Pre-Draft Workouts - 2015 Edition

BlackOutBuzz · Post #1 » by **BlackOutBuzz** » Fri May 29, 2015 2:57 am

June 3rd
Kendall Gray, Delaware State
D.J. Newbill, Penn State
JJ O’Brien, San Diego State
Antonio Robinson, East Carolina
James Sinclair, Western Carolina
Ralston Turner, NC State

June 7th
Terry Rozier, Louisville (27th ranked prospect)
Michael Frazier, Florida
Darion Atkins, Virginia
Wayne Blackshear, Louisville
Marcus Burton, Wagner
Matt Stainbrook, Xavier
Kenny Smith, Louisiana Tech (Canceled)

June 8th
Jerian Grant, Notre Dame (13th ranked prospect)
R.J. Hunter, Georgia State (15th ranked prospect)
Larry Nance Jr., Wyoming
Branden Dawson, Michigan State
Jordan Downing, Presbyterian College
Andrew Harrison, Kentucky
Aaron Harrison, Kentucky (Canceled)

June 9th
Montrezl Harrell, Louisville (24th ranked prospect)
Tyler Kalinoski, Davidson
Pierria Henry, UNC Charlotte
Terran Petteway, Nebraska
Vince Hunter, UTEP
Marcus Thornton, William & Mary

June 10th
Devin Booker, Kentucky (11th ranked prospect)
Sam Dekker, Wisconsin (17th ranked prospect)
Keon Moore, Winthrop
Kevin Pangos, Gonzaga
Travis Trice, Michigan State
Julian Washburn, UTEP

June 11th
Kelly Oubre, Kansas (10th ranked prospect)

June 15th
Kevon Looney, UCLA (23rd ranked prospect)
Shane Heyward, Columbus State
Jay Hook, Tulane
Cady Lalanne, Massachusetts
LeBryan Nash Oklahoma State
Josh Richardson, Tennessee

June 16th
Treveon Graham, VCU
Alan Williams, Santa Barbara
Trevor Lacey, NC State
Sir'Dominic Pointer, St. Johns
Shannon Scott, Ohio State
Seth Tuttle, Northern Iowa
Jonathan Holmes, Texas (Canceled)

June 17th
Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky (9th ranked prospect)

June 19th
Myles Turner, Texas (14th ranked prospect)

MPM · Post #2 » by **MPM** » Fri May 29, 2015 8:20 am

Thanks! Was just coming on here to ask if anyone had any workout news.

Post #3 » by **JDR720** » Mon Jun 1, 2015 4:58 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/rpgagliardi/status/603284527943970817[/tweet]

Larry Nance Jr.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/NBAFLASHNEWS/status/601188847914000385[/tweet]

Post #4 » by **JDR720** » Mon Jun 1, 2015 7:51 pm

anyone know when our workouts start? I have saw that several teams have been working out guys already. Lakers had some 2nd round picks last week, Suns had Booker today, Pacers have had several etc.

BlackOutBuzz · Post #5 » by **BlackOutBuzz** » Mon Jun 1, 2015 10:33 pm

I saw that tweet on Johnson a week or so ago, but couldn't find anything from the quoted source.

I anticipated we'd have some second rounders in today, but I haven't seen anything.

pellom · Post #6 » by **pellom** » Mon Jun 1, 2015 11:18 pm

Josh Richardson has a workout with the Hornets planned.

Flip Murray · Post #7 » by **Flip Murray** » Tue Jun 2, 2015 2:53 am

does anybody remember those kings predraft workout videos on youtube from a few years back? do they still do those?

Liver_Pooty · Post #8 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Tue Jun 2, 2015 4:56 am

Flip Murray wrote:does anybody remember those kings predraft workout videos on youtube from a few years back? do they still do those?

I believe so. I love watching the Kings workouts. They do a fantastic job showing the drills, etc. Our team doesn't do anything like that.

Post #9 » by **JDR720** » Tue Jun 2, 2015 3:28 pm

Flip Murray wrote:does anybody remember those kings predraft workout videos on youtube from a few years back? do they still do those?

yea, they are on their youtube channel. charlotte has a channel too but they never use it.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJgOfPPrBMw[/youtube]

Post #10 » by **fatlever** » Tue Jun 2, 2015 10:13 pm

Rick Bonnell ‏@rick_bonnell 1h1 hour ago

Hornets workout (corrected): Western Carolina G James Sinclair, NC State G Ralston Turner, East Carolina G Antonio Robinson (more)...

