Monday, June 18, 2012

Blazers target second-round picks in Monday workout

TUALATIN, Oregon – The Trail Blazers resumed draft workouts Monday with a focus on their second-round picks. The Blazers, who have the 10th and 11th picks of the second round, brought in six players, all but one of whom played four years of college.

“It was a good group, a competitive group, a lot of good guys,” Blazers general manager Neil Olshey said. “They’re four-year guys, and we’ve scouted them a ton. But just getting them in the gym, there are some guys here that have the ability to do more than you would find based on their role with their teams.”

The most intriguing player might have been Kyle O’Quinn, who played at Norfolk State and won the Lou Hensen Award given to the nation’s top mid-major player. O’Quinn did not start playing basketball until his junior year of high school. He said he grew from 6-foot-2 to 6-10 while attending Campus Magnet High School in Cambria Heights, N.Y.






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