Ebanks, West Virginia
Derrick Favors, Georgia Tech
Tiny Gallon, Oklahoma
Charles Garcia, Seattle
Paul George, Fresno State
Luke Harangody, Notre Dame
Manny Harris, Michigan
Gordon Hayward, Butler
Lazard Hayward, Marquette
Xavier Henry, Kansas
Darington Hobson, New Mexico
Damion James, Texas
Armon Johnson, Nevada
Wesley Johnson, Syracuse
Dominique Jones, South Florida
Jerome Jordan, Tulsa
Sylven Landesberg, Virginia
Gani Lawal, Georgia Tech
Greg Monroe, Georgetown
Daniel Orton, Kentucky
Artsiom Parakhouski, Radford
Patrick Patterson, Kentucky
Dexter Pittman, Texas
Quincy Pondexter, Washington
Andy Rautins, Syracuse
Stanley Robinson, Connecticut
Larry Sanders, Virginia Commonwealth
Jon Scheyer, Duke
Lance Stephenson, Cincinnati
Mikhail Torrance, Alabama
Evan Turner, Ohio State
Ekpe Udoh, Baylor
Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State
Greivis Vasquez, Maryland
John Wall, Kentucky
Willie Warren, Oklahoma
Terrico White, Mississippi
Hassan Whiteside, Marshall
Elliot Williams, Memphis
Partial results may be posted as early as tonight.
Today is the 1st of 2 days of combine taking place in Chicago's famed Attack Athletics facility. The combine will have drills, agility, athletic and medical testing and plenty of interviews with teams.
Participant List
Solomon Alabi, Florida State
Cole Aldrich, Kansas
Al-Farouq Aminu, Wake Forest
James Anderson, Oklahoma State
Luke Babbitt, Nevada
Eric Bledsoe, Kentucky
Trevor Booker, Clemson
Craig Brackins, Iowa State
Avery Bradley, Texas
Derrick Caracter, Texas El Paso
Sherron Collins, Kansas
DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky
Jordan Crawford, Xavier
Ed Davis, North Carolina
Devin Ebanks, West Virginia
Derrick Favors, Georgia Tech
Tiny Gallon, Oklahoma
Charles Garcia, Seattle
Paul George, Fresno State
Luke Harangody, Notre Dame
Manny Harris, Michigan
Gordon Hayward, Butler
Lazard Hayward, Marquette
Xavier Henry, Kansas
Darington Hobson, New Mexico
Damion James, Texas
Armon Johnson, Nevada
Wesley Johnson, Syracuse
Dominique Jones, South Florida
Jerome Jordan, Tulsa
Sylven Landesberg, Virginia
Gani Lawal, Georgia Tech
Greg Monroe, Georgetown
Daniel Orton, Kentucky
Artsiom Parakhouski, Radford
Patrick Patterson, Kentucky
Dexter Pittman, Texas
Quincy Pondexter, Washington
Andy Rautins, Syracuse
Stanley Robinson, Connecticut
Larry Sanders, Virginia Commonwealth
Jon Scheyer, Duke
Lance Stephenson, Cincinnati
Mikhail Torrance, Alabama
Evan Turner, Ohio State
Ekpe Udoh, Baylor
Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State
Greivis Vasquez, Maryland
John Wall, Kentucky
Willie Warren, Oklahoma
Terrico White, Mississippi
Hassan Whiteside, Marshall
Elliot Williams, Memphis
Partial results may be posted as early as tonight.
Jaylee209
G-League
Here are some interesting tweets from draftexpress
Sounds like it, yes. RT @HoopsCasper: I'd assume Warren, Bledsoe, Bradley and other guys who need to improve their draft stock will, right?
Top prospects I've confirmed that WILL be participating in everything at the NBA Combine: Xavier Henry, Damion James, Paul George. Who else?
Shooting uncontested jumpers & running weave isn't going to up their stock RT @MC_Welk: What about benefit of being drafted 6 instead of 12?
From what I understand they will do everything except the drills. RT @uuords: do they still do the measurements? or do they skip everything?
Hassan Whiteside also not participating according to his agent. Udoh and Aldrich are now weighing whether to do basketball stuff or not.
Agents I spoke with are questioning what benefit is there for the players...RT @nuudlisupp: Why is that useful for them to skip the Combine?
Wesley Johnson & Ed Davis also won't be doing any basketball stuff tomorrow. Quickly turning into Orlando Pre-Draft Camp all over again...
