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SLAM: What is your contract situation with Olimpija like? Davis Bertans: I have a 6 year contract with NBA buy-outs after every season and European buy-outs starting after the next season. SLAM

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What do you say to the critics who say you are too slow to defend wings in the NBA? Do you think you’ll be able to step in and hold your own on the defensive end? Davis Bertans: About defense, of course it’s a bit of a problem for me to move my long legs fast, but i’m working on that. Everything can be fixed with hard work, so everyday i have to work even harder and i can become a good defensive player. And my height is definately a bonus on defense because i don’t have to got too close to offensive player and he still can’t shoot and open shot over my hands. Critics actually help. I want to prove that they are wrong. SLAM

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Ryan Feldman: Lucas Nogueira was the top player to withdraw from the draft today. Nikola Mirotic + Davis Bertans, both likely 1st rd picks, stayed in it. Twitter

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While a report over the weekend said that Latvian small forward Davis Bertans would withdraw from the NBA draft without a guarantee that he’d be a first-round pick, Draft Express reports via Twitter that Bertans’ agent, Marc Fleisher, said his client has decided to stay in the draft. Fleisher would not reveal whether he knows where Bertans will be picked. Sporting News

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Ryan Feldman: Unless he gets a last-minute 1st round promise today, Davis Bertans will withdraw from the NBA Draft, according to @ChadFordInsider. Twitter

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Davis Bertans agent had a much better strategy having him workout along with two other players, his brother Dairis Bertans and Janis Strelnieks. It allowed him to be less nervous with all of the scouts eyes not solely on him, as well as giving him time to recover after each dunk or jumpshot. He had a pretty good showing in the workout although I'm sure he would tell you he shot horribly. He started a little slow but eventually found a groove. One assistant GM sitting next to me commented that he's got "stiff hips" which is actually very accurate. He's not a great athlete with slow feet and doesn't run well but he has great length and can get off the floor and his bread and butter and what will likely give him a good chance to play in the NBA someday is his outside shooting, which ran hot and cold today but there's no mistaking his tremendous form. NBADraft.net

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Scott Howard-Cooper: No Davis Bertans, bubble 1st-rounder, at Eurocamp. He has a playoff game tonight in Slovenia. At least his team does. He has sat the last 2. Twitter

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Aran Smith: Davis Bertans http://www.nbadraft.net/player… will be entering the 2011 NBA draft according to his agent Twitter

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Latvian forward Davis Bertans also is getting strong draft consideration, but would probably need a strong performance Saturday to solidify his stock. Yahoo! Sports

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