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Draft workouts... |
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work out three more players,
Jason Keep (6-foot-10 280 pounds),
Szymon Szewczyk (6-10 242) from Poland and
center-forward
Sofoklis Schortsanitis (6-9 255) from Greece. Schortsanitis known as "baby Shaq" is expected to
be a first round pick. In previous workouts
P. Podkolzin, the 7' 5"
Russian giant, who has since pulled out of the
draft, 6-10 forward
Blagota Sekulic of Serbia & Montenegro who
also has withdrawn,
Jason Gardner a 5-10 guard, Donta
Richardson of Wyoming, Mississippi State power
forward
Mario Austin, Illinois power forward
Brian Cook, Wake Forest guard
Josh Howard and Detroit Mercy guard Willie
Green showed their abilities.
Jerome Beasley is scheduled for a workout on
the 24th.
The Utah Jazz were also on hand earlier for a
workout of
Darko Milicic, believed to be the second
player who will be chosen in the draft,
Aleksandar "Sacha" Pavlovic and
Slavko Vranes a 7' 6" center from Serbia.
Thursday night
Carlos Arroyo
playing for the Puerto Rican national team in the Centrobasket
Tournament had 11 points, 6
assists, 5 rebounds and 3 steals in 32 minutes
played against the Dominican Republic. You can follow his progress on the
Latinbasket website. ... thanks to AngelEli101 for passing on the information.
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| 2003 NBA
draft coverage |
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NBA
Pre-Draft Camp
Tue.-Fri
.June 3-6
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago, Ill. |
2003 NBA Draft
June 26
Madison Square Garden
New York, N.Y. |
NBA
Draft Early Entry Eligibility
Withdrawal
Deadline
Thursday June 19 |
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2003 Jazzhoops mock draft
updated 6/8 |
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Pavel Podkolzin,
Charlie Villanueva, Andre Emmett, Jameer
Nelson, Erazem Lorbek, Ricky Minard, Jason Parker,
Aleksandar Djuric, Viktor Khryapa, Kresimir Loncar,
Misan Nikagbatse, Blagota Sekulic, Chris Thomas and Marcus
Moore have all withdrawn from the draft. |
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Wildcat gets 2nd chance at NBA slot
6/20
Should I stay, or should I go now?
Numerous NBA prospects faced the clash in emotions stirred by
such words Thursday, the deadline for high school stars, college
underclassmen and early entrant foreigners to either remain
eligible or withdraw from consideration for next Thursday's
draft. |
Russian center out of NBA draft
6/20
Mammoth Russian center Pavel Podkolzine, who worked out for the Utah Jazz
on Wednesday, told NBA teams Thursday that he's pulling out of
the draft after he was unable to get a firm commitment of where
he would be selected.
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Jazz to bring in three for predraft workout
6/20
Three players, including University of San Diego center Jason
Keep, will work out for the Jazz today at the Zion's Bank
Basketball Center.
Joining Keep (6-foot-10, 280 pounds) at the predraft session
will be forward Szymon Szewczyk (6-10, 242) from Poland and
center-forward Sofoklis Schortsanitis (6-9, 255) from Greece.
Szewczyk is 20. Schortsanitis turns 18 on Sunday.
Local fans might be familiar with Keep. |
NBA Notes
6/20
PODKOLZINE PULLS OUT OF DRAFT
Mammoth Russian center Pavel Podkolzine told NBA teams that he's
pulling out of the draft after he was unable to get a firm
commitment of where he would be selected.
Podkolzine also was recently diagnosed with having acromegaly, a
growth hormone secreting pituitary adenoma. The problem, doctors
informed him, could be corrected with minor surgery. |
Robinson Lobbies for Mailman
6/19
Opinions vary widely about just where the San Antonio Spurs
should do its shopping to improve the team next season, but
center David Robinson has a big name in mind to join Tim Duncan,
San Antonio's franchise player. |
How low will this guy go?
6/19
He stands 7-foot-4, maybe 7-5 — in that
stratosphere few in Utah, except maybe Mark Eaton, can know for
sure.
He is only 18 years old, with a world of the dreaded "u-word,"
upside, at his clown-sized feet. |
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