I want no part of Thabeet.

Kings Pre-Draft Workouts: 6/4/09: Darren Collison, Greivis Vasquez, Tyrese Rice, Jeff Adrien, Omri Casspi, Robert Dozier



Kings Pre-Draft Workout: 6.5.09 Dionte Christmas, Leo Lyons, James Johnson, Earl Clark, Levance Fields and Marcus Landry.

Posted by djsunyc:

Rumors are circulating that the Thunder could use the third overall pick on USC's DeMar DeRozan.

Oklahoma would play him alongside Kevin Durant, Jeff Green and Russell Westbrook, a lineup that has DeRozan excited.

"That would be great. It would feel good to be in a lineup like that. Kevin Durant's one of the best players in the league, and that would be an opportunity to help build a program from the ground up," DeRozan told HoopsWorld.

if the Knicks are really interested in Rubio & the Thunder are gunning for Derozan, then there seems to be a likely trade scenario developing there... not sure what the Knicks could even offer to OKL to move up that high tho other than Chandler... i hope the Knicks just take Derozan if he falls tho & hold onto the rest of their assets.

Posted by PresIke:

"On June 4, warriors.com caught up with USC swingman DeMar Derozan following his pre-draft workout at the Warriors Practice Facility."



[Edited by - PresIke on 06-06-2009 12:19 PM]

a 6'7" uber athletic SG who can run the court & finish w/the best of them & who enjoys & prides himself on playing defense... nah, not a good fit for this team.

no doubt, tms

I also am thinking that the best PG options outside of Rubio-Jennings-Curry is Johnny Flynn and Patty Mills (I'm favoring Mills over Maynor now)

Posted by Vmart:

Why wasn't a goal tending called on Gasol at the end of regulation? I clearly saw him interfere with the rim and the net.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dime-090608

NBA supervisor of officials Bernie Fryer told ESPN.com that if Gasol's hand had shaken the basket, caused the stanchion to move or touched the rim while the ball was on the rim, the correct call would have been goaltending.

But since none of those things happened, according to Fryer, "It was a cut-and-dried no-call."

News from Eurocamp...

-Mike D’Antoni’s New York Knicks apparently taking a strong liking to senior Jack McClinton, to the point that they could try to buy a pick in the late first round to ensure they land his services.

Day Two Evaluations

-Rodrigue Beaubois sat out today’s action after injuring his wrist, a situation eerily similar to two years ago, where he also teased the NBA teams in attendance with an intriguing first game, and then subsequently shut it down for the rest of the camp. Beaubois has somewhat of a reputation for both being fairly injury prone and not the toughest guy around, and this probably doesn’t help on that front.

Australian Patrick Mills was absolutely the star of the evening’s all-star game, posting an impressive 30 point performance on 8/18 shooting from the field and 12/13 from the line. Mills handled the ball on a string all game long, showing terrific quickness keeping his man off balance, and making an absolute living in the mid-range area with his deadly pull-up jumper. His ability to utilize strong hesitation moves makes him extremely difficult to stay in front of, and he did a good job not settling for tough shots from beyond the arc today, getting to the line repeatedly. He clearly thrives in up-tempo settings such as the one seen in today’s all-star game, which came in stark contrast to his morning performance, where he seemed to over-dribble somewhat while trying to create in the half-court.

NBA teams we spoke to still expressed some doubt regarding his point guard skills, which is something he could still stand to work on. He posted 3 assists compared with 4 turnovers in the evening game, seeming to be hunting shots quite a bit, and didn’t look all that comfortable getting others involved. Scouts generally were impressed by the quickness and shot-creating ability he showed, and he also did a better job defensively today as well.