Value of Draft Camp Stretches Beyond June 24 For Prospects
by Net Income on Jun 10, 2010 1:32 PM EDT
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PrintTwelve more college players are back at the PNY Center Thursday, trying out for the likes of Rod Thorn, Mike D'Antoni, Larry Bird and Kevin Pritchard. The news out of the first of three daily sessions on Wednesday was that New Mexico's 6'7" SF/SG Darington Hobson had outplayed a similar sized but better known wingman, UConn's Stanley Robinson. Thursday's word was that Notre Dame's 6'8" PF Luke Harangody played well...as did 6'8" PF Gani Lawal, Derrick Favors frontcourt mate at Georgia Tech, and Wayne Chism, Tennessee's 6'9" PF.
Happens all the time, say those who travel to these group workouts. Last year, for example, Austin Daye, Gonzaga's 6'11" SF, got rave reviews and wound up in Detroit with the first pick outside the lottery. And Wes Matthews, Marquette's 6'5" SG, had an even more unlikely experience. Jazz scouts liked him so much he was given a camp invite after not being drafted. He became a key player in this year's playoff run.
Who's this year's winners? Hobson appears to be one, but there will be others, John Schuhmann of NBA.com writes. "You could always find a diamond in the rough there.' says the Nets' Bobby Marks, who's running the camp. "It gives you exposure to those types of kids."
- Talent, teams meet in Jersey for final mass Draft workout - John Schuhmann - NBA.com
- NETS: Group Workouts Open with 12 Prospects Playing - Ben Couch - New Jersey Nets
- NETS: Group Workouts Open with 12 Prospects Playing (2 of 2) - Ben Couch - New Jersey Nets
- Nets Draft Workouts - Gregg Polinsky (Video) - New Jersey Nets
- Nets looking to make most of draft picks - Ryan Feldman - Trentonian
- Rider's Ryan Thompson considered in NBA draft by Nets - Ryan Feldman - Trentonian
- Harangody, Reynolds show their stuff - Adam Zagoria - SNY
- Thursday's Group Workouts Features Forwards - Ben Couch - New Jersey Nets
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My dream draft
DeMarcus Cousins at 3
Eric Bledsoe at 27
Stanley Robinson at 31
Harris/Bledsoe
Lee/CDR
FA signing/TWill/Robinson
Cousins/FA signing/Hump
Lopez/Boone/Yi
by Andres B on Jun 10, 2010 3:54 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I hope that doesnt happen
Favors will have a better career.
Bledsoe may not be a PG but we dont know because he played with Wall. He is good valud at 27 though
Robinson overrated…ive seen him play enough that I want no part of him.
Favors >>>>>>>>>>>> Cousins
The kid from New Mexico >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Robinson
Well we now know that Thorn doesn't read NetsDaily.
From the story behind the Avery hiring, it sounds like Thorn didn’t even know he had someone good right under his nose.
All he had to do is learn more about Avery from NetsDaily and he would have been signed weeks ago.
also I know draft express isn't the end all be all
but they’re ranking the kid from new mexico as the 47th overall prospect. Robinson is bigger and more suited to be a sf/pf, and has room to add bulk. He’s long and he can hit the outside shot. I don’t see what’s not to like about him.
That being said it doesn’t seem likely he’ll fall within ten picks of our 27th overall.
I wonder if Carl Everett believes Jamie Moyer exists.
Robinson is overrated
Watched a bunch of big east games. He never dominated, was inconsistent. Has potential, very athletic, but I dont want him, I dont see the upside. I would rather have Damion James from Tx
I don't think anyone of us expect him to dominate
we’re talking about the #27 overall pick. I just want someone that will be in the league still in 2 years.
I wonder if Carl Everett believes Jamie Moyer exists.
Stanley Robinson showed no heart in the Big East tourney earning them an NIT bid instead. Hobson will be long gone by 27th pick. I wish Damion James would be on board at 27 but again no shot. I am hoping we go Favors and that either Alabi or Whiteside are available at 27. And we really need to find a true rotation player at 31.
I don't think Robinson is ever going to be a player who puts a team on his back
but he’s going to play great defense, and unlike Lee who’s a pretty good defender he has the length to match up with most sf/sgs, and he’s going to be a great spot up shooter. And to me that’s more important on a good team, since a guy like Hobson isn’t going to be able to score at will against premier NBA talent, and he’s not going to bring the other things.
I wonder if Carl Everett believes Jamie Moyer exists.
well maybe not that good
but I mean more that role players can be invaluable
I wonder if Carl Everett believes Jamie Moyer exists.
I think Hobson is a lot like CDR
where when you put the ball in his hands he’s magic, especially going up against other draft prospects not necessarily NBA players, but he’s not good enough to put the ball in his hands regularly on the NBA level and he doesn’t really know how to add anything to a team without the ball in his hands.
Like I imagine if you had CDR and Lee play one on one CDR might light him up, but in a team setting Lee’s complementary skills add a lot more where as CDR only knows how to ISO.
I wonder if Carl Everett believes Jamie Moyer exists.
its about ISO a lot
but CDR isn’t good enough to score against premier NBA players, so you’re never going to put the ball in his hands like you would a Kobe or a Lebron or a Wade, he can score against back ups, and so he’s a good 6th/7th man, but thats pretty much all he can do at this point.
I wonder if Carl Everett believes Jamie Moyer exists.
and to me that's exactly the kind of player Hobson profiles as
although he might be a better defender, he doesn’t have great length, he doesn’t have much of an outside shot, and really outside of great slashing ability, but not great enough to be a go to guy on the NBA level, he really does bring much.
I wonder if Carl Everett believes Jamie Moyer exists.
Agreed
Its time for us to start grabbing up those legit 6’7 to 6’8 players, enough 6’4 6’5 6’6 guys, we need guys with length long arms and who are athletic. We haven’t had that in a while, it shortens the floor up a bit, makes up for some mistakes I feel, Lakers are showing what length does.
yeah but they apparently hate ebanks
and he can’t shoot. the thing about the lakers length is they’re not just long, their long and good players.
I wonder if Carl Everett believes Jamie Moyer exists.
No more Cousins vs Favors please!
LOL we already know everyone’s stance in regards to this subject!
" I'm really excited to take the worst team in the league and turn it to be the best in the league." --Mikhail Prokhorov.
Cousins has postives/negatives and so does favors…
but cousins has more positives and less negatives then favors lol
Cousins has more videos from this past year.
I’ve only seen 1 Favors Mix from this past year, and he wasn’t impressive.
Gina you are the most knowledgable female sports expert I have ever read. You are a woman, right? Did you play any sports? Maybe we can examine the his + hers scrabooks from our glory days. We’ll gaze into each others eyes as we discuss the Nets Jets + Mets
Gina
Make that scrapbook..we’ll never fight over the remote because we’ll always be watching the game
Nets fans
Just wanted to pass on a message that Paul Erstein is deep undercover working in the Nets offices gathering info for us. He’ll have a full report soon. Let’s Hope he’s ok and doesn’t wind up in the gulog
where has Pau Erstein been?
Totally off topic – but I think that there should be a ban on all new members of this site come June 25th. I am not excited for all the “new” Nets fans who instantly become front runners when they realize that the Nets are going to be a championship team in the next few years. Kind of like all the people who became Yankees fans in the late 90s, or who moved to NYC from places like North Dakota and suddenly were wearing Yankee hats.
well I'm an end runner...
so, if they get Le Bon Bon, you can count me out…that might mitigate the front runner damage.
(And I’ll move to North Dakota or OKC and root for Green and the Spider.)
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