Indiana Draft Workouts 2018

Post #21 » by **Jake0890** » Thu Jun 7, 2018 7:36 pm

Now this is more like it.

Tom White · Post #22 » by **Tom White** » Thu Jun 7, 2018 8:01 pm

Still looks like a good amount of focus on the second round. I thought Clark had been listed on NBADraft.net before, but just looked and didn't see his name.

Moooose · Post #23 » by **Moooose** » Fri Jun 8, 2018 12:23 am

Tom White wrote:Still looks like a good amount of focus on the second round. I thought Clark had been listed on NBADraft.net before, but just looked and didn't see his name.

He's gone undrafted on most mock drafts, but here's how he's ranked on some:

Theringer.com: 59
Sportsillustrated.com: 59
Nbadraftroom: unranked but looking like a fringe late 2nd rounder
Thestepien: 29 (rankings)

Moooose · Post #24 » by **Moooose** » Fri Jun 8, 2018 12:25 am

DiVincenzo is climbing up the draft boards and I think it'll keep it's momentum come draft time. Bates-Diop looks just right at our draft range.

pizza guy · Post #25 » by **pizza guy** » Fri Jun 8, 2018 11:42 am

Moooose wrote:DiVincenzo is climbing up the draft boards and I think it'll keep it's momentum come draft time. Bates-Diop looks just right at our draft range.

I would be thrilled with Bates-Diop

Wizop · Post #26 » by **Wizop** » Fri Jun 8, 2018 1:47 pm

Moooose wrote:DiVincenzo is climbing up the draft boards and I think it'll keep it's momentum come draft time. Bates-Diop looks just right at our draft range.

I'd be happy with either of those two.

on a side note, having read the stories on Pacers.com it turns out that the reason workouts started late was that many agents had workout events after the combine at their own locations. this delayed team visits. it also means that we shouldn't read too much into players who don't visit as we may have seen them elsewhere.

Post #27 » by **Scoot McGroot** » Fri Jun 8, 2018 1:51 pm

pizza guy wrote:
Moooose wrote:DiVincenzo is climbing up the draft boards and I think it'll keep it's momentum come draft time. Bates-Diop looks just right at our draft range.

I would be thrilled with Bates-Diop

Agreed. One of the only worries about him is his lack of aggressiveness, and I feel like playing with Oladipo and Lance could really change that, as well as Thad, if we can keep him. But he’s a good example of the combo forward we’ve needed for a while.

8305 · Post #28 » by **8305** » Sat Jun 9, 2018 12:15 pm

More of the mocks I’m seeing show both Divencenzio and Bates-Diop gone before we pick.

Dzon Dilindzer · Post #29 » by **Dzon Dilindzer** » Sat Jun 9, 2018 8:29 pm

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Post #30 » by **Scoot McGroot** » Sat Jun 9, 2018 8:58 pm

I’m glad to see Musa get a workout. I’m a little interested, especially if we keep Bogie around this year to help Musa acclimate himself to the US and Indy. He does a little bit of everything with good size.

Wizop · Post #31 » by **Wizop** » Sun Jun 10, 2018 12:17 am

Frazier has possibilities.

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Moooose · Post #32 » by **Moooose** » Sun Jun 10, 2018 4:01 am

Definitely excited for Musa too. There's a good possibility that he'd drop and still be available by 23 considering how so many guys have been climbing up the mid first round - DiVincenzo, Huerter, Hutchison, Okobo, etc.

He reminds me a lot of a young Brent Barry.

Post #33 » by **Jake0890** » Sun Jun 10, 2018 3:46 pm

I like Musa as well.

Wideman is a name to keep an eye out for I think though. Might just be doing Butler a favor by giving him a workout, but he fills the Trevor Booker mold. Smart kid, fundamentally strong, but not flashy.

Wizop · Post #34 » by **Wizop** » Sun Jun 10, 2018 4:03 pm

Jake0890 wrote:I like Musa as well.

Wideman is a name to keep an eye out for I think though. Might just be doing Butler a favor by giving him a workout, but he fills the Trevor Booker mold. Smart kid, fundamentally strong, but not flashy.

Kelan Martin is worth the 50 to me. I can't see Wideman as worth more than rookie camp tryout for Ants.

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Tom White · Post #35 » by **Tom White** » Sun Jun 10, 2018 5:27 pm

Wizop wrote:
Jake0890 wrote:I like Musa as well.

Wideman is a name to keep an eye out for I think though. Might just be doing Butler a favor by giving him a workout, but he fills the Trevor Booker mold. Smart kid, fundamentally strong, but not flashy.
Kelan Martin is worth the 50 to me. I can't see Wideman as worth more than rookie camp tryout for Ants.

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The #50 pick looks to be a "take a flyer on a player and see what he can do" sort of thing. If that is the case, then it may as well be him as anyone else. He plays a position at which the team needs depth, can certainly shoot, and seems to have progressed well over his college career. I have no idea how his defense would translate. Maybe someone else can chime in on that.

Wizop · Post #36 » by **Wizop** » Sun Jun 10, 2018 5:32 pm

Tom White wrote:The #50 pick looks to be a "take a flyer on a player and see what he can do" sort of thing.

I like the idea of using the two way contract in the second round but to do that we'd probably need to cut or promote one of last year's two ways.

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Vorda · Post #37 » by **Vorda** » Sun Jun 10, 2018 8:37 pm

Musa last game at Croatian league final...

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Dzon Dilindzer · Post #38 » by **Dzon Dilindzer** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 1:14 pm

at what time todays workout starts and which guys on twitter are following it (I guess there are some)

I hope there will be some videos, except those interviews

Wizop · Post #39 » by **Wizop** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 1:55 pm

Dzon Dilindzer wrote:I hope there will be some videos, except those interviews

they haven't done that in past years and I assume except perhaps for the after action interviews the sessions are closed to the media. it would almost defeat the purpose of having local workouts if scouts from other teams could view the videos. even the interviews are vanilla. we don't see the closed door interviews with the coaches and decision makers.

Dzon Dilindzer · Post #40 » by **Dzon Dilindzer** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 5:20 pm

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