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evin Durant was marched out next with Thaddeus Young. Durant looks as skinny as ever, but he drew were some gasps once the dunking drills kicked off. It’s pretty amazing to see how high above the rim his arms get when he’s elevating for dunks. For some reason he was also given the big man workout drills, so we didn’t get to see any real shooting except on occasion (which he was just so-so at). While he wasn’t screwing around the way some other players here were, it didn’t seem like he really wanted to be here either.
Thaddeus Young seemed to be taking thing a lot more seriously on the other hand, punishing the rim every time he dunked it and showing off his sculpted Corey Maggette esqe-physique. Him shooting jump-hook shots for the remainder of the workout didn’t tell us much more than we already knew.
Greg Oden, Corey Brewer and Joakim Noah were the last ones to work out. Oden impressed big time with the way he ran the floor and got off the ground dunking the ball, even if he seemed to be sleepwalking as well at times. His shooting and ball-handling looked good for a player his size. At the end of the workout, he insisted on not leaving until he managed to knock down an NBA three. On his third attempt, he finally got one to drop, and promptly turned around towards the crowd with his arms in the air like a prize fighter to celebrate his accomplishment with a big grin.
Joakim Noah ran the floor hard, handled the ball well, shot the ball decently, and seemed to put in a solid effort. Corey Brewer shot the ball better than you might have expected, even though he’s clearly more of a five on five player than someone who is going to shine in this type of setting.
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Seems like Oden is really trying hard to impress and get that first spot, hopefully he gets it, and hopefully he gets some kind of shooting touch from Three going in the next few years...
Its a long shot, but Big men who shoot threes I've always thought were abit more interesting to watch.
The rest of the hopefulls draft camp can be found here
http://www.draftexpress.com/viewarticle.php?a=2092
06-03-2007, 10:18 AM
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