More on Draft Workouts
Marc Berman: Source says Trae Young will work out in Tarrytown for Knicks Tuesday. May meet with Knicks as soon as Monday. Trae has instagram noting he’s flying in.
Here’s a look at the six players who will be trying to impress the Lakers’ brass on Sunday: Alize Johnson – 6-7, 217 – Missouri State. Terry Larrier – 6-8, 185 – Connecticut. Jared Terrell – 6-3, 215 – Rhode Island. Moritz Wagner – 6-11, 241 – Michigan. Thomas Wilder – 6-3, 190 – Western Michigan. Kenrich Williams – 6-6, 200 – TCU.
Rick Bonnell: Dayton forward Kostas Antetokounmpo (brother of Giannis) suffered a groin injury during his workout with @hornets. He couldn’t complete the workout, but said this doesn’t appear to be a serious injury.
In preparation for the 2018 NBA Draft, the Charlotte Hornets will host their third draft workout on Sunday, June 3: Kostas Antetokounmpo, Rodney Bullock, Chris Chiozza, Marcus Foster, Jairus Lyles, Lonnie Walker are the participants.
Michael Scotto: Texas A&M center Tyler Davis is scheduled to work out for the Brooklyn Nets on June 5, a league source told @TheAthleticNYC. Davis averaged 14.9 points on 59 percent shooting, 8.9 rebounds, and 1.3 blocks per game.
Wendell Carter has workouts lined up with teams picking 4-9 in the draft, a league source told The Athletic.
Chris Dempsey: The #Nuggets are having two more days of pre-draft workouts, starting Monday. @CUBuffsMBB standout George King is one of the athletes expected to participate.
Harrison Wind: Ohio State forward Keita Bates-Diop will work out for the Nuggets on Monday. UCLA point guard Aaron Holiday will work out for the team Tuesday. Here’s the full list of participants for both days. Denver currently holds the 14th pick in the draft.
Harrison Faigen: The Lakers will work out the following prospects on Sunday: Kevin Hervey – Texas-Arlington, Alize Johnson – Missouri State, Terry Larrier – Connecticut, Moritz Wagner – Michigan, Thomas Wilder – Western Michigan, Jared Terrell – Rhode Island
Malika Andrews: Mo Bamba working out for the Bulls. John Paxson and Gar Forman are watching from the sidelines. pic.twitter.com/jVKdbdkehR
Rick Bonnell: UNC's @tpinsonn gets a workout with the @Charlotte Hornets tomorrow. I spoke with him in Chicago about the last-minute break he got, being included in the draft combine: charlotteobserver.com/sports/nba/cha…
Michael Wallace: Some top-10 lottery projected players starting to move around for publicly confirmed, on-site team visits/workouts. Mo Bamba scheduled to be in Chicago (No. 7 pick) today, while Mikal Bridges working out for Charlotte (No. 11).
Gerald Bourguet: #Suns draft workouts for today: Rawle Alkins - Arizona E.C. Matthews - Rhode Island De'Anthony Melton - USC Landry Shamet - Wichita St. Allonzo Trier - Arizona Usama Zaid - Vancouver Island
Ian Begley: The Knicks have scheduled a private workout with Oklahoma's Trae Young, league sources confirm. The Knicks gave the ninth pick in the draft. It's unclear if Young will be available when the Knicks pick. ESPN's latest mock draft, the Orlando Magic take Young with the No. 6 overall pick. The Knicks will work out several top prospects at their practice facility in Westchester County in the coming weeks. Many in the organization remain high on Villanova wing Mikal Bridges, per sources. The New York Post was first to report the Knicks' scheduled workout with Young.
Adam Zagoria: Former Notre Dame G Matt Farrell is going to work out for the Lakers Monday and then Denver Wednesday, per league source.
Mike Vorkunov: Knicks were one of the teams at the Roc Nation pro day yesterday in LA to watch Zhaire Smith, Mo Wagner, and Angel Delgado. Delgado, a Seton Hall product, has had workouts with the Rockets and Lakers so far.
Adam Zagoria: Following his Pro Day today, former Arizona G @Iam_RawleAlkins heads to the Phoenix Suns for a workout tomorrow zagsblog.com/2018/05/23/ari…
Despite the Knicks picking ninth in the June 21 NBA Draft, Oklahoma star point guard Trae Young has decided to give them a private workout at the team facility in Tarrytown, according to an NBA source.