Rick Bonnell ‏@rick_bonnell 1h1 hour ago

(More)..,San Diego St. F JJ O'Brien, Penn St. G DJ Newbill, Delaware St. C Kendall Gray.

coming Wed

BlackOutBuzz · Post #11 » by **BlackOutBuzz** » Wed Jun 3, 2015 1:46 pm

OP updated.

Post #12 » by **yosemiteben** » Wed Jun 3, 2015 2:57 pm

We're either doing a mock workout to get our staff ready or scouting for our summer league team. Seems like none of the guys we brought in today are in the running to be drafted.

HornetJail · Post #13 » by **HornetJail** » Wed Jun 3, 2015 3:14 pm

Me reading these names:

At what point do we start working out players that are even in the running to be drafted in the lottery?

Post #14 » by **yosemiteben** » Wed Jun 3, 2015 3:28 pm

Or at least prospects that we might take in the second round.

Why is this guy getting a workout: http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/66734/antonio-robinson

BlackOutBuzz · Post #15 » by **BlackOutBuzz** » Wed Jun 3, 2015 3:49 pm

yosemiteben wrote:We're either doing a mock workout to get our staff ready or scouting for our summer league team.

I really wouldn't doubt either. The best thing going for these guys is likely availability. Last year when Joe Harris couldn't get down here we called up Leslie McDonald last minute so we'd have six guys.

Hornets.com interviewed him too: "Yeah, uh...this IS my first workout."

catch20two · Post #16 » by **catch20two** » Wed Jun 3, 2015 6:03 pm

Year after year after year we workout the most undesirable prospects sprinkled with very very very little high profile prospects. If we're working out Stanley Johnson that mean that he's one of the maybe 3 players that Cho is interested in. Pay close attention to the very few other big names we workout in our range because that will be our pick.

PS. I know we didn't workout Vonleh and he fell to us and it was a no-brainer blah blah blah.

catch20two · Post #17 » by **catch20two** » Wed Jun 3, 2015 6:11 pm

BizGilwalker wrote:Me reading these names:

At what point do we start working out players that are even in the running to be drafted in the lottery?

I'm familiar with them all but they are all late 1st to undrafted prospects. Cho do this every year. I wonder if it's Cho's weak strategy to focus on 2nd round sleepers more than the top guys or if the agents of the top prospects don't wanna schedule their clients with us rather early in the process hoping to go elsewhere.

Flip Murray · Post #18 » by **Flip Murray** » Wed Jun 3, 2015 6:14 pm

catch20two wrote:
BizGilwalker wrote:Me reading these names:

At what point do we start working out players that are even in the running to be drafted in the lottery?

I'm familiar with them all but they are all late 1st to undrafted prospects. Cho do this every year. I wonder if it's Cho's weak strategy to focus on 2nd round sleepers more than the top guys or if the agents of the top prospects don't wanna schedule their clients with us rather early in the process hoping to go elsewhere.

I bet most teams probably do something similar

Post #19 » by **JDR720** » Wed Jun 3, 2015 6:25 pm

some guys we bring in will be to test the guys we are actually interested in. lots of 2nd round/undrafted guys to fill in so we can do 5X5 and stuff like that. they're basically fodder so we can watch the top guys work.

this workout was probably to get ready for the real thing.

catch20two · Post #20 » by **catch20two** » Wed Jun 3, 2015 6:42 pm

Flip Murray wrote:
catch20two wrote:
BizGilwalker wrote:Me reading these names:

At what point do we start working out players that are even in the running to be drafted in the lottery?

I'm familiar with them all but they are all late 1st to undrafted prospects. Cho do this every year. I wonder if it's Cho's weak strategy to focus on 2nd round sleepers more than the top guys or if the agents of the top prospects don't wanna schedule their clients with us rather early in the process hoping to go elsewhere.

I bet most teams probably do something similar

Probably but I know usually I watch teams like the Lakers working out all of the intriguing prospects constantly and it make me feel some type of way.