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The Trail Blazers held another workout today at the practice facility to put an end to the week. They're scheduled to hold two more workouts, one on Monday and the other on Tuesday, before going into draft lockdown mode. The end of pre-draft workouts are definitely near.
Nate McMillan, who has been on hand for nearly every workout, has been tight-lipped in regards to his opinions individual players, but he did talk a bit today about what they're trying to accomplish when deciding how the workout will play out. "We try to put them situations to get a read, a feel for what they know," said McMillan. "We don’t tell them a lot to start off with. We want to see what they know so we just put them in different situations and see what they do out there, see how much they know as far as a pin down, a pick and roll, how they defend it, how they use the screen." >>continue
Even though conventional wisdom tells you not to get as excited about this year's draft, mostly because where the Trail Blazers are picking, one only has to look to the very recent past to realize that this could be a very big week for the franchise.
The headliners at the pre-draft workouts haven't been the big, flashy names we've become so accustomed to seeing at the practice facility in the weeks leading up to the draft, but Wednesday's workout was probably the best we've seen yet. Not only were two probable first-round picks involved, probably five of the six players who took part will be drafted next Thursday. That alone made it exciting. The player projected to go the highest, among those working out for the Blazers on Wednesday was North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough, who could be a very nice fit for this Portland team. He could provide the toughness inside that this team has been looking for, and generally it appears other teams like him as well. He probably won't be on the board when the Blazers select at 24. But, as you know, just because Portland currently stands to pick at the 24th spot, doesn't mean they'll be necessarily picking at 24. In fact, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that the odds favor a move, of some kind (or many more than one) on draft day. Video: Pritchard's Thoughts On Wednesday's Workout || Create Your Own Mock Draft || Photo Gallery |
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