Mark Murphy: Ha! Celtics' draft workout is June 8. Grayson Allen still on the list.
Bryan Kalbrosky: Source: Landry Shamet, who is working out with the Lakers today and had an impressive pro day yesterday, has another NBA draft workout with the Suns tomorrow. He led his conference in assists + TS%. More info on the former Wichita State star: usat.ly/2rFgMrW #SunsAt50 pic.twitter.com/1F7QCnj6nY
Gerald Bourguet: #Suns draft workouts for today: Keita Bates-Diop - Ohio State Devon Hall - Virginia George King - Colorado J.P. Macura - Xavier Chimezie Metu - USC Malik Newman - Kansas
Sean Cunningham: Kings draft workout for Friday: Marcus Foster (G – 6’3” Creighton) Daxter Miles (G – 6’3”) West Virginia Ben Emelogu (F – 6’6”) SMU Desi Rodriguez (F – 6’6”) Seton Hall Alize Johnson (F – 6’9”) Missouri St. Jordan Barnett (F – 6’7”) Missouri
Don’t count on LiAngelo Ball following in his brother’s footsteps. While the Los Angeles Lakers held a workout Tuesday that included the younger brother of starting point guard Lonzo Ball, a person with knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY Sports team officials have no interest in drafting or signing the 19-year-old – for the NBA team or even the G-League team, the South Bay Lakers.
Ryan Ward: #Lakers bringing in another crop of players for pre-draft workouts on Thursday: Devonte’ Graham – Kansas Landry Shamet – Wichita State Billy Preston – Kansas Tony Carr – Penn State Josh Okogie – Georgia Tech Johnathan Williams – Gonzaga
Mike Vorkunov: The Knicks have a workout lined up with Billy Preston at some point in the next two weeks. Preston is the No. 80 ranked prospect in this draft, according to Draft Express. He was a top-20 recruit in 2017 but left Kansas (w/out playing) for Europe while awaiting NCAA clearance.
Vincent Goodwill: Texas center Mo Bamba will be at the Advocate Center for a workout with the Bulls. He'll have media availability late tomorrow morning
Sean Cunningham: Kings pre-draft workout for Thursday: Shake Milton (G – 6’6 SMU) Allonzo Trier (G – 6’5” Arizona) Jeff Roberson (F – 6’6” Vanderbilt) EC Matthews (G – 6’5” Rhode Island) Gary Clark (F – 6’8” Cincinnati) Jordan Barnett (F – 6’7” Missouri)
Charlotte 49ers point guard Jon Davis is withdrawing from the NBA draft and will return for his senior season. Davis didn't hire an agent when he declared for the draft, meaning he was able to withdraw by Wednesday's deadline after getting feedback from the four NBA teams with which he worked out -- Charlotte, Brooklyn, Oklahoma City and Boston.
Darren Wolfson: Villanova guard Donte DiVincenzo will workout for the #Twolves on Monday, I hear. They also met with him in Chicago. Thibs and other front office folks are busy the rest of this week at Pro Days in Los Angeles. Just today there's four.
Mike Bresnahan: Lonzo Ball watched the entire two-hour workout today involving his brother, LiAngelo, at the Lakers’ training facility. Ball’s former UCLA teammate, Thomas Welsh, was also among the six players who worked out.
Ryan Ward: At #Lakers pre-draft workouts, LiAngelo Ball is one of six players here today pic.twitter.com/qWyl0g66OS
Ryan Ward: Here’s three other players working out for the #Lakers today: Jaylen Adams (St. Bonaventure), Thomas Welch (UCLA), Devon Hall (Virginia) pic.twitter.com/s1n9Wm1TkB
Gery Woelfel: For the draft geeks: Loyola Chicago forward Donte Ingram posted solid back-to-back workouts with the Bulls and Bucks last week. The Bucks also auditioned UCLA center Thomas Welsh and Nevada forward Caleb Martin last week.
Darren Wolfson: Former Apple Valley HS and Duke star Gary Trent Jr. has upcoming plans to workout for the #Twolves, Blazers, Nets, Nuggets, Spurs, and Bucks. He previously has worked out for the Lakers. There's some other teams too seeing if they can match schedules to get him in. pic.twitter.com/y7Bcrl0oyh
Doug Haller: Arizona State's Shannon Evans and Kodi Justice among those working out for the Suns today. Tra Holder did so last week.