Curious to see how the NBA responds to their Combine being marginalized by the top draft prospects. The 5 on 5 was eliminated for this event
DeMarcus Cousins, Al-Farouq Aminu and surprisingly enough, Daniel Orton won't be doing any basketball related stuff at the Combine either.
Hearing Derrick Favors, Evan Turner & John Wall won't be participating in any Combine drills tomorrow, just like Griffin/Thabeet last year.
Sounds like it, yes. RT @HoopsCasper: I'd assume Warren, Bledsoe, Bradley and other guys who need to improve their draft stock will, right?
Top prospects I've confirmed that WILL be participating in everything at the NBA Combine: Xavier Henry, Damion James, Paul George. Who else?
Shooting uncontested jumpers & running weave isn't going to up their stock RT @MC_Welk: What about benefit of being drafted 6 instead of 12?
From what I understand they will do everything except the drills. RT @uuords: do they still do the measurements? or do they skip everything?
Hassan Whiteside also not participating according to his agent. Udoh and Aldrich are now weighing whether to do basketball stuff or not.
Agents I spoke with are questioning what benefit is there for the players...RT @nuudlisupp: Why is that useful for them to skip the Combine?
Wesley Johnson & Ed Davis also won't be doing any basketball stuff tomorrow. Quickly turning into Orlando Pre-Draft Camp all over again...
Curious to see how the NBA responds to their Combine being marginalized by the top draft prospects. The 5 on 5 was eliminated for this event
DeMarcus Cousins, Al-Farouq Aminu and surprisingly enough, Daniel Orton won't be doing any basketball related stuff at the Combine either.
Hearing Derrick Favors, Evan Turner & John Wall won't be participating in any Combine drills tomorrow, just like Griffin/Thabeet last year.
Chupacabra
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Whenever a guy that isnt a top tier prospect declines doing anything at all it always makes me SUPER suspicious of them.
Those are measurements made at other venues (like Portsmouth), not at the Chicago combine - as you'll see there aren't any big names on the list at all. That site will have the results once they become available, though.
ReinadelosReys
Starter
From Jason Jones via twitter:
Yep, if they're not in the top couple, it smells like Yi Jianlian all over again.
OK, so they're not projected to fall to #5. It's not a big deal. Still, I don't know, I'd like to hear that they went to the scheduled interview anyway, just in case. Maybe we want to try to trade up for them. Maybe someday Sac might try to acquire them via free agency or a trade, and having already established a rapport with the management could help. It just seems like the polite thing to do, unless we specifically told them it was OK to back out.
=LarryLegend=
Starter
Anybody else watching the combine on espn?
sc3252
Bench
I was and then I realized I could be watching something that didn't suck. there is no one we are interested there at #5, of course there might be a few for 33 though.
=LarryLegend=
Starter
remember Kings interviewed James Anderson, Eric Bledsoe and for the 33 pick Dominique Jones is there.
sc3252
Bench
That is true, I am usually just not that interested in second round picks since they get waived so often.
MassachusettsKingsFan
All-Star
Ive been watching the combine on and off. Really annoying how they record it. Rarely do they show any of the workouts, and when they do, the shots are always so close up you can never see if the shot goes in, form, or anything. Its like a head shot while they're running.
=LarryLegend=
Starter
Derrick Favors and Greg Monroe will workout tomorrow at the combine!
Surprised Derrick Favors will workout.
Surprised Derrick Favors will workout.
Vlade4GM
All-Star
If that's true, then that gives him even more character points.
=LarryLegend=
Starter
Tiny Gallon looking HEAVYYY WOW. must have been on the Sean May bobcat knee surgery workout..
He came to the combine and got dissy because he didn't eat breakfast, well prepared. who is his agent?
He came to the combine and got dissy because he didn't eat breakfast, well prepared. who is his agent?
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Jaylee209
G-League
Cousins interview
The DeMarcus Cousins show was probably the highlight of the day, at least in terms of having levity. He was asked a ton of tough questions, but held in like a champ. He didn't try to be any different than the person he truly is and that's to be respected. He will have some bouts of immaturity and he didn't attempt to hide from it, instead embracing it and in the process disarming it.
Maybe it's because they're both incredible rebounders, who have battled fitness issues and are from Alabama, but there is a lot of Charles Barkley in his personality. His delivery of answers is similar in the sense that he makes you laugh even if it is a one or two word answer.
