<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Taft has heard the rumors, but he's not worried because of what teams are telling him. And while he admits he didn't have a great workout with the Toronto Raptors, he's not sure where other reports of him working out poorly are coming from. "I've worked out for five teams. Four of them went well," Taft said, "I didn't have a great workout with Toronto, but four out of five were really good. I've done what I've been asked to do, and whatever they've told me I needed to do better I've tried to work on. So I can't worry about what people are saying. "The people who write stuff on the Internet, I don't even pay them any mind because how accurate really is that stuff? Like I said, I'll just focus on the things I can control." Along with the Raptors (who have the seventh pick), Taft has worked out for Golden State (No. 9), Charlotte (No. 5), Boston (No. 18) and the Los Angeles Clippers (No. 12). Taft might have fallen out of the first group of players picked, but his status still could improve because he has several workouts scheduled before the draft. One thing that could hold him back is a knee injury that occurred last week when he was working out with the Celtics. He said the injury prevented him from finishing a workout earlier this week with the Bobcats, but he is healthy and ready to go after it again. "I really didn't realize it was hurt until the Charlotte workout when I was trying to go to the basket and couldn't because my knee hurt." said Taft, who was a sophomore when he left Pitt. "But I've iced it down every day and again at night and it is fine now. I don't think it is 100 percent, but it is good enough."</div> Source
Watching him play during the season,looking at his stats,hearing bits about his workouts...you need to be an optimist to draft him as a big body who might yet become a player,and you'd need to be an optimist to pick him very high when there are so many better players available. Some late pickers are well stocked and can afford a roll of the dice. I can't see a team taking him ahead of Simien or Blatche,but I've seen some real dumb draft moves in the past,so who knows?
