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Robin Lopez makes his mark
Published 6/5/2008 by Arsenalist at Arsenalist
... I’m looking through my RSS reader and finding zilch from Doug Smith, Michael Grange and Eric Smith concerning yesterday’s workouts at the ACC. Maybe I’m not looking hard enough but on this note I’d like to point to Oregon Live as having the best basketball coverage for a home team. Jim Kelly had this to say about yesterday’s workouts: “For us to get the quality of big men in … we’re not down in the lottery, that was a great workout for us in terms of level of play and quality of players and ...

First Cup: Thursday
Published 6/5/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Ryan Wolstat of the Toronto Sun: "Robin Lopez stood out yesterday as the Raptors, holders of the 17th pick at the June 26th NBA draft, held their second day of pre-draft workouts at the Air Canada Centre. Lopez showed his stuff alongside 7-foot-1 Ohio State freshman Kosta Koufos, 6-foot-10 California forward Ryan Anderson, 6-foot-11 Rider big man Jason Thompson, Gonzaga guard Jeremy Pargo and Michigan State guard Drew Neitzel. Both Koufos and Lopez have been bandied about as possibilities to be taken before the Raptors pick, so director of player ...

Linkage - June 5
Published 6/5/2008 by Scott at The AltRaps Blog
Robin Lopez has long lived in the shadow of his highly touted twin brother and Stanford teammate Brook, but it appears the young seven-footer is ready to make an impression of his own. Lopez stood out yesterday as the Raptors, holders of the 17th pick at the June 26th NBA draft, held their second day of pre-draft workouts at the Air Canada Centre. "For us to get the quality of big men in … we’re not down in the lottery, that was a great workout for us in terms of level of play and quality of players and players that we might draft as well," Kelly said. Koufos is noticeably skilled, but he is not a good fit for the Raptors, since he prefers the outside shot to ...