<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Most Grizzlies observers agree the team needs to get tougher up front. Wednesday's workout of NBA Draft candidates focused on just that. "We're trying to organize the workouts a little differently this year, and I guess this was our 'physical' day," said Tony Barone Sr., the Griz director of player personnel. In to work out Wednesday were Jason Maxiell, a 6-7 forward from Cincinnati; Linas Kleiza, a 6-8 forward from Missouri; and Martellus Bennett, a 6-7 prep forward from the Houston area who was also recruited by Division 1 colleges as a tight end. "You've all seen Jason play at Cincinnati," Barone said. "He has incredible timing and he has long arms obviously, but his timing around the basket defensively is really good, and he's a very nice 15-foot-and-in player -- great body, great physical toughness. "We wanted to see the physicality of this group and all three of them can do that, they're all physical players. In the league, the back lines are physical. If you're not physical, you don't survive." </div> Source
