smackeddog wrote:I find it odd that mudiay's people didn't say anything about how his knicks workout went though

Knicks seem to have their guys on total lockdown. Mudiay did talk yesterday about his Knicks workout.

nixluva wrote:

WaltLongmire wrote:Wargames beat me on this one..

nixluva wrote:

This is probably a Lakers power play to get something out of Philly. They know Philly has picks and needs Russell. That would be a smart move to try and get a deal with Philly.

It would be smart.

I could really believe this IF Russell eventually works out for Philly.

Would Philly be sure enough about trading with the Lakers without a workout, or do you think they are already sold on him and actually don't need to see him?

I think Philly already knows all they need to know about Russell. He's no mystery. Mudiay was the hard one to judge but Russell was pretty clear. After positive reports on Russell's workouts it just sealed the deal. It just would seem to me a smart option for getting max value out of the 2 spot. Lakers need a lot of talent too.

Lakers have Clarkson, Randle, #2 pick this year and $25M in cap space this year. Then they'll have $25M more when Kobe retires plus the $15-20M the cap is supposed to jump in 2016. As always, the Lakers will be fiiiiiine.

If the Lakers think they are getting KLove, whether it's this summer or next summer, it probably makes more sense to draft Russell than Okafor.

They could potentially run out this lineup this year, with the aformentioned $40M in cap room if Kobe retires (as he's told their GM he is planning to)

Clarkson
Russell
Kobe
KLove
Randle

Nalod wrote:
Can philly trade its pick to Chicago for Butler?
Bulls can take Oka4 and stretch Noah's career a bit.

Interesting. Though the Bulls do have Gasol under contract for two more years.

I think the Bulls will keep Butler.

But, yeah, I think Hinkie will declare open season on pick three and auction Okafor to the highest bidder.

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Russell's presence or lack thereof in Philadelphia this weekend is currently the talk of the 76ers world. The Philadelphia Inquirer's Keith Pompey, in a now deleted tweet, stated earlier this morning that the Ohio State guard would be in town this weekend for a workout with the Sixers. He followed that up shortly after with a tweet that reported just the opposite:

With big boards and mock drafts galore presuming that Kentucky's Karl-Anthony Towns and Duke's Jahlil Okafor would be the draft's first two picks, going to the Timberwolves and Lakers, respectively, one would think that Russell would very much be in-play for the Sixers with the third pick, or at least available to them.

No reason was reported for the cancellation.

For those wishing for Sam Hinkie to grab "Voodoo" Russell on June 25th, it isn't time to panic just yet. Russell's workout with the team could simply be rescheduled for some point in the next two weeks. Russell and the team could possibly already have some sort of understanding that the two big men will be off the board when the Sixers are on the clock and that the two parties know enough about each other at this point that Russell will be a Sixer. The team did interview him at the NBA Combine, per our own Derek Bodner.

Coming to such a decision almost two weeks away from the draft doesn't necessarily work with Hinkie's philosophy of optionality though, especially with Emmanuel Mudiay scheduled to workout for the team in a few days, according to SNY.TV's Adam Zagoria.

Russell could have a draft promise from one of the two teams picking above the Sixers, though that would be contradictory to Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix's report that the Lakers are "locked in" on Okafor with the second pick, as well as Forbes' Mark Heisler saying that there is "no doubt" that the T-Wolves are selecting Towns at the top of the draft.

As seen throughout this week so far with Draft Express' new mock that has the Sixers selecting Kristaps Porzingis and our own Jake Pavorsky's report that the team is "intrigued" by Mudiay, reports are floating around regarding teams and players at the moment, a shrouded blitz of information that will only increase in volume and murkiness as we move towards the draft.

WaltLongmire wrote:

mreinman wrote:

WaltLongmire wrote:Something to consider

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don't get it

He was trying to be funny.

Vmart wrote:Why would you workout for a team that you know already wants you. The Sixers are already on the record for Russell. Just workout for teams above the Sixers which is smart. Only thing a workout for sixers would do is it might drop his stock if it didn't go well. Lets see if he works out for the Knicks.

agree with this. no need to workout for #3 spot. If they pass then he would be happy to land in NY. Its a win win.

crzymdups wrote:

Vmart wrote:Why would you workout for a team that you know already wants you. The Sixers are already on the record for Russell. Just workout for teams above the Sixers which is smart. Only thing a workout for sixers would do is it might drop his stock if it didn't go well. Lets see if he works out for the Knicks.

These workouts are like job interviews - gives both sides a chance to learn about one another.

For Russell to cancel, unless he re-schedules, shows he's not all that interested in the Sixers. Could be a ploy. Could be he has a promise from the Lakers. Either way, it's not a good sign for the Sixers.

My feeling is that he will do a workout for Philly but I highly doubt Lakers make a promise on a player that will be on the board when they pick. Promises are made in the middle of the pack picks. Not so much on the top.