Trail Blazers Reportedly Hold Private Workout with Ron Holland, Tidjane Salaun, Zach Edey and Others

Trail Blazers Reportedly Hold Private Workout with Ron Holland, Tidjane Salaun, Zach Edey and Others

in today’s show the Blazers host a monster private workout featuring a bunch of Lottery level Talent who was there what does it mean let’s talk all about it welcome to lockdown Blazers let’s get into it you are locked on Trailblazers your daily Portland Trailblazers podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day what’s up world it’s pass first point guard and Trailblazers reporter Mike Richmond you are listening to another episode of Locked on Blazers part of the locked on podcast network available wherever you get podcasts and also on YouTube thanks for making this show your first listen coming at you each and every week day Monday through Friday so make it a part of of your daily routine tell your friends to do the same as Lockdown Blazers your team every day in today’s show I want to dive into a reported monster private workout for the Blazers uh you’re listening to Wednesday June 12th show and is my understanding that on Tuesday at their practice facility the Blazers had six draft hopefuls at the work at a workout that was not made public by the team and was not open to the media that featured some serious Lottery level Talent this was first reported by Jonathan werman of uh Bleacher Report last week who reported that on uh Friday June 7th that the Blazers were going to work out Ron Holland from the g- league ignite tjon Salah from uh from cholet in franch Ryan Dunn from Virginia Zack Edy of Purdue Eva Mei of Baylor and key Sean George of U of Miami now Holland is going to be is likely to be a lottery pick or you know a top top 15 top 17 type of pick he’s he’s maybe falling down boards but he’s he’s um he’s going to be at the top of of the draft salon’s very likely to be a lottery pick um Edie is going to be like Fringe Lottery but definitely a first round guy George is probably a first round guy Eva Mei is probably a late first round guy and Ryan dun’s probably a second round Guy this is a this is the most competitive workout group they’ve had by far um they just didn’t publicize it in any way I want to say this and I’m I’m typically a little bit critical of the way the Blazers do things and disclose things here um part of it is just like I’ve worked in media for 10 years and I’m whiny um and then the other part of it is like I I think sometimes they make some missteps and um I don’t know I feel compelled to call them out when they do things that are that are poorly poorly managed but broadly speaking like compared to the rest of the league I think the blazes are about as open with workouts that they are able to be open with as any team in the league they post who’s going to be there now they used to it used to be way different like when I first did this way back in the day I believe the first ever draft workout I covered in person was in two the summer of 2010 leading up to the 2010 draft um they would hold workouts and then freaking Chad Buchan in the G GM would sit out there and say who do you want to know about and he would give a rundown bucks take uh is what Freeman Joe Freeman write about in the paper but like he would do it on camera he would do it like it just he would do a he would sit there and just say okay here’s everything he need to know about the the draft the draft hopeful that just works out like that’s a freaking million years ago this 15 years ago um things done change it’s not that anymore by any means now they announce you know say hey tomorrow’s going to be a workouts and then day of they’ll say hey these are the folks that are working out for us but the Blazers are public with who works out um they post videos like you know little highlight videos you’re not going to see very much but little highlight videos of of of those uh of the guys they bring in to work out like and other teams don’t do this this is not Universal across the board um so like honestly respect to the Blazers for doing even doing that much um I I I think they they earnestly deserve credit for that um but this isn’t one of them because I think what’s what what we’re seeing is that there is a preference from Agents and this is Agents not team let’s be clear this agents not team to not always have these things publicized they don’t want it’s not like media they’re not afraid that like freaking Fentress and hiken are going to come out there and ask questions um they’re like they’re they’re uh they just don’t want it to be in public for whatever reason they want this to be a thing that happens behind closed doors they want this thing to not be that’s like widely known on the internet if you know you know and eventually all this stuff gets out like you know Donovan kinging had a private workout with the Blazers ESPN reported Jonathan gavone reported it it’s like stuff gets get out we’re all going to probably know this when it comes out in the wash and all things like that but like um you know there is a certain agent preference to not have these things come out and and then this particularly massive like big and important workout they really didn’t want whoever I don’t think all these folks are represented by the same person from my quick Google um but uh but you know if it’s a certain preference of of One agent it’s just not going to be there this is a group this was a group work as my understanding this group workout took place on Tuesday at The Practice Facility I I mentioned this on Friday show that was my understanding that that when