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Huge workout today in SoCal

Hopefully Chad and more importantly the Born Identifier are there
 
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BoBoBREWSKI said:
Good point!
Who is all working out in SoCal?
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Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA
28 of 30 teams - including 10-to-13 GM's - in Santa Monica today for WMG workout with Terrence Jones, Doron Lamb, Tony Wroton, Fab Melo
 
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Supposedly Perry Jones III "killed" it the past few days in Santa barbara and Chad has Dion Waiters flying up the draft board to #8 I believe.
 
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Blazinaway said:
Supposedly Perry Jones III "killed" it the past few days in Santa barbara and Chad has Dion Waiters flying up the draft board to #8 I believe.
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Good... that means someone else will slip.
 
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Blazinaway said:
Supposedly Perry Jones III "killed" it the past few days in Santa barbara and Chad has Dion Waiters flying up the draft board to #8 I believe.
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Waiters is garbage, but PJ3 might be a steal at 11.....if he's there
 
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Kyle O'Quinn in POR on June 18th, I like this kid as a possible PF/C 2nd rd pick if he doesn't work his way into a late 1st
 
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Blazinaway said:
Kyle O'Quinn in POR on June 18th, I like this kid as a possible PF/C 2nd rd pick if he doesn't work his way into a late 1st
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Hopefully he fits into our system.....OH WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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The draft is my favorite time of the year! Why would a workout make somebody move up the board. What can this show about Perry Jones that this past season did not. He floated and disappeared during games....... he's soft.
 
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Mediocre Man said:
Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA
28 of 30 teams - including 10-to-13 GM's - in Santa Monica today for WMG workout with Terrence Jones, Doron Lamb, Tony Wroton, Fab Melo
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Where is this at? Is it at Santa Monica Collge? I wonder if it is open to the public. Is it only today? Seems ridiculous to fly in for just one day. I would love to swing by there if I could get in.
 
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Pinwheel1;2794705Seems ridiculous to fly in for just one day. I would love to swing by there if I could get in.[/QUOTE said:
Said the same thing about BeerBoy's wife and my first date!
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HCP said:
The draft is my favorite time of the year! Why would a workout make somebody move up the board. What can this show about Perry Jones that this past season did not. He floated and disappeared during games....... he's soft.
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True enough, but if teams see enough raw material to work with in one-on-ones they may get convinced that they can salvage him and turn him into something ... coaches have egos too.
 
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Pinwheel1 said:
Where is this at? Is it at Santa Monica Collge? I wonder if it is open to the public. Is it only today? Seems ridiculous to fly in for just one day. I would love to swing by there if I could get in.
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I have no idea?
 
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Nikolokolus said:
True enough, but if teams see enough raw material to work with in one-on-ones they may get convinced that they can salvage him and turn him into something ... coaches have egos too.
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Plus you can't eliminate a player based on disappearing in a college game. The system and the college coach is a factor in that too. MJ's may have never disappeared in college, but his teammates had no idea how great he was and they played with him for 3 years. Then the dude explodes right away in pre season of his rookie year.
 
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Rodger Bohn with some good tweets


Enes Kanter,Brad Beal,Miles Plumlee,Dee Bost,Jon Scheyer,Olek Czyz,Diamond Taulor,etc all here in Chicago w/Josh Oppenhiemer

Not that its necessarily going to help him a ton in league,but Miles Plumlee is handling ball better than a lot of the wings

Dee Bost,Brad Beal,and Jon Scheyer shooting at 1 hoop. 3 best shooters in the gym from midrange together

Miles Plumlee and Enes kanter working hard at the other end.Both shooting it well from 12-15 ft

Brad Beal,Jon Scheyer,and Dee Bost all made their last 5 NBA 3's.Could sit here and watch these guys shoot all day

Beal in other gym doing individual work.Oppenheimer having him come off ball screens for mid-range pullups

1 thing really standing out about Beal(@realdealbeal23)is his coachability.Really seems to be a student of the game
 
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Chad Ford ‏@chadfordinsider
Off to Reseda to see Terrence Ross, Arnette Moultrie and Jet Chang

Tale of 2 teammates: Terrence Ross can't miss a shot today. Tony Wroten missed just about everything earlier today.
 
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probably merge this with the big draft thread.
 
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Pinwheel1 said:
Plus you can't eliminate a player based on disappearing in a college game. The system and the college coach is a factor in that too. MJ's may have never disappeared in college, but his teammates had no idea how great he was and they played with him for 3 years. Then the dude explodes right away in pre season of his rookie year.
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Very true. I find it interesting that many of the complaints aimed at Jones echo things said about LMA before that draft.
 
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I wanna get Jet Chang on the Blazers.

Seriously though, Beals my guy. Lets get him!
 
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You guys need to keep posting the tweets. I love draft time tweet chatter!
 
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If you give me a list of names of people to follow I'll do my best to post their relevant tweets here.
 
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Pinwheel1 said:
Plus you can't eliminate a player based on disappearing in a college game. The system and the college coach is a factor in that too. MJ's may have never disappeared in college, but his teammates had no idea how great he was and they played with him for 3 years. Then the dude explodes right away in pre season of his rookie year.
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You're right, but I think anyone who's seen enough of PJIII knows its not just the system. He was used poorly but his response to being played in the post was to be a complete pussy and not battle. What is most alarming is his complete lack of effort on defense.

Anthony Randolph was also used very poorly as a back to the basket C in college, but he still outproduced PJIII as a freshman and always competed. Durant played PF/C his lone year of college and took on his post duties just fine when needed (he was utilized much better on offense). He was a great rebounder as well, as anyone with a PJIII/Durant body should be. Even when the Baylor coach did run iso's for PJIII at the high elbow he would almost always settle for a pull up jumper out of the triple threat.

His tools are damn intriguing if anyone ever gets him to compete at an NBA level. But its also hard to justify drafting a guy who lacks competitive fire, or even the pride/attitude to give effort when asked to do things that he doesn't really like doing. I could see him getting that fire if he went to a club like the Celtics who seem to bring along young guys well and demand intensity. Dunno if most coaches/cultures could turn him around though and what coach would ever leave him out there when he fails to box out, refuses to rotate, continuously avoids contact, plays matador defense, etc.?
 
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Yeah, he seems to be lacking the motor to live up to his hype.
 
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