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Graham stands out as the camp's best athlete By Chad Ford
ESPN Insider
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There are three ways to help your draft stock at the Chicago predraft camp.
First, you can actually play well in the event, like Luther Head and David Lee
did, and convince scouts that you're first-round material.
Second, you can stand against a wall, spread your arms out and possibly
measure longer/bigger than team originally thought you were.Guys like
Chris Paul and Ike Diogu did that this year.
Finally, you can go through the NBA draft combine and prove to scouts that
you're quicker,stronger, or can jump higher than your original scouting report.
Insider exclusively obtained a list of the Chicago pre-draft camp combine
results on Wednesday.
The combine measures four key areas: strength (bench press repetitions
of 185 pounds), vertical jump, lane agility (how fast a player moves laterally
around the key), and speed (¾-court sprint). Then the league adds those up
and gives an athletic ranking to each player in the draft.
The overall winner this year was Oklahoma State's Joey Graham, who blew away
the competition. Second was Georgia Tech's Will Bynum. Other top players
with good scores included Rashad McCants (3rd overall), Luther Head (6th),
David Lee (11th), Marvin Williams (15th), Chris Paul (16th) and
Raymond Felton (18th).
There was one major surprise in the top 20 -- Illinois point guard
Deron Williams finished 10th, ahead of both Paul and Felton. Part of that
had to do with strength; Williams bench pressed 185 pounds 15 times, which
is really great for a point guard. However, that wasn't the full story.
There have been major questions about Williams' lateral quickness,
but he actually tested quicker than Paul in the lane agility drill and finished
.03 seconds behind Paul in the sprint. Williams has lost about 15 pounds and
is down to 7½ percent body fat, which obviously has helped his athleticism.
The bottom end of the spectrum included mostly international players and
lumbering big men. Georgia Tech centre Luke Schensher finished at the bottom of
the list (75th). Ersan Ilyasova (74th) and Martynas Andriuskevicius (73rd) also
tested poorly.
The shock on the low end was high school star Monta Ellis, who finished 70th.
His strength, vertical jump and lateral quickness were all on the low end of
the scale. That could be devastating to his draft chances.
Other disappointments included Andrew Bogut (61st), Martell Webster (60th),
Rudy Fernandez (57th), Antoine Wright (55th), Jarrett Jack (54th) and
Francisco Garcia (51st). Luther Head ranked as the most athletic point guard
in camp. Will Bynum took the award for the 2-guards. Joey Graham won for 3s,
David Lee for 4s and Marcin Gortat for centers.
Ellis was the worst ranked guard in camp at either position.
Ilyasova finished last among small forwards while Taylor Coppenrath was last
for power forwards and Luke Schenscher finished at the bottom of the heap for centers.
On the individual test front, Will Bynum recorded the highest one-step vertical
jump at 40½ inches. Gerald Green and Ronnie Price tied for second at 39
inches, followed by Luther Head at 38½. Chris Paul and Hakim Warrick rounded
out the top-five, each launching a 38-inch leap.
Luke Schensher recorded the worst vertical jump, at 26½ inches. He was
followed by Taylor Coppenrath and Jason Klotz (27 inches) and
Martynas Andriuskevicius and Wayne Simien (27½ inches).
Joey Graham won the strength test, bench pressing 185 pounds an impressive
26 times. Ike Diogu finished second with 21 reps, followed by Chuck Hayes with
20. Channing Frye helped himself shed the soft label a bit by hoisting the bar
19 times. Eric Williams, Marcin Gortat and David Simon all finished tied for
fifth with 18 reps.
As happens every year, several top players were unable or barely able to do
this drill. Monta Ellis, Rudy Fernandez, Martynas Andriuskevicius, Brandon Rush
and Daryl Dorsey got a zero for the drill. Luke Schensher and Travis Diener
could only lift the bar once.
In the lane agility drill, Michigan State's Alan Anderson recorded the fastest
time at 10.32 seconds. Rashad McCants was second at 10.39. John Lucas ranked
third, Rudy Fernandez fourth and Raymond Felton fifth. Jason Klotz, Ellis Myles
and Deji Akindele finished at the bottom of the heap. Monta Ellis and
Andrew Bogut also recorded terrible times of above 12 seconds.
In the ¾-court sprint, Will Bynum recorded the fastest time at 3 seconds.