werman reported that was going to happen next weekend next Tuesday was the day this one was scheduled um I I believe it happened this morning I can’t confirm that independently but I I know that um uh Dan mang of jacked Ramsay’s inity the fan has um I don’t know if he’s explicitly said that it was today but implicitly said that these folks are there as well confirming and confirming um uh he’s implied that that wason’s report was indeed true um so like let’s take it at face value a couple different reporters have have said that it’s going to happen uh this is a big one this is not a small one there’s been some small ones right where it’s like oh cool Jared McCain and some second rounders this is like Holland who could be Ron Holland’s range let’s start with we we’ll start with Holland then I want to talk salon and zachie in the second segment then we’ll we’ll close with George and Mei and Ryan Dunn um Ron Holland is a really fascinating draft prospect to me not because I think um um because I’ll say this too like during draft season I think there’s a lot of Stolen Valor I am what I would I’m going to offer here and we’ll offer throughout draft season or what is like relatively low information opinions um I think a lot of people become draft experts this time of year by watching YouTube and pretending that they’ve really poured over the film and I don’t I don’t like fakeing the funk on here I’m I’ll be honest I’m I have I am developing strong opinions about draft prospects but I don’t have like a deep breath of knowledge but Holland fascinates me a somon person once um and he had a big scoring game but like he he shot some bricks from three the jumper looked terrible um and like he was probably the best player in the gym but he wasn’t so good that it was like oh yeah that’s like a first round Talent playing against a bunch of g- Leaguers it was like yeah he’s he’s clearly the best player on that team um you know and and and but he he’s interesting I think some people who do this have him as high on their like draft professionals people who do this as e for a living or for you know you know year round um like they have him as high as two I’ve seen him in a couple places but as like a top five level talent but there’s been some reporting that Holland is might maybe even going to work out in Miami and and in La which have like 15 and 17 in the pick for that’s the Lakers la like it’s like so he might he might like be coming to terms with the idea that he not only will slip out of the lottery but could be like down in the in the low teens obviously you can work out there with like the understanding that teams can trade up but like how Lakers going to trade up uh it’s and you know it’s it doesn’t make that it’s like you kind of work out for your range and if his people are saying hey your range is a little deeper they’re getting that feedback so he’s like someone in this draft and I think he’s a great microcosm for the draft itself that he could go like f he could go like three to 19 or something in there he has an incredibly wide range I think mostly in most mocks you see him towards the back half of the lottery I he’s intriguing right like he’s got some he’s really good in transition he’s he’s a good you know he has um the physical physical tools and maybe the a developing handle to get himself to the rim in the half court like he’s a good downhill attacker he’s not a really high level passer and the problem is that he can’t shoot I don’t think every good player needs to be able to shoot three-pointers I don’t think that’s true but NBA teams are going to shoot between 30 43p pointers every night because that’s the way the league works so you can have good players who don’t but you can’t fill a team with guys who don’t really shoot threes I don’t think Holland is a particularly good fit next to scoot Henderson um Shaden sharp we’ll see what he becomes but he doesn’t seem like early in his career I bomb away from three type of guy he’s a three-level scorer who likes to take some mid-range pull-ups like the Holland seems like a somewhat awkward fit with their immediate core and his lack of like if he’s not an if he has an on ball guy to be the best version of himself that seems like a a particularly bad um bad pairing next to scoot because if he’s an on ball guy that doesn’t have pullup game and I think that’s the problem that he’s like he doesn’t have it’s not even that he doesn’t shoot threes he doesn’t shoot well off the mid-range he makes some bad decisions getting into you know driving into the paint making some bad decisions all of that can change like he’s going to be 18 on draft night right he’s really young he’s got the athletic profile to be an MBA player I I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s an effective NBA player I wouldn’t be surprised if he is a you know a athletic role player he plays really hard he might be a very very good defender in the league um the offense just might not ever get there because he might not have enough of enough playmaking enough shooting to open up his actual skills on offense which is driving to the rim I think he is specifically a bad fit with Portland I’m not sure he’s a bad fit with everyone right like on other teams he might make total sense on a team like say um Oklahoma City which has a ton of shooting and a ton of space and they play five outs with a with a a spacing Center is a Ron Holland type A a slasher really dogged Defender actually an interesting proposition for a team like them um you know not other teams that have that have spacers at at that spot like um I don’t think he’s an ideal