Gerald Bourguet: #Suns draft workouts today: Jacob Evans - Cincinnati Obi Enechionyia - Temple Shannon Evans II - ASU Alan Herndon - Wyoming Kodi Justice - ASU William McDowell-White - Australia
Darren Wolfson: Former Lakeville North HS and Xavier star @jpmacura works out for the Suns on Thursday and the Clippers next Monday, I hear. Worked out for the Spurs over the weekend. pic.twitter.com/bM09hv7PLp
Alec Lewis: Former #Mizzou SG Jordan Barnett will work out with the Boston Celtics on Friday, per a league source.
Kyle Goon: Memorial Day workouts for the Jazz.
Arturs Kalnitis: After officially declaring for the 2018 NBA Draft, Rodions Kurucs also got the permission from Barcelona Lassa to participate in the NBA pre-draft workout, his agent announced on Twitter. The workout will be held on 30th of May at Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks, California.
Tony Jones: The workout for the Utah Jazz on Monday will be a big one. I'm told there will be multiple players in attendance that could be in play at #21, when the Jazz select....
Olgun Uluc: Matur Maker worked out for the Cleveland Cavaliers, this morning.
Bryan Kalbrosky: Sources: NBA prospect Landry Shamet (@Landry Shamet) will have a predraft workout with the Golden State Warriors tomorrow (May 27). The former Wichita State guard was 44.2 percent from three-point range last year.
James Palmer, Nebraska’s first-team All-Big Ten guard, will return to the Huskers for his senior season, he confirmed by text to The World-Herald on Friday evening. Palmer declared for the NBA draft but didn’t hire an agent, leaving him eligible to return as long as he withdrew by next Wednesday. The 6-foot-6 senior from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, had workouts with three franchises : Boston, Oklahoma City and the Los Angeles Clippers.
Ryan Ward: Next group of players for #Lakers pre-draft workouts on Tuesday: Jaylen Adams – St. Bonaventure LiAngelo Ball – BC Vytautas Thomas Welsh – UCLA Devon Hall – Virginia Tyus Battle – Syracuse Dusan Ristic – Arizona
Ohm Youngmisuk: Grayson Allen and Maryland’s Kevin Huerter also said they worked out for the Nets. twitter.com/notoriousohm/s…
Ian Begley: Seton Hall’s Desi Rodriguez had a pre-draft workout with the Knicks, per his Instagram account. pic.twitter.com/t3t3TrmzM5
Ian Begley: Michigan guard Charles Matthews had a pre-draft workout for the Knicks, per his Instagram account.
Scott Bordow: Tra Holder at Suns workout pic.twitter.com/qEl9YeKfjX
Mike Bresnahan: Duke’s Grayson Allen taking some threes in around-the-world portion of Lakers pre-draft workout. pic.twitter.com/l8RVdQMjVf
Scott Agness: Appears Indy product Kris Wilkes worked out for the Brooklyn Nets today, per his Instagram.
Darren Wolfson: Other intriguing names that worked out for the #Twolves today, I hear: Colorado's George King, Kentucky's PJ Washington, and Nevada's Cody Martin. King improved his stock at the Combine. pic.twitter.com/ev88Tb2g21
Scott Agness: IU forward Juwan Morgan is working out for the Atlanta Hawks today.
Gerald Bourguet: #Suns draft workouts today: Trevon Bluiett - Xavier, Devonte’ Graham - Kansas, Tra Holder - ASU, Shake Milton - SMU, Kendrick Nunn - Oakland, Lindell Wigginton - Iowa State
After testing the NBA Draft waters for the past two months, Kansas State guard Barry Brown has decided to return to college for his senior season. Brown announced Friday that he has withdrawn his name from the NBA Draft process, ending an informative experience during which he worked out for the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets.
Several times during Loyola’s magical and unexpected run to the Final Four, Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg commented on how great a story it was. The storybook nature of it continued Thursday, when two key pieces to the Ramblers’ ride worked out for the Bulls at the Advocate Center. Neither Simeon alumnus Donte Ingram nor Ben Richardson fall in either round of any mock draft. And the Bulls don’t even own a second-round pick.
