Kings Pre-Draft Workout: 6/6/09 Robert Vaden, DeJuan Blair, Josh Heytvelt, Jerel McNeal, Tyler...

Kings Pre-Draft Workout: 6/6/09 Robert Vaden, DeJuan Blair, Josh Heytvelt, Jerel McNeal, Tyler Smith, and Marcus Thornton (via kingsflix)

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Blair has a decent looking jumper.

And his post game seems very advanced for his age. Probably had to learn more moves to deal with being shorter. His bulk helps too. If we got him at 23 it’d be the steal of the draft I think.

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by Aykis16 on Jun 6, 2009 9:03 PM PDT reply actions

I saw the opposite

Blair didn’t look that good to me. Maybe he was dogging it or something, or was tired. He just lacked explosiveness to me. Had a hard time getting around Heytvelt. That’s going to be a major issue for him I believe.

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by pookeyguru on Jun 6, 2009 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Perhaps he's adjusting to being 50 pounds lighter.

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by Aykis16 on Jun 7, 2009 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions

And Pookey

can you give me times in the video for showing Blair not beating Heytvelt? I rewatched it and here’s what I got:

3:06 – Offensive Rebound, post up, kiss of the glass
3:20 – comes to give help D, leaves Heytvelt wide open, but gets a rebound off a miss.
3:30 – again comes to give help D, leaving Heytvelt wide open, but again Heytvelt doesn’t get ball.
3:42 – does a very nice give and go pass
3:47 – sets a pick, gets a pass, does an up and under past Heytvelt.
3:58 – posts up Heytvelt, kicks it to wide open man for 3.
4:09 – effectively stops Heytvelt from shooting in close.

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by Aykis16 on Jun 7, 2009 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions

I'd agree

I was impressed with Blair making Heytvelt look bad. I was actually specifically looking at Heytvelt, because I recall being impressed with him during the tourney. At this point, I think it’s clear that Blair is the better prospect (not that I think there was much of a debate before).

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by Exhibit G on Jun 7, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions

And that's exactly what it was

Blair did not look that good to my untrained eye.

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by pookeyguru on Jun 7, 2009 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions

I am lost without a key

I can tell who Blair is and Heytvelt. Who is the third shooter from the start? Nice quick release. Who is the guy who looks a little too right handed, especially on the spin move jump shot drill? It is not a smooth style, but the guy with the dark red shoes didn’t miss many shots but he had to look at the ball alot when dribbling, a bad sign.

Blair – played under control, shot well but suprised with the lack of height on his shot that he doesn’t have more arc, not much of a leaper. Heytvelt – slow jumper on the rebound drill, bobbled the inside pass – for whatever that means – nice jump shot, average release.

Did anyone here impress you? Has anyone in any of the workouts impressed you? Is it the video, the content, the four minutes of viewing or just my untrained eye (BINGO!)

by betweentheeyes on Jun 7, 2009 11:18 AM PDT reply actions

+1-

No one has impressed that much- Casspi might be the winner so far. Blair has no lift on his jumper 3-4 inches off the ground isn’t going to cut it for a power player.

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by jjham15 on Jun 7, 2009 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions

I like Casspi because he showed he was able to penetrate the lane and make plays. This last audition wasn’t bad at all from the 4 minute video. Almost the same as Casspi except the ability to create a play with the ball in hand.

by bignerd on Jun 7, 2009 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions

so far, for me the most impressive has been Clark.

by boffacheerios on Jun 7, 2009 1:23 PM PDT reply actions

Who was the guy in the black socks?

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by HighTops on Jun 8, 2009 12:10 AM PDT reply actions

Red shoes, black socks – Vaden
Black shoes, white socks – Tyler Smith
White & black shoes, shooting at the left basket – McNeal
White shoes, shooting at the right basket – Thornton
White guy – Heytvelt
Fat guy – Blair

by draftjunkie on Jun 8, 2009 3:21 AM PDT up reply actions