fit with Memphis but I can see a world in which he is a flyer type that that that they take him there I think there’s a world in which he’s useful for for San Antonio because uh because of the defense and the driving ability when you have a stretchy a stretchy five like um like wemi to to make it happen or at least like an interesting floor spacer like wemi to make the the open up the middle of the paint like he doesn’t have to shoot threes but his teammates probably do in order to get the most out of and the Blazers don’t really have they don’t profile as that as it currently stands throw in DeAndre and as another player sort of clogging the middle of the lane for for the Blazers um it all it’s Holland doesn’t seem like a great fit but he’s an interesting Prospect and at one point he was like a Surefire top five guy um he’s just fallen out of favor I wonder in these settings what he looks like is Ron Holland like the you know really high dog in him per 36 someone who just goes incredibly hard in these three onree workouts I don’t think they play a ton of just straight up threes um from from the little bit i’ I’ve typically seen of these things but I bet they play a little bit of straight up three on three to like see guys in game settings I bet you do some skill work and I bet you play some simulated you know either you know ones or or two on two or three on three like sated hey you’re allowed to take three dribbles you can make you have to make a pass like that type of sort of simulated games as opposed to like just a unorganized game of of Threes for a couple hours and like yep that’s the workout see you later I imagine it’s a little more organized in the NBA setting Holland is interesting to me fascinating even because I think he speaks to this whole draft class right he has some tools he has clear talent but he has enough flaws that he has a very wide draft range and that while he could go I like I literally think Ron Holland could go three in this draft but I also wouldn’t be surprised if Ron Holland is out of the lottery and I think that speaks to this sort of range of this draft class it also speaks to the other sort of the flatness of everyone else in that same range is that Holland is not clearly better or clearly worse than anyone that range and there’s a wide folks that fit that bill let’s talk about two of them Zack Ed and tjan Salah in the second segment join me there won’t you first though want to tell you that today’s episode is brought to you by better help look we’re we’re all carrying around different stressors whether they’re big or small and if we keep them bottled up it can affect us negatively if you don’t have a outlet to get things off your chest a neutal third party to talk to about whatever those stressors are major traumas or just the Daily Bumps and bruises of everyday life if you don’t have a a place to talk about that 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Edy a guy who is all production and undeniable massive production verse not verse but and and you know coupled with tan Salah a guy who’s mostly projection you’re projecting that he has the tools and the physical frame to be something because mostly he hasn’t been someone who’s been hyperproductive let’s start with Salam he’s someone who uh you know back when I first started doing this in I don’t know March I guess probably uh when I would do my little little tank ofon spins I was like Yeah from what I understand doing like very preliminary research he seems like a great fit at 14 he’s climbed up he’s he’s like he is if the Blazers want him they probably got to draft him at seven now because I it sounds like he is not going to fall further and may not get past eight with San Antonio he’s not coming back to the Blazers at 14 he seems like someone who’s climbing way the heck up off on draft boards you see some folks have him in the top five was one of the most promising uh prospects in the draft and I get it he’s a giant person you know 69ine over 200 pounds he’s got forward skills but he’s built like you know NBA centers um he he is and I I learned this listening to a wonderful breakdown from Sam Vini on on his game theory podcast um I I think a reasonable comp for him if everything were to work out is Aaron Gordon but that’s a lot even to get Aaron Gordon that’s a lot it’s a lot because um and and I think Gordon is why I think Gordon is an interesting comp because when Gordon was was played for the Orlando Magic and he was kind of needed to be like a primary Creator and the engine of an offense he looked bad right he looked at it’s like oh he’s incapable of this and it made him look worse than he was and then he gets into a position where he’s like the fourth option on offense but he just gets to play hard use his athleticism and and like defend slash to the rim and like occasionally have night where he shoots well he looks freaking incredible um Salon does not have the Aaron Gordon freaky decky slam dunk athleticism but he is a dude who plays very hard like really high motor reportedly um and I watched a little bit of uh of of of one of his games on YouTube like dude gets after it on defense um he he’s he’s competitive switch pick up the next guy flip your hips and recover when you get beat like all he go he gets after it right like he he plays hard um but a lot of his stuff like is theoretical like he’s a relatively Late Bloomer um he’s still very young and and like I think that’s some of the upside but like he wasn’t playing for the French national team at the u5 u16 level he was someone who didn’t you know wasn’t playing at at that level until