Bios of the six players who will participate in Thursday's workouts at the New Orleans Arena:
Courtney Lee, Western Kentucky
NBADraft.net projection: No. 37 pick to Milwaukee
Lee, a 6’5” shooting guard from Indianapolis, averaged 20.4 points on 48 percent shooting and 4.9 rebounds over 36 games for WKU his senior season garnering the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year award. Scored 20-plus points 20 times throughout his senior season and 30-plus three times. Lee was named First Team Sun Belt his final three seasons. Lee finished second in the voting for Indiana’s Mr. Basketball as a senior in high school. He is an excellent shooter who has three-point range and can get to the hole.
Kyle Weaver, Washington State
NBADraft.net projection: No. 36 pick to Portland
Weaver, a 6’6” shooting guard from Beloit, Wisconsin, averaged 12.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists for the Cougars last season as a senior. Weaver was named to the All-Pacific-10 First Team, Pacific-10 All-Defensive Team, U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Men's All-District IX Team, National Association of Basketball Coaches District 14 First Team and Collegeinsider.com All-Defensive All-America Team. Weaver finished his career at WSU second all-time in assists (465) and third in steals (188). The combo guard is a good slasher who has a high basketball IQ and is known as a team player and excellent defender.
Gary Forbes, Massachusetts
NBADraft.net projection: No. 32 pick to Seattle
Forbes, a 6’7” small forward from Brooklyn, was named the 2008 Atlantic 10 Player of the Year after averaging 19.4 points, 7.4 rebounds and 3.0 assists his senior season at UMass. He joined Julius Erving as the only two players to score 1,000 points their only two seasons at UMass. Played his first two seasons at Virginia before transferring to play his final two seasons at UMass where he was named the A-10’s Newcomer of the Year. Forbes is a tough, physical forward who is a good scorer, both inside and out.
Jamont Gordon, Mississippi State
NBADraft.net projection: No. 43 pick to Sacramento
Gordon, a 6’4” combo guard from Nashville, averaged 17.2 points, 6.6 rebounds and 4.9 assists in 34 games for the Bulldogs during his junior season. He is an early entrant to the 2008 NBA Draft, but has yet to hire an agent. Gordon was an First Team All-SEC selection and just lost out to Vanderbilt’s Shan Foster for player of the year honor. Gordon was one of the toughest match-ups in the country for opponents due to his ability to play four positions. The Second-Team Parade All-American out of powerhouse Oak Hill Academy, Gordon helped lead Oak Hill to a No. 1 season-ending ranking. He is a strong combo guard who is tough to keep out of lane and is an excellent all-around player.
David Padgett, Louisville
NBADraft.net projection: Undrafted
Padgett, a 6’11” power forward/center from Reno, was a First-Team All-BIG EAST selection after averaging 11.7 points and 4.5 rebounds while shooting 69 percent from the floor in his senior season at Louisville. Padgett earned second-team honors his junior season after averaging 9.5 points and 5.6 rebounds in 33 games for the Cardinals. He began his collegiate career at Kansas after being a McDonald’s All-American as a high school senior at Reno High School. He started 19 games for the Jayhawks as a freshman, averaging 6.5 points and 4.5 rebounds. Padgett is a skilled big man with a good sense of the floor and a high basketball IQ.
Tyrelle Blair, Boston College
NBADraft.net projection: Undrafted
Blair, a 6’11” center from Monticello, Florida, captured All-ACC Defensive Team honors after a league-best 56 blocks in 16 games, an average of 3.5 blocks. He averaged 5.0 points and 4.8 rebounds in 31 games during his senior season at BC. Blair transferred to BC after two seasons at Loyola University in Chicago, he sat out the 2005-06 season due to NCAA transfer rules. He is an athletic shot-blocker who excels on the defensive end.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
I'm really high on Courtney Lee right now after seeing a bunch of his college highlights. Hopefully the Hornets also bring in CDR for a workout.
I don't know if Chris Douglas-Roberts is going to still be on the board at No. 27. It seems like most/all of the mock drafts have him getting picked earlier. I don't know where it stands right now, but that could pose a problem in terms of his agent wanting CDR to work out for teams picking higher than the Hornets in the first round instead of the Hornets, so I don't know if it's going to happen.
The thing we have to keep in mind is that they've shrunk down the period where teams can hold workouts to about three weeks, which means agents/players have to make some tough decisions at times and aren't necessarily going to work out for as many teams as they did in the past.
Post a Comment