Running list of prospects meeting/working out with Portland

I like the idea of Barlow. Between Minott & Barlow - who is the better prospect.

I'm 100% in on Procida as a second round selection. Ideally we pick up an early 2nd for one of these guys.

 

and of course schmitz was in on him last year.

 

They brought in a guard and a wing - I’d guess they probably brought in Daniels for a second workout

 

Looking at this video of Minott, I'm thinking he is sort of like Duren, young, very athletic, raw, main skill is dunking. Although the video claims he is a good rebounder, I think that is mostly offensive, Tankathon gives him two minuses on defensive rebounding.

 

Kind of Greg Brown like

 

Yeh, that might be a good comp. I think he has better lateral movement on defense.

 

Sochan and Sharpe were supposed to workout in NO and Sochan was photographed at dinner with the Pels FO and coach.

Word out of NO today is that Sharpe canceled his workout last minute. Does he have a promise at 7 or above???

 

I’m just thinking the plan might be draft a guard and then sign and trade Ant. Not sure who we would be approaching. Detroit? Toronto?

 

Much better defensively as @UKRAINEFAN mentioned.

 

Sharpe ducking a workout in NO could also be to quell the negative press he's been getting after the others he's done. I tried to confirm with Fischer if his bad feedback from workouts was just a smokescreen, but he said he's talked to multiple coaches who actually ran the workouts who all said he's been underperforming when going up against other lottery talent. He also said he didn't want to reveal too much of what was said because it would just be trashing the guy further and hurting his stock more.

NGL... as someone who was growing more intrigued by Sharpe every week for his long term potential, this news gave me some added hesitation about drafting him. I'm really glad we brought him in house.

 

I like Ant, but think Mathurin is the "Real Deal", and has the size to work well next to Dame. If we could do a S & T with Ant to Atlanta for Collins, or to Toronto for OG, i'm in. I just see some Jordan in Benedict Mathurin.

 

OG

All day!

I want the Original Gangsta.

 

It’s really not that surprising though. He goes from playing against high schoolers to not playing against anyone for a year and now he’s walking in and playing against other lottery talent. The guy is probably another Keon. Tons of athletic ability but very raw.

 

You might need to get some better glasses & improve your vision. Mathurin is a role player at best

 

Case Closed. Stick a fork in it. He’s a role player.

 

Daniels cancelled his workout with the Kings.



Richman said we have one last one scheduled today and participants will be revealed this morning. The only guy we haven't brought in in our range is Murray.

 

I'm doubtful we can pull off OG for a reasonable deal, but if not, getting someone at 12 like Sochan or Duren plus Dort and Grant seems really good to bulk up our defense. That would be the result of the rumored Okc deal.

 

beautiful jumper... just perfect form

STOMP

 

So Branham is the headliner today... And Kamagate as the 2nd rounder.

Malaki is a decent talent, no interest in him for the skills/size he provides.