<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">After two years and a national championship with the Connecticut Huskies, 6-foot-11 Charlie Villanueva's heart told him he was really ready to enter next week's NBA Draft. He had pulled his name from consideration after his high school senior season because he wasn't quite there yet but improved so much the past two years that Jazz senior VP of basketball operations Kevin O'Connor declared Wednesday after watching him work out, "Now he's looking at being a pick in the lottery. I would be shocked if he wasn't." Salt Lake City product Lance Allred is on the two-year plan, too. After two years as the Weber State center following two unproductive years with Rick Majerus at the University of Utah, Allred improved enough to be invited to Wednesday's Jazz workout session and will likely spend time this summer on an NBA summer camp team or preparing to play overseas, a scenario in which he can see himself improving enough in another couple of years that he could have some influence in the NBA. The former East High star said he has invites to Jazz, Clippers and Spurs summer camps, though O'Connor said the Jazz haven't yet made up their Rocky Mountain Revue roster. "It's up in the air," said Allred, who will go where he thinks he fits the best and has the best chance this summer. "Otherwise I'll head overseas. That's the question I'm facing right now. I just needed two years at Weber, and look how much better I got progressively every year, so the question is, do I want to sit on the bench in the NBA fighting for playing time or do I want to go to Europe and play and continue to get better and a couple years later come back and actually have an impact?"</div> Source
