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For a player who was never going to impress anyone with his skill level or intangibles, all this combined is probably going to cause him to go undrafted. This is turning into a very disappointing pre-draft camp for him. Although he was able to use his freakish athleticism to make some plays on the glass [...]

He has incredible ball handling skills and point guards tend to have safer success rates from NBA drafts. Don’t get me wrong, he was awesome at UCLA, but he didn’t seem like he had quite the athleticism to play in the NBA. I expect Charlotte not only to be good, but to make the NBA [...]

Jonathan Bender He scored 31 points in the McDonalds game and had the size and athleticism to become a star in the league. Trajan Langdon The 11th pick in 1999, I always thought hed catch on as a useful bench shooter. Aleksandar Radojevic He was the 12th overall pick in 1999 and [...]

Paul and West received plenty of help from their supporting cast. The third seed and advanced to the West semis for the eighth straight year. Defeated the Suns, 4-2, last year in this round. Athleticism goes to the Hornets, while experience belongs to the Spurs. The six-foot Paul won’t be able to shake Parker like [...]

They moved up two spots in the fifth round to draft DeMario Pressley out of North Carolina State. The move cost the Saints their seventh-round pick in this year’s draft (No. The 6-foot-3, 301-pounder is a tall tackle with good speed and athleticism for his size. He even played some end in college, though he [...]

Balmer will immediately push holdover Aubrayo Franklin for the starting position at nose tackle, and the team also believes he has the athleticism to slide over to end in the 3-4 if needed. Balmer has yet to reach his potential, and vociferous 49ers defensive line coach Jim Tomsula is just the kind of guy that [...]

Just about this time last year, Katz and I were spending a typical weeknight with Fred Hickman. It was a tough call to pick only two out of Lee/Horford/Joakim Noah/Mike Miller, but Lee plays with a fire on a Knicks team that inspires little to no passion. With Mutumbo hanging around the rim blocking shots [...]