"My work ethic is a lot better than it used to be," said Cousins, who says he's been on a diet of 'salad and seafood'.
Cousins was asked if a team was choosing between himself and Wall for the top pick, who would be the right selection.
"Depending on what the team needs," replied Cousins, in a serious but joking manner.
Toronto, Golden State and Minnesota had all interviewed Cousins before Thursday. The Raptors asked a lot of questions about his character, while the Warriors were concerned with his conditioning.
I asked Cousins if he's familiar with the Triangle offense, which is frequently run by Kurt Rambis and the Wolves.
"I know of it, but I've never played it."
"You saw a lot of back to the basket (from me) this year, because that's how I was told to play," said Cousins. "But I have a lot more aspects to my game."
As Daniel Orton began his media session, Cousins was leaving and jokingly yelled out 'Dan-iel.'
I asked Orton what it was like to go up against Cousins in practice.
"It's fun," said Orton. "It's a battle everyday."
He was later asked to describe the personality of Cousins.
"Umm, yeah. That's the best way i can describe it. Unpredictable.
"He's a funny guy, a great guy to be around. People don't realize it, but he's a loving spirit; sometimes," Orton jokingly said.
"I've seen it get out of hand, but he can control it. It's kind of like watching a kid throw a temper tantrum."
Orton says he was measured at 6'8" or 6'9" without shoes, which is shorter than I was expecting. He appeared quite a bit shorter than Cousins and I think that will ultimately hurt his stock that seemed to be rising as teams took a closer look at his film.
"My pick and pop is something I did well in college (at practice), but never got to do in the game."
I asked Orton if he's a much better shooter than what we've seen.
"I know I am," said Orton. "I'm definitely a much better shooter than what I've shown."
The DeMarcus Cousins show was probably the highlight of the day, at least in terms of having levity. He was asked a ton of tough questions, but held in like a champ. He didn't try to be any different than the person he truly is and that's to be respected. He will have some bouts of immaturity and he didn't attempt to hide from it, instead embracing it and in the process disarming it.
Maybe it's because they're both incredible rebounders, who have battled fitness issues and are from Alabama, but there is a lot of Charles Barkley in his personality. His delivery of answers is similar in the sense that he makes you laugh even if it is a one or two word answer.
"My work ethic is a lot better than it used to be," said Cousins, who says he's been on a diet of 'salad and seafood'.
Cousins was asked if a team was choosing between himself and Wall for the top pick, who would be the right selection.
"Depending on what the team needs," replied Cousins, in a serious but joking manner.
Toronto, Golden State and Minnesota had all interviewed Cousins before Thursday. The Raptors asked a lot of questions about his character, while the Warriors were concerned with his conditioning.
I asked Cousins if he's familiar with the Triangle offense, which is frequently run by Kurt Rambis and the Wolves.
"I know of it, but I've never played it."
"You saw a lot of back to the basket (from me) this year, because that's how I was told to play," said Cousins. "But I have a lot more aspects to my game."
As Daniel Orton began his media session, Cousins was leaving and jokingly yelled out 'Dan-iel.'
I asked Orton what it was like to go up against Cousins in practice.
"It's fun," said Orton. "It's a battle everyday."
He was later asked to describe the personality of Cousins.
"Umm, yeah. That's the best way i can describe it. Unpredictable.
"He's a funny guy, a great guy to be around. People don't realize it, but he's a loving spirit; sometimes," Orton jokingly said.
"I've seen it get out of hand, but he can control it. It's kind of like watching a kid throw a temper tantrum."
Orton says he was measured at 6'8" or 6'9" without shoes, which is shorter than I was expecting. He appeared quite a bit shorter than Cousins and I think that will ultimately hurt his stock that seemed to be rising as teams took a closer look at his film.
"My pick and pop is something I did well in college (at practice), but never got to do in the game."
I asked Orton if he's a much better shooter than what we've seen.
"I know I am," said Orton. "I'm definitely a much better shooter than what I've shown."
ReinadelosReys
Starter
The John Wall Dream lives! LOL
He rescheduled the interview with the Kings he had previously declined. He met with Petrie and Co today.
http://www.sacbee.com/kingsblog/
He rescheduled the interview with the Kings he had previously declined. He met with Petrie and Co today.
http://www.sacbee.com/kingsblog/
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