WizBlog RSS FeedMONDAY: WIZARDS HOLD TWO WORKOUTS
The Wizards conducted two pre-draft workouts Monday afternoon at Verizon Center.
Cartier Martin (Kansas State) and Thaddeus Young (Georgia Tech) took part in the first workout, while Shagari Alleyne (Manhattan), Dontaye Draper (College of Charleston), Keith Simmons (Holy Cross), Kyle Visser (Wake Forest) hit the hardwood immediately afterwards.
QUOTES:
Thaddeus Young, F, Georgia Tech
On today’s workout:
“The work out today was much harder than any other workout that I have participated in over the last month. When there are just two guys (Cartier Martin), the action is non-stop compared to when there are four of five players working out.”
On the cut he suffered during today’s workout:
“I got a small cut on my nose during a drill but it wasn’t a big deal and not anything to stop the workout. I wanted to keep going and finish it out.”
On where he will watch the NBA Draft:
“I plan to spend time with my family. I haven’t seen them in about two months. I got invited to New York for the draft, but I’m going to hang out with my mom and relax. I had strongly considered taking the invitation. We rented out a conference room in a hotel back at home where we are going to have a lot of food and we are expecting more than 60 family and friends.”
Cartier Martin, F, Kansas State
On the workout:
“I have worked out for eight other teams, but this was the toughest workout because there were just two people working out this morning (Thaddeus Young). It was challenging, but it was a good experience. I am happy that I had an opportunity to workout for the Wizards.”
Kyle Visser, C, Wake Forest
On the workout:
“It went well today. It was a tough and competitive workout – just like all of them that I have been through. The biggest thing is to show how hard you work and that you want a spot on their roster.”
On the workout process:
“It’s a grind. I have been to five different workouts over the past five days. I have had between 9-11 workouts and they all have been very competitive. It is an exciting process, but I’m happy to get home. Hopefully, this will all pan out n Thursday.
On the physical style play of during the workout:
“I got an elbow to the mouth in Orlando and they had to work on my tooth; they had to wire it back in place. Then the first couple of minutes in today’s workout I got hit by Shagari (Alleyne) with an elbow in the mouth, so I will be spending some time with the dentist.”
Shagari Alleyne, C, Manhattan
On the workout:
“It was a fun process. There were different things that they asked of us that I had been preparing for over the last month. I have been training in Las Vegas and preparing for the workouts, so I felt that I was ready.”
On the NBA Draft:
“You just hope for the best and hold your head up high. That is how I looked at the entire process.”
June 25th, 2007 at 4:34 PM
Shagari Alleyne is really big — and he has an enormous head! Eric, did you watch any of the workout? What did you think of any of the participants?
June 25th, 2007 at 4:47 PM
Shagari Alleyne is BIGGER than he looks in pics. I overheard that he could touch the rim while standing.
Visser showed a few nice moves in the post.
June 25th, 2007 at 5:29 PM
Will There be any workouts Tuesday? Do the Wizards plan to bring in any top of the lottery players, on the off chance they slip or through a trade?
June 25th, 2007 at 6:41 PM
We have a final workout set for tomorrow.
As is the case with most teams, higher picks are more likely to not workout for teams drafting later in the first round.
Should a player slip or if a trade is engineered, you can be sure EG and Co. did their homework on that player regardless of whether or not he worked out for the team.
June 25th, 2007 at 8:19 PM
wow 7-3 when is he projected to go?
June 25th, 2007 at 10:21 PM
He’s not on any mock drafts that I’ve seen. He may be a year out of college?
June 26th, 2007 at 8:48 AM
He was actually a three-year player at Kentucky. He sat out last season at Manhattan due to transfer regulations.
http://www.sportssystems.com/manhattan/roster_view.cfm?roster_id=3436
June 24th, 2008 at 4:04 PM
Shagari Alleyne is BIGGER than he looks in pics. I overheard that he could touch the rim while standing.
Visser showed a few nice moves in the post.
Alleyne’s got a 9,8″ standing reach (which btw is the same as Yao’s but Yao’s actually 3 inches taller in head height than this guy) and a 8,1″ wingspan (8 inches longer than Yao’s 7,5″ wingspan and longer than anybody currently in the NBA) but stands only 7,2″ barefoot. He can’t touch the rim standing flatfooted but on his tippy toes, yes. he’s a freak of nature with huge hands, huge feet, long arms, and yes of course, a disproportionately large head for even his gigantic frame!
July 8th, 2008 at 11:43 PM
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Yes, I even asked him in person. He can grab the rim one-handed on his tippy-toes (reaching about an inch or two above the rim). He still needs to ‘jump’ slightly (like an inch or two) to get the ball through the hop though.
July 8th, 2008 at 11:44 PM
I’ve heard of a 7,5″ Iranian guy (Jaber Rouzbahani) who can supposely touch the rim while standing flatfooted and dunk on his tippy toe (w/o jumping at all)! He didn’t get drafted either.
July 9th, 2008 at 10:24 PM
# Tom Mandel Says:
June 25th, 2007 at 4:34 PM
Shagari Alleyne is really big — and he has an enormous head! Eric, did you watch any of the workout? What did you think of any of the participants?
And yeah, he probably has the biggest head of any living human being (circumference wise). His hat size is 8 1/2 which is literally extra-extra-extra large. I have an extra-large hat size.