<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The last couple of seasons, the individual workouts of NBA prospects by the Grizzlies leading to the draft have had some intrigue. But since the Grizzlies, because of past trades, currently have just one pick in the June 24 draft - No. 50 in the second round - what's the big deal about working out prospect after prospect? "We have a guy on our team named (Theron) Smith who didn't get drafted and made our team," said Tony Barone, a Grizzlies assistant and the director of player personnel who conducts the workouts. "So we take these workouts extremely serious. "You simply don't know what's going to happen in the draft. You don't know if we're going to trade up. There are a lot of things that could happen." Barone also said watching a prospect work out is something that can be filed away for the future. "Down the road a few years from now, we might be looking at one of these guys in another context," Barone said. "We don't know what's going to happen. That's the way we've got to approach it." Barone always ends each workout by gathering the players at midcourt for a little fun, such as last week when he brought together Tony Bobbitt of Cincinnati, Desmon Farmer of Southern Cal, Ricky Minard of Morehead State and Tim Pickett of Florida State. </div> Entire story by Ron Higgins None of those players seem like probable picks to me, except for Tim Pickett. However, West did take Archibald higher than expected in 2002. What does everyone else think about Tim Pickett? He's projected to go higher than the #50 pick, but it's really all up in the air at this point. Heck, by the end of all the camps and workouts he may be in the lotto... or undrafted. For Florida State last year, Pickett averaged about 17 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2.5 steals while shooting a little bit over 43% from the field (41% from 3). When his shooting is on, he's one hell of a player. He scored 33 points against Georgia Tech, 30 points against North Carolina, 25 points against Florida, and 24 points against Duke; so he's a clutch player (what the Grizz need). If he slips to us, I hope we draft him. He'd be a great addition (even though we are already stocked at Shooting Guard).
