NBA Pre-Draft Camp, Day Four

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NBA Pre-Draft Camp, Day Four
Rush the Court found this 5/31/2008 on www.draftexpress.com (flag)
Fatigue began to set in for many of the prospects and scouts in attendance here in day four, causing much of the attention to turn to the 15 physical-only players, who were here to participate in the combine and conduct light drills and skills-based workouts that drew quite a crowd of high-level NBA executives. Derrick Rose had a very impressive workout on one end of the floor, while Brian ... (link)

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Orlando Predraft Camp Days 3 & 4
Published 5/31/2008 by rtmsf at Rush the Court
... We’ll start first with some of the impressions given by DraftExpress on the fifteen ‘elite’ prospects who held workouts today but did not participate in games. ...

Reports from Pre-Draft Camp
Published 5/31/2008 by Stop-n-Pop at Canis Hoopus
... Draft Express and Chad Ford have the latest developments from the NBA Pre-Draft Camp in Orlando.  They differ a bit with their takes.  Here's what they have to say about players in the Wolves' sights: Michael Beasley: Ford- Beasley was the first player on the floor but the last to go through the workout. While other workouts were going on, we all watched in awe as Beasley drained NBA 3-pointer after NBA 3-pointer. That continued in the workouts, in which Beasley shot as well ...

Eye of the Beholder
Published 5/31/2008 by ClipperSteve at Clips Nation
... of the physical-only players.  Here's what Chad Ford of ESPN said about Michael Beasley: Beasley was the first player on the floor but the last to go through the workout. While other workouts were going on, we all watched in awe as Beasley drained NBA 3-pointer after NBA 3-pointer. That continued in the workouts, in which Beasley shot as well as any prospect here. Deep or midrange, Beasley can shoot the lights out. And here's what Jonathon Givony of DraftExpress said after watching Beasley go through the EXACT SAME ...

Linking up Orlando's final day
Published 5/31/2008 by Sean Meagher, OregonLive.com at Blazers Blog - OregonLive.com
The big boys came out to play on Friday. Players like Michael Beasley, Derrick Rose, O.J. Mayo, Russell Westbrook, aka the "physical only" players, hit the court to give GMs and scouts a sneak peak in person. There's tons of info, but I'll just highlight the players that have shown up on mock drafts as potential selections for the Blazers. D.J. Augustin DraftExpress: "D.J. Augustin brought both a high skill level in the drills and excellent quickness, making him a pretty impressive workout player to take in in a setting like this. It really seems like his size is the only thing ...

Scouting is Subjective, Exhibit A
Published 6/3/2008 by Frank Madden at Brew Hoop
... and DraftExpress' Jonathan Givony--the two most well-known and hard-working draft guys around--came away from Friday's Orlando workouts with rather divergent perspectives on some of the draft's biggest names. As we see on draft night every year, educated people can see the same thing and draw very different conclusions, and the draft experts are no exception--even when it comes to basic things like whether a guy shot well or not. ...