A pair of no-shows took the lustre off the Raptors' workout of potential draft picks yesterday at the Air Canada Centre.

With Darrell Arthur, a 6-foot-9 forward from Kansas, and David Padgett, a 6-foot-11 centre out of Louisville, unable to attend, the workout consisted mostly of second-round prospects.

Arthur was claiming to have a hamstring problem that kept him from attending the workout, but there was a suggestion that Arthur is avoiding Toronto altogether.

"We've tried to bring him back about five times," Raptors director of player personnel Jim Kelly said. "He has been, let's say elusive, for lack of a better term."

Having said that, Kelly reiterated Arthur remains a "priority" for the Raptors.

"He's a guy who is projected to go (about 17th, when the Raptors pick), who played well at the end of the year, a player we would like to get a better look at, but it hasn't been so easy."

or does he just not want to go to toronto?

I wouldn't be surprised if Arthur has a promise from the Top15, he's a good talent and played Kansas-Memphis championship game this year posting 20/10.