Workout Week Ends With #21 and #40 in Spotlight

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (NetsDaily)</div><div class='quotemain'>The six players worked out Saturday aren’t lottery picks. Only Chris Douglas-Roberts is likely to be taken in mid-first round. Big men DeVon Hardin and Alexis Ajinca could be taken near the end. But the Nets have picks at #21 and #40 and this session was devoted to them. Douglas-Roberts impressed Kiki Vandeweghe with his smarts, while Ajinca impressed with his shooting and Hardin with his athleticism.</div>

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Draft Profile: DeVon Hardin - - New Jersey Nets

Draft Profile: Brian Laing - - New Jersey Nets

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Draft Profile: Shan Foster - - New Jersey Nets

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CDR is still really intriguing to me.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>"He's more of a throwback player, he just knows how to play," Vandeweghe said of Douglas-Roberts, projected as a late first rounder in a draft where the Nets New Jersey Nets

hold picks 10 and 21 on the first round and 40 in the second. "He's a little unorthodox but he's very effective. Great mid-range game. He's a little better shooter than you would think. I liked him."

No surprise, said Douglas-Roberts, who stressed his strive-to-be-the-best-in-everything mentality. Also, the 6-7 member of the NCAA runner-up team said all the tough, pressure-cooker games he went through had him fully prepared.

"I understand the game well. The NBA is all about having basketball IQ. It's not who can jump the highest or score the most off the bench," said Douglas-Roberts an 18.1 scorer for Memphis last season. "It's about basketball IQ, a feel for the game. And I consider myself having a very high basketball IQ.

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"I could bring a new way of scoring. They have a lot of great players, great athletes but I feel every team needs a player with a good feel for the game and I feel that's what I add to the mix," he said, stressing the winner's mentality gained at Memphis. "Being at Memphis, I only lost 10 games in three years. That gave me the mentality I should win every game. So I went into the workout thinking just that: try to win every drill."</div>

That's pretty cool. I like his mentality. Definitely a guy I'd want on my team....to be honest, I'm not really too sure between him and Rush, as to who I'd want more.

 

[ghoti]

I can't see anyone complaining about having CDR on the team. He's a first team All-American for a reason.

I prefer Rush. He's a better shooter, better athlete, and already plays NBA caliber defense. He's also more versatile. CDR is purely a two guard.

Where CDR could really help the sleepwalking Nets is his personality, which is much more intense and competitive than Rush's laid back style.

 

[SportsTicker]

I like that both Vandeweghe and Polinsky raved about Laing and suggested he could get a summer league invite if he's not drafted. That would be nice.

Summer league team will DOMINATE, DOMINATE I TELL YOU: Julius Hodge, Sean Williams, Marcus Williams, Mo Ager, Brian Laing, plus whoever they draft. Boone isn't playing. (Of course, Marcus and Mo could be traded on draft night.) Hodge and Laing went to the same high school, St. Raymonds in the Bronx.

 

[soul driver]

wow, that's a pretty sick summer league team...can't wait!!

 

[Universe]

Rooting for Alexis Ajinca. Heard he had some nice shooting from away from the basket. He just needs to bulk up.

 

[Mr. Boe]

You've got to put the ball in the basket, so I'd gamble on Ajinca before the others. The last 7-foot Frenchman to make it to these parts was Frederic Weis, so it's better to roll the dice on him at 40 - not 10 or 21.

Given the Nets needs, Ajinca seems a better risk than the others. Of course, you hope he doesn't turn out to be A[jinx]a.