Blazers Announce First Workout Group

The Blazers have announced the first group of workout participants on their official twitter feed.
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Tory Jackson, Andy Rautins, Ryan Thompson, Marqus Blakely, Landry Fields, Tyren Johnson
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None of the six names are currently listed in Draft Express's 2010 mock draft. Nevertheless, click each name for their Draft Express profile (if available). Thompson, by the way, is the younger brother of Jason Thompson of the Sacramento Kings.

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wow...

if they’re working out Rautins they’re probably starting a farm team or something

by rip_city_swagger on May 28, 2010 1:55 PM PDT reply actions

We didn't work out any big prospects last year

I don’t remember anyone picked in the top 20 coming here, but I could be wrong. There was talk of guys (or at least their agents) not wanting to come here because of our depth. I don’t know if those rumors are true, but I wonder I we’re facing the same issues again. Hopefully we’ll get a chance to look at some bigger talent.

Still on the Rex bandwagon.

by dan_the_man on May 28, 2010 2:07 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

Hansbrough worked out with Pendy and Ferno

otherwise I don’t remember anyone with lottery potential

When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!

by two4larue on May 28, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Hansbrough

You are correct.

I was also correct. I said I could be wrong.

Still on the Rex bandwagon.

by dan_the_man on May 28, 2010 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions

I was correct too

picture me rollin'

by Utah Sucks on May 28, 2010 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions

This must be prospective players for the Summer League squad?

There will be some quality undrafted guys in a draft this deep, so I guess it doesn’t hurt to put your eyes on some of them in the hopes of adding them to a summer league roster and potentially to your training camp squad. Other than that, it looks like they aren’t wanting to tip their hands.

by nikolokolus on May 28, 2010 2:36 PM PDT reply actions

Marqus Blakely

has been on my interesting prospect list. he’s 6’4" and he has the wingspan of joakim noah. i think he’s a trevor ariza kind of player.

"I've hacked into your brain. You're throwing a party and no one's showing up."

by ignign*kt on May 28, 2010 2:52 PM PDT reply actions

sweet, a 6'5" guy with no handles or shot

he is a 6’5" power forward – that might work at VERMONT but won’t cut it in the NBA

He appears to have an above average wingspan, but nothing freakish by any means.

by rip_city_swagger on May 28, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions

it works in Houston (kind of)

by Escrote on May 28, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Blakely can’t defend the perimeter or shoot the 3 like Ariza. Heck of a leaper, but I don’t think he’s even in the same league with Ariza in terms of lateral quickness.

by jksnake99 on May 28, 2010 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions

This work out is just to kill time. None of these players are going to be drafted in the first round, probably

not even second round.

by BRoyInThe4th on May 28, 2010 3:34 PM PDT reply actions

Marquis Blakely was one of my favorite players in college hoops the past couple years. Led his team in points, rebounds, steals, blocks and assists. Just a statistical freak of nature. Basically a 6’5’’ post player. I don’t think he’s an NBA player.

Fields may have been the best player in the pac-10 this year— it was close between him and Pondexter (do not give me Jerome Randle). He can do a bit of everything. I think he may be worth a look late in the 2nd round. Not great at anything though.

by jksnake99 on May 28, 2010 4:06 PM PDT reply actions

In recent years, at least, there have been quite a few PAC-10 players worth drafting.

Fields may have been the best player in the pac-10 this year

Here are the PAC-10 players taken in round 1 from 2000 through last year:

2009
3 James Harden (arizona state)
8 jordan hill (arizona)
9 demar derozan (usc)
17 jrue holiday(ucla)
21 darren collison (ucla)

2008
3 o.j. mayo (usc)
4 russell westbrook (ucla)
5 kevin love (ucla)
10 brook lopez (stanford)
11 jerryd bayless (arizona)
15 robin lopez (stanford)
21 ryan anderson (cal)

2007
10 spenser hawes (washington)
16 nick young (usc)
26 aaron brooks (oregon)
27 arron afflalo (ucla)

2006
6 brandon roy (washington)
26 jordan farmar (ucla)

2005
8 channing frye (arizona)
9 ike diogu (arizona state)
21 nate robinson (washington)

2004
6 josh childress (stanford)
9 andre iguodala (arizona)
10 luke jackson (oregon)

2003
14 luke ridnour (oregon)

2002
14 fred jones (oregon)
18 curtis borchardt (stanford)

2001
1 kwame brown (washington)
13 richard jefferson (arizona)
18 jason collins (stanford)

2000
11 jeome moiso (ucla)
29 mark madsen (stanford)

Note that this list omits players who slid to the 2nd round, such as Gilbert Arenas in 2001 (Arizona).

#52

by CatMan2 on May 28, 2010 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Kwame Brown was drafted by Washington, didn’t go to college.

by jksnake99 on May 28, 2010 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Okay. All that typing and that's the only comment you have?

No problem. My inferred message was that, if you could obtain the “best” PAC-10 player of the year in a draft, you would probably be doing pretty well, and might indeed burn a 1st rounder on the guy, not a late 2nd rounder.

#52

by CatMan2 on May 28, 2010 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions

It was a pretty awful year for the Pac-10

Should Turner fall because the Big Ten hasn’t produced many prospects recently?

by Cablinasian on May 28, 2010 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions

My knowledge of PAC-10 and college hoops in general

is approximately equal to my knowledge of the UO team. And since they kinda sucked this last year, I haven’t even been following them too closely.

#52

by CatMan2 on May 28, 2010 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions

lol, sorry.

There wasn’t a lot of high level NBA talent in the pac-10 this year. I’m not at all sold on Fields as an NBA rotation player, though I do think he’s worth a look.

by jksnake99 on May 29, 2010 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm a Stanford student, so I've been able to watch Fields a lot.

(albeit against lackluster competition in the Pac-10). He’s definitely worth consideration in the second round. Decent size, good athleticism, great handles for a big guy, and able to guard three or four different positions. Struggles from the foul line and is an inconsistent shooter from long range, but is able to create his own shot. I think he’s sort of in the Terrence Williams mold, though obviously without the same upside due to a limited passing ability.

I think he could be a steal with a late pick.

by Roy Wonder on May 29, 2010 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions

I’ve seen a fair bit of Fields also, being a Stanford grad student. I can’t see Fields being a “steal,” just not enough upside. Could he become a useful 8th or 9th man on the right team? Yes, I think that’s a possibility. I like his game a lot, he was fun to watch this year.

by jksnake99 on May 29, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Jerome Randle was by far the best player in the PAC-10. Just because he is short doesnt make him any less of a prospect. Randle is better than Wall, not only faster than wall but shoots better too. Whatever team Randle goes to he will be better than Wall. Best PG in the draft.

by magic0198 on Jun 5, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions

A low round 2 draft is easy to steal away

If the blazers are able to find some wheat in a pile of chaff, sounds good to me. The bigger the names, the harder it is to pritchslap someone. No on suspects the undrafteds to in actuality have potential.

"We Believe" - Rudy Fernandez

by TheGreatMon on May 28, 2010 4:35 PM PDT reply actions

check

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Head Czar of Amerika <--- Mortimer said so so there!!!

by faith on May 29, 2010 12:00 AM PDT reply actions