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UConn teammate Lamb not really selling Drummond

Uconn's Drummond fights for the ball as Syracuse's C.J. Fair and Fab Melo defend during their game at the 2012 Big East men's NCAA college basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York

Uconn’s Andre Drummond (12) fights for the ball as Syracuse’s C.J. Fair (5) and Fab Melo (51) defend during the first half of their game at the 2012 Big East men’s NCAA college basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York, March 8, 2012. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL)

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Andre Drummond is one of the big questions — or if you prefer, big risks — of this NBA Draft. He could be the second best player in this draft, or he could flame out like a late second rounder.

One good measuring stick — what do his college teammates say about him?

Here is what Drummond’s UConn teammate Jeremy Lamb told Ben Golliver of Blazers Edge (via twitter).

UConn G Jeremy Lamb on UConn C Andre Drummond’s NBA potential: “It depends on if he wants to work.”

And that sums it up.

Drummond’s skills have never been in question — DraftExpress says he could be a Serge Ibaka type, I heard another scout use Andrew Bynum in terms of slow to develop but a lot of impact when he does.

But does he want it? He was the most athletic big on the floor every night last year in college and averaged 10 points and 7 rebounds a game. You can tout him as losing 22 pounds after the end of the season and before workouts — a lot of guys tighten up physically — but why didn’t he make that conditioning a priority before.

He could be very good. I hope he is. But the reports out of his workouts have not been good and no even his teammates seem to have questions. There are risks.