Matur Maker, the younger brother of Bucks center Thon Maker, will work out for the L.A. Lakers on Friday and then the Cleveland Cavaliers two days later. Maker is expected to work out for the Bucks, although a date hasn’t been established.
Spencer Percy: #Hornets have a pre-draft workout today in Charlotte. Safe to say this crop is late 2nd-round or summer league candidates. Highlighted by Connor Birchfield (W&M - led nation in 3P%) and Jon Davis (Charlotte - local product). #BuzzCity
Gery Woelfel: Loyola Chicago standout Donte Ingram, who was a prep teammate of Jabari Parker's at Simeon in Chicago, is among those who'll audition for the Bucks today.
Adam Zagoria: .@GoRhodyRams G EC Matthews has worked out for the #Knicks, Nets and Celtics, per source.
James Ham: A change to tomorrow’s workout in Sacramento. Billy Preston is out of the workout and Hayden Dalton out of Wyoming is in.
Ryan Ward: Next crop of players the #Lakers are bringing in for pre-draft workouts on Friday: Allerik Freeman – NC State Grayson Allen – Duke Kevin Huerter – Maryland Arnoldas Kulboka – Capo D’Orlando Matur Maker – Mississauga Prep Bryant McIntosh - Northwestern
There seems to be some miscommunication between the Big Baller Brand’s camp and the defending world champs regarding LiAngelo Ball. Despite what the 19-year-old Ball told HoopsHype’s Alex Kennedy, the Warriors deny they’ve scheduled a private, pre-draft workout with the younger brother of Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball. In refuting what the younger Ball said, a Warriors spokesman said Thursday the team has no specific plans to meet with LiAngelo, who quit UCLA’s team in his freshman season after being arrested for shoplifting in China on a team trip this past season. LiAngelo told HoopsHype he’s already arranged private meetings with the Warriors, Clippers and Lakers before the NBA Draft on June 21.
Peter Edmiston: Josh Okogie was the most prominent part of the workout group, especially as this was his first workout after a terrific Combine. Good reviews for the length and shooting ability Okogie showed. Certainly very much in the mix for the Grizzlies at 32.
Jason Jones: Tomorrow’s Kings pre-draft workout
Syracuse wing @tyusbattle1 will work out this weekend for the @knicks per source. @theknicksblog
Northwestern point guard Bryant McIntosh is scheduled to be among those who work out for the Lakers on Friday. McIntosh, who is third all-time in the Big Ten in assists, helped lead Northwestern to its first-ever NCAA Tournament berth in 2016-17 and became the first Division 1 player in 13 years to post 16 assists with no turnovers in a game against Minnesota this past season.
Adam Zagoria: Maryland’s Kevin Huerter also has workouts with the Lakers and Jazz before the May 30 deadline, per source. Villanova’s Omari Spellman has Lakers today and then Jazz.
Adaz Zagoria: Celtics President Danny Ainge took @NovaMBB 's Donte DiVincenzo to lunch after their workout this week, source says. Celts pick at No. 27 and are in the hunt for a 2nd-rounder also.
The Memphis Grizzlies announced today that they will be holding a pre-draft workout tomorrow, May 24th, at 10:45 AM. The players attending the Grizzlies workout are Braian Angola (Florida State), Justin Bibbs (Virginia Tech), Chris Chiozza (Florida), Josh Okogie (Georgia Tech), Admiral Schofield (Tennessee) and Jonathan Stark (Murray State).
Just like his older brother Thon, Matur Maker is determined to make a splash in America and join the ranks of basketball's elite. The younger sibling of the Milwaukee Bucks star declared earlier this year he was skipping the college route and heading straight to the NBA Draft in June. [...] On Wednesday (AEST) he completed his first pre-Draft workout with the Minnesota Timberwolves and according to his guardian and mentor Ed Smith reportedly did his stocks no harm.
Arizona guard and Brooklyn native Rawle Alkins began his NBA team workouts with the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday. After Sacramento, the 6-foot-5 Alkins will fly to Atlanta to work out for the Hawks, a league source told ZAGSBLOG. He also has a workout with the Phoenix Suns next week. Alkins is expected to have about 10 team workouts and will also have a Pro Day next Thursday at the new Impact Gym in Las Vegas where all 30 teams are expected to attend.