Joey Graham, Raymond Felton, Rashad McCants and John Lucas were also in the
top five. Marvin Williams and Julius Hodge finished in the top 10.Jason Klotz
earns the awarded as the slowest guy in camp with a 3.68 seconds time.
Ersan Ilyasova, Andrew Bogut, D'or Fischer and Torin Francis rounded out the
five slowest guys in camp.
Here's a look at how 30 of the top draft prospects performed in each event.
Note that several top prospects, including Fran Vazquez, Johan Petro,
Nate Robinson, Ryan Gomes, Brandon Bass, Matt Walsh and Linas Kleiza,
did not participate in the testing.
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So who was helped and hurt by the testing?
WINNERS
Deron Williams -- Scouts have been questioning his quickness and athleticism
all year. Now that he's lost some of that body fat, that no
longer seems to be an issue. He's not as fast as
Raymond Felton and doesn't jump as high as Chris Paul, but
he's clearly in the same league athletically.
Joey Graham -- It doesn't come as a huge surprise that Graham came out on top.
If you've seen him play much, you know he's an unbelievable
athlete. Still, finishing on top of the heap should guarantee he
gets selected in the lottery.
Will Bynum -- He was the last guy invited to Chicago and played extremely well,
especially on the defensive end. A few scouts believe he might be
a better prospect than Nate Robinson (the guy who tested as the
top athlete in Chicago last year). I doubt he gets selected ahead
of Nate, but he's definitely in the second-round mix now.
Rashad McCants -- There are still questions about his attitude, but it's rare
to find such a great shooter who can also test off the
charts athletically (just look at Martell Webster and
Antoine Wright). Someone's going to ignore the baggage and
take him in the late lottery to mid-first round.
Channing Frye -- He's stronger and more athletic than scouts have given him
credit. The 19 reps on the bench press will turn a lot of
heads.
David Lee -- Athletically, he tested as the top power forward in the draft. His
lane agility scores are what really stand out. Lee has very quick
feet, which will really help him defensively in the pros. Combine
that with his strong play in Chicago and Lee seems like he's
another step closer to securing a spot in the first round.
Marcin Gortat -- He had just a so-so camp, but he tested out as the most
athletic centre in the draft. He could be off the board in the
first 10 picks of the second round if he decides to stay in
the draft.
Sean May -- His numbers don't jump out at you, but he showed a better vertical
jump and more agility than his main competition: Ike Diogu,
Wayne Simien and Chris Taft. Maybe that will balance out the
fact that he measured smaller than all of them.
LOSERS
Andrew Bogut -- He's been trying to dispel the "great white stiff" myth for the
past few weeks. This doesn't help. While his vertical leap is
actually above average for a guy his size, his lateral
quickness and sprinting speed were just awful. That will hurt
him defensively.
Wayne Simien -- Simien finished well below the other top big men in almost
every area. Especially shocking is his lack of explosion
jumping off one foot. His one-step vertical was only a half
inch more than his standing vertical. That was, by far, the
worst in the camp.
Antoine Wright -- Scouts have been warning that Wright looks more athletic than
he actually is. At the combine, he was significantly below
Francisco Garcia, a guy almost every scout in the league has
knocked for his lack of athleticism. Had he not benched an
impressive 12 reps, he would have landed close to the bottom.
That's going to come back to haunt Wright.
Jarrett Jack -- He has great size and toughness, but athletically, he tested
well behind most of the point guards in this draft. With
Roko Ukic making a strong push, it could cause him to slip.
The High Schoolers -- Monta Ellis, Martell Webster and Brandon Rush all tested
terribly. That's partly because of their age and partly
because guys like Ellis and Rush might not have been
training for these particular tests the way some
players do. We knew that Webster was just an average
athlete but Ellis was a huge shock. For an undersized
2-guard to be successful in the League, he has to be
long, quick and explosive. Ellis is none of the above.
There's been talk that Minnesota is flirting with taking
him at No. 14. It's pretty hard to justify that after
seeing these numbers.
The Internationals -- They always struggle every year. With the exception of
Gortat, they all were near the bottom of the heap. Most
of them have never lifted weights before (which hurts
their bench press numbers) and most are bigs lacking any
real explosion or quickness.
Chad Ford covers the NBA for ESPN Insider.
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