<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Big man workouts continued in Waltham on Saturday, as <font color=""Red"">Shelden Williams, Patrick O'Bryant and Mouhamed Saer Sene worked out along with Torin Francis</font>, the Boston native who stuck around for a second day to round out the foursome at HealthPoint. Williams, who graduated from Duke this spring, is the most well known of the four prospects, but in this workout he was certainly the shortest. Williams is listed at 6'9", while the other three come in at seven feet. And he's already worked out against O'Bryant and Sene in several of his previous workouts to this point, and generally played against the tallest opposing player at Duke, so he's used to the challenge. "A lot of my workouts have been against centers. That's something I'll have to get used to on the next level, switches and match-ups like that," said Williams, who said he considers himself a power forward. Williams said he isn't worried about trying to show any specific skills in his workouts, and thinks he'll go somewhere between four and 14 in the draft. "People have seen me play all four years so I'm just trying to go out there and do what I'm capable of doing," Williams said. Meanwhile, O'Bryant said that he's hoping to demonstrate his "length" to teams in his workouts. He also said that while he doesn't pay attention to the various mock drafts that float around the Internet, it's impossible to ignore it completely. Sene only began playing basketball three years ago, and his English is still in the development stages as well. But he was able to confirm that his wingspan is 7'8". With very few legit seven footers in the draft, Sene could end up in as high as the middle of the first round. </div> link: http://www.nba.com/celtics/news/draft-cent...otes060306.html
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">In a perfect world, the furthest thing from Danny Ainge’s mind should be for his Celtics to get even younger. But now that the team’s resident draft master is picking seventh on June 28, it might not hurt to pay particular attention to that dwindling category in the NBA draft - the four-year college player. “It’s not just a matter of getting someone who is older, but of who (we could get),” said Ainge, who yesterday worked out a quartet of big men that included Duke’s Shelden Williams, Bradley’s Patrick O’Bryant, Senegalese 7-footer Mouhamed Saer Sene and, for the second day, Notre Dame center and Roslindale native Torin Francis. “If we feel that he could be a lot better playing down the road, then we might still go for him. If there’s a four-year college player who is ready to come in and help, then yes.” That player might be Randy Foye, the four-year Villanova guard who ran through an impressive workout with the Celtics two weeks ago. That player could also be the 6-foot-9 Williams, a natural power forward whose strength and experience worked well against the taller Sene and O’Bryant yesterday. As the Celtics eventually discovered with Ryan Gomes last season, a rookie with four years of major college experience can make an immediate contribution. Williams, who is as experienced and well-rounded as they come in this draft, understands that this quality may be one of his best selling points. “The main thing with four years is that you get those opportunities to take your game against the top competition in the nation - that prepares you pretty well,” said Williams, who as one of the cogs in an elite national program received that preparation on a nightly basis. Though pre-draft workouts and travel can break down players, Williams has negotiated the city-to-city ground without much trouble. He bulled through yesterday’s two-on-two session, including a strong run through the three-minute sprint, without much noticeable wear. “I try to take everything in stride,” Williams said. “I think a lot of people get stressed by the schedule and put that additional pressure on themselves, but I try not to let that happen.” It helps that Williams has a solid body of work from four years at Duke. “In these workouts I’m hoping to show these teams things that they didn’t really know about me before,” he said. “But I also know that Danny Ainge has seen my games all four years that I was at Duke, so it’s good to have that body of work now. That’s the way it should be. Going for four years in college, you want them to look at what you’ve done. That’s something you don’t want your workouts to affect.” </div> Celts may go to college: Four-year players on Ainge radar
Shelden would be a nice addition but I dont want to see him go somewhere where the coach could possibly mess him up, with whacked rotations.
