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Love Works Out for Memphis

From the Commercial Appeal:

Love, projected to be selected in the upper half of the draft lottery, emerged as the top participant, while Dorsey more than held his own in producing the second-best workout among four big men.

The six-player session also included centers DeAndre Jordan (Texas A&M) and JaVale McGee (Nevada), and guards Kyle Weaver (Washington State) and Jeremy Pargo (Gonzaga).

The focus, though, was on the big men, and Love asserted himself as an above-average passer, perimeter shooter, post scorer and athlete who has enough lateral quickness to avoid being a defensive liability.

...

“I wanted to get quicker,” Love said, “because I’m going to have to play (power forward) in the NBA. I’ll be able to guard (centers) because of my size, but I have to be able to step out on the perimeter and use my quickness. I wanted to show I had the lateral quickness.”

Love displayed excellent shooting from mid-range and ended the workout by burying seven of 10 from beyond the NBA 3-point arc.

Whereas some lottery players rejected the notion of working against so-called lower prospects, Love embraced the idea to prove his stock.

...

While McGee was active and determined, Jordan had the most difficult workout among the big men. He underwhelmed greatly in endurance, defense and low-post scoring. Jordan missed a dunk and shot an air ball free throw.

The best matchups involved Love and/or Dorsey.

Love’s finest moments came against each of his bigger opponents, as he proving to be virtually impossible to guard in the post. During a one-minute drill in which players had to sprint baseline to baseline while stopping and shooting from the elbow, Love connected on five straight shots. The Grizzlies’ staff required seven made shots during that span, and Love converted nine.

Meanwhile, a Commercial Appeal columnist advocates for Beasley:

Dorsey sank jump hooks. Love sank jumper after jumper. Both guys were funny and charming and enthusiastic about the prospects of playing in Memphis.

It was a perfect day, really. Both players had excellent workouts.

And after watching it all unfold, there can no longer be any doubt as to what the Memphis Grizzlies have to do this offseason.

They have to forget about Dorsey and Love and and figure out a way to get Michael Beasley.

Hey, someone has to be the killjoy here.

I'll continue to post updates from workouts involving Love, Lopez, Mayo, and Beasley.  Hopefully, he'll be able to avoid the dreaded Ivory Tower rejection when he makes his way to Minny.

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Of course,

Love and Dorsey have gone head-to-head before:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=284000062

Love had 12 points on 4-11 shooting, with 9 boards. And Dorsey had that weird 0 points (0-3), 15 rebound performance.

Memphis of course won, and both Rose and CDR were great. Collison probably sank UCLA’s hopes, shooting 1-9, commiting 5 turnovers, and fouling out, as well as being abused defensively by Rose. That game probably caused Collison to go back to school, as he was kind of in the mix for late-lottery until that point.

At any rate, that’s some workout.

by jianfu on Jun 10, 2008 2:47 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I also just came across...

...this:

Shaun Livingston: It what may not be a surprise, word is the Los Angeles Clippers will not make point guard Shaun Livingston a qualifying offer by the end of the month to make him a restricted free agent. This means Livingston will be free to sign with whomever he likes, though considering he is still recovering from that horrible knee injury it’s doubtful teams will be lining up to offer him big money. Or maybe any money. What wouldn’t be a surprise is if Livingston then re-signed with the Clippers, but at something much lower than the qualifying offer for a former #2 draft pick – think two years and $3-4 million. That’s enough money to entice Livingston given the likely market, and also cheap enough for the Clippers to hedge against whether or not the young point guard will fully make a recovery and be productive.

Is he worth a flyer? I’d give the guy $4 mil over 2 years to come give it a shot up here. Hell, fatten it up to $5 mil and go for the gold.

by Stop-n-Pop on Jun 10, 2008 2:52 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

When is Love coming to Minny?

by jianfu on Jun 10, 2008 2:59 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Kind of left that one hanging high and over the plate, didn’t I?

by jianfu on Jun 10, 2008 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

:)

“mid-June” is the best I can find about Love. I emailed Trudell about a public workout schedule last week and he said that one isn’t available.

by Stop-n-Pop on Jun 10, 2008 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hahaha yeah… i couldn’t resist!

by College Wolf on Jun 10, 2008 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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