<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Denver Nuggets, who worked out four seniors May 13, will resume sessions Monday. Scheduled to visit Denver next week are New Mexico forward Danny Granger, Louisville guard Francisco Garcia, Oklahoma State forward Joey Graham and guard Stephen Graham, who are twins, Washington guard Nate Robinson, Maryland guard John Gilchrist and Tennessee Chattanooga forward Mindaugas Katelynas. Garcia, Robinson and Gilchrist are early-entry candidates; the other four are seniors. Katelynas originally was scheduled to work out May 13 but postponed his visit because of a right shoulder injury. The Nuggets have the Nos. 20 and 22 picks in the first round, as well as a second-round pick, No. 52 overall. Team officials are optimistic about what might come their way. "There are a lot of talented players," Nuggets assistant general manager Jeff Weltman said. "You could get the same player at No. 20 that you could get at (Nos.) 7 or 8." A record 108 early-entry candidates declared, including 61 from college, 12 from high school and 35 international players. Players have until June 21 to withdraw. "It's a deep draft if everybody stays just by the sheer numbers," Nuggets general manager Kiki Vandeweghe said. Vandeweghe referred to the top players in the draft because there will be plenty of defections. Of the 93 players who declared early last year, 51 pulled out. Most of those who drop out likely will be international players. While college players who have not signed with an agent can pull out only once, international players, who must apply this year for early entry if born between 1983 and 1986, can do so as many as four times, and it does not matter if they already are professionals. Among the players scheduled for next week is Granger, whom Nuggets assistant general manager David Fredman says is a "skilled guy." Many observers, though, believe Granger could be the top senior taken and be gone by the time the Nuggets pick. Joey Graham and Garcia appear to be players who will be selected near where Denver selects in the first round. The other invitees might end up being second-round picks, including Robinson, who is only 5-foot-9 but has a body Fredman says is "stronger" than that of Nuggets 5-5 guard Earl Boykins. "You really just want the chance to meet with the kids," Fredman said of the workouts, which will continue until the draft, perhaps even in Italy when Vandeweghe, Fredman and Weltman visit a basketball camp in Treviso, the week of June 12. Several well-known college seniors could be available for Denver in the first round. In addition to Joey Graham, they include Arizona center Channing Frye, Syracuse forward Hakim Warrick and Kansas forward Wayne Simien. "Sure, they factor," Vandeweghe said of the seniors. "I think also there are going to be some young players that teams (picking before the Nuggets) aren't willing to gamble on who have potential and you can take a flyer on." Nuggets officials talk about drafting the best available players regardless of position. Their top needs are a shooting guard, a third point guard and big man who can shoot. With a veteran team and two first- round picks, it is possible the Nuggets could trade one or keep a draftee overseas. Vandeweghe said it is too early to speculate, although Weltman brought up one point. "Having two picks so close together, we can kind of maybe manipulate things," he said of the possibility of the Nuggets being involved in a draft-day trade. </div> Source
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">With the NBA draft field tentatively set, the Nuggets wasted no time lining up a group of well-known college players to work out for them. The group includes two third-team All-America players - Oklahoma State small forward Joey Graham and Washington guard Nate Robinson. Louisville small forward Francisco Garcia, New Mexico small forward Danny Granger, Maryland guard John Gilchrist, Tennessee-Chattanooga power forward Mindaugas Katelynas and Graham's twin brother Stephen, an Oklahoma State shooting guard, also will visit the Pepsi Center next week. While the rest in the group are seniors, Garcia and Granger both left college with a year of eligibility remaining. They count among 108 players announced by the NBA Thursday to have applied for early entry to the draft. Denver assistant general manager Jeff Weltman said the list of early entrants could have been even longer. "There were a couple of high school kids who probably would have been first-round picks if they'd put </div> Source
