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  • Posted on: Mon, 06/14/2010 - 12:42pm #17165
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    We just unloaded 2000 plus words of the latest draft talk on our NBA Draft Blog today. We covered the DeMarcus Cousins-Derrick Favors workout in Sacramento and gave the latest updates on what the Wizards, Sixers, Nets, Timberwolves and Kings were all up to. As we get closer to the draft the info just keeps rolling in. Here’s a few bonus nuggets, that came in after the blog published.

    A number of NBA sources are telling me that the Denver Nuggets are in the hunt for a Top 10 pick. Nuggets GM Mark Warkentein has been calling around trying to gauge interest in teams selling the pick. According to sources Warkentein is offering Ty Lawson for the pick. A Nuggets source said the Nuggets are looking for big man to fill up their front line. Several bigs including Cole Aldrich, Ed Davis, Ekpe Udoh, Patrick Patterson, Daniel Orton and Hassan Whiteside could be there at 10.

    Butler’s Gordon Hayward is getting serious looks from the Clippers, Jazz, Pacers and Bucks. But could he go even higher than No. 8? The Sacramento Kings (drafting at No. 5) have been pushing to get Hayward in and will have Hayward and Nevada’s Luke Babbitt in for a workout on June 23rd, the day before the draft. Could the Kings take Hayward ahed of the two guys we have highest on their board — DeMarcus Cousins and Greg Monore? Probably not. But the Kings have been talking to several teams about moving down in the draft. The Kings are looking for veterans and have been shopping Andres Nocioni and Francisco Garcia to see if they can get any takers. If they do move down a few notches, both players could be intriguing.

    http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/16721/nuggets-looking-to-move-up-in-draft

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  • Posted on: Mon, 06/14/2010 - 12:52pm #332211
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    “Cousins had an excellent workout with the Sacramento Kings, grading out as the best shooter to visit Sacramento in the predraft process. He hit 78 percent of his shots in the workout, including a lot of pick-and-pop attempts.

    Favors graded out as the far better athlete, but the Kings, who have the No. 5 pick in the draft, believed Cousins was a more advanced player. He showed Sacramento officials more range than they thought he had, consistently hitting the 17-foot jumper. The Kings are considering several players, but Cousins could be difficult to pass over.

    Sources say the Kings are also still open to trade possibilities, and Detroit and Utah are two teams eager to move up in the draft. The Pistons’ Tayshaun Prince(notes) could be intriguing to the Kings, who are eager to add a veteran small forward to the roster.”

    http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ys-favorscousins061310

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  • Posted on: Mon, 06/14/2010 - 4:37pm #332353
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    I don’t think anyone would bite on Lawson for a top ten pick.

    The Gordon Hayward thing at 5 seems beyond ridiculous. It would be far more likely that the Kings would trade or buy back into the middle or late parts of the first to get him than waste a 5 pick. Also, they have Garcia, Casspi, Nocioni, Greene, and rights on McGuire and Udoka. They already have quite the collection of mediocre small forwards. What does Gordon Hayward add?

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