Players worked out by Sonics

[wiff]

So IF the report is accurate, we know that Love has trouble with athletic big men like Dorsey as well as with guys who can step out and make the jump shot.

Great so who CAN he cover? I said it before and I'll keep on saying it up until draft day. I have no love for Love.

However I would like to see the looks on the faces of the Old Country Buffett's "Cooks" (and I use the term "cooks" loosely) if Eddy Curry and Kevin Love walk in together.

I can only imagine it would be a "priceless moment".

Actually I'd like to see an eating contest between

Charles Barkley, Eddy Curry, Kevin Love and Kevin Durant.

[Downtown]

Kevin Durant? You think he's like that skinny japanese guy who always wins the hotdog eating championship?

[Diop]

-= original quote snipped =-

But typically I can't stand soft centers. Okur is a very talented guy but do you really want your center camped out for three?

You would love Jawai then as he is your powerful, bruising type of player who loves mixing it up in the paint and looks to dunk it with force.

He probably won't go till the 2nd round though

[ryantony]

Are we not working out any point guards?


Also, someone was talking about their desire for a perimeter defender who can play 2/3 - Why not draft Kyle Weaver at 32 (hopefully 46) and have him play in the NBADL for a bit, building up strength and then bring him up once he's ready or once we're ready for a perimeter defender?

[BBen]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/s ... oni10.html

Arizona guard Jerryd Bayless headlines a list of 15 players scheduled to work out for the team this week...

The Sonics will also bring in Indiana guard Eric Gordon, a candidate for the No. 4 pick.

The list of players scheduled to work out this week include: South Florida 6-9 center Kentrell Gransberry, California 6-11 center Devon Hardin, BYU 6-11 F/C Trent Plaisted, Florida 6-10 center Marreese Speights, UCLA 6-9 center Lorenzo Mata-Real, Arkansas 7-0 center Steven Hill, Kansas 6-9 forward Darrell Arthur, Rhode Island 6-8 forward Will Daniels, Oklahoma State 6-9 G/F Marcus Dove, Maryland 6-9 forward James Gist, Indiana 6-9 forward D.J. White, Alabama 6-9 forward Richard Hendrix and 6-9 forward Luc Louves of France.

On Sunday, the Sonics received visits from Stanford 7-0 center Brook Lopez, Boston College 6-11 center Tyrelle Blair, Kansas 6-11 center Sasha Kaun, Louisville 6-11 center David Padgett and 7-foot center Vladimir Golubovic of Serbia.

There's some mid 1st/late lottery talent in there. Being prepared for any possibility or does Presti have a plan?

[HeavyP]

It's standard procedure, but I hope has a plan.

[Det the Threat]

There's some mid 1st/late lottery talent in there. Being prepared for any possibility or does Presti have a plan?

I think Presti will work out Bayless and Gordon together, to get a better look at them.

All those other guys are mostly forwards.

Of course does Presti have a plan. Though, if it's trading down or up(with that Suns 1st rounder) remains to be seen.

[nwsports253]

Mata-Real,Hill,Dove,Louves,Blair,Kaun,Padgett, and Golubovic could all go undrafted and we can just add which ever guys Presti likes to the summer league roster.

[ryantony]

Mata-Real,Hill,Dove,Louves,Blair,Kaun,Padgett, and Golubovic could all go undrafted and we can just add which ever guys Presti likes to the summer league roster.

Why are we working out players like Mata-Real that are about to go undrafted? Can we assume that by this, he already has a game plan for the early/middle parts of the draft?

[BBen]

^^I suppose it would be to use them as a foil to judge the comparative worth of people like Speights, Love, Hardin and Lopez.