he was older right till he was after his 17th birthday um he hasn’t shot well in the Pro leagues until this season and even this year it’s not like he’s lighting it up he’s just shooting like oh this is like a he’s he may has he’s maybe developed into a better shooter than he has been in the past it’s not like he’s he’s not a bomber he’s not Zach sa he’s not like oh he’s like a this dude’s going to be like a high level shooter in the league it’s like maybe he has shooting skills he definitely has the right NBA frame and he plays hard but he doesn’t have a lot of self-created offense he’s not much of a passer and he’s not like a highlevel um you know finisher attack off the dribble type of guy or even like cut her into space he’s a dude who’s going to make it because the tools are going to get there when he gets there and I think that’s the thing with Salo I’ve probably cooled on him a little bit like if he was there at 14 I think he’s a no-brainer because he’s an interesting upside if you have to chase him at seven I don’t hate it for the Blazers I think that might even be fun pick honestly I I would say I even still like it but I am the more I do research about him and hear other folks talk about him I do think he is a long way away from being productive um not that he won’t hit it and not that like the Blazers need someone to be effective right away but there is a um there’s a level of patience you’re going to need with him and there’s also like a long path to to travel so he just might not hit it I think there is a very real chance that he is always theoretical and never productive but he is gigantic and he does play really hard and gigantic and able to multi gigantic multi-positional Defender who you don’t have to worry about his motor is intriguing um I don’t think Salah would be like my number one choice at seven but he’s on my short list of when I eventually as we get close to the draft and I maybe really narrow it down He Still Remains on that list of like yeah undeniably intriguing um early on in this like super you know months ago when I first started get sort of getting into draft stuff and I’m a novice right like low low information opinion holder but like he was I was more intrigued by him as I think the world of draft prognosticators have caught up and being like this is the dude I’m like why exactly you know I I guess drafting drafting is always a projection and I think this whole draft this whole draft class in general allows for someone like him to rise because it’s like H interesting but to me he’s not um to me they just you’re you’re projecting a lot into the future to see him round into what he might become right like it’s just it’s he might some dudes never get there and he’s got a long way to go to get there although undeniably intriguing at his size and and and hustle his size frame and just hustle level is is undeniable on the other side of that is Ed the production for me is undeniable the projection is a little bit murky the production is undeniable he’s one of the most productive college basketball players ever full stop he’s one of the most productive college basketball players ever full stop I don’t know who he guards in the NBA like he can guard centers but the league is such a mismatch hunting league right like so many not every single team but so many teams just say who can we get in the pick and roll bring them up here into the dance and see if they can guard our best driver on like with lateral movement or see if if they know they can’t what problems that c causes for a defense that’s scrambling that’s trying to trying to solve that equation in real time at full speed Ed Edy is he’s in incredible shape right like he played a kajillion minutes in college but incredible shape doesn’t make you faster laterally it doesn’t make you faster end to end as a playing a transition game guy or trans transition game style he’s he’s a halfcourt guy his value seems mostly to be on offense because he mashes people in the post and he’s really has good touch with his um with his right hand turning over his left shoulder he’s got a little you know hook shot game he’s got some some floater some uh ability to to hit floaters he gets fouled a bunch and he’s a good free throw shooter he doesn’t have any shooting range everyone this time year it’s like well he shot well in the gym let’s see it let’s see it but like he has not shown shooting range to this point his his extremely high level of productivity is because he’s massive 74 extremely strong in incredible shape and in college you can you can dump it into the post and go get it I I don’t think he’s going to be a direct Five postup Guy here’s my thing I think this is where I land with Ed I don’t it doesn’t it wouldn’t surprise me if he is a productive Pro in a limited role right a situational productive Pro against certain matchups Zak Ed can Feast because they can’t take advantage of his weaknesses but it also wouldn’t surprise me if that’s his ceiling against certain matchups Zach can Feast because they can’t take advantage of of his weaknesses that might be his floor and his ceiling which might make him a long-term NBA player but I have trouble seeing what he does well being a thing that blossoms into much more than that and I have a I have a little bit of pause about what he doesn’t do well really showing up um in this draft is that worth the 14th pick certainly would be worth a consideration undoubtedly a lot of folks are way higher there’s some Ed zealots on the internet and I’m sure I’m going to hear from them on YouTube comment below and tell me why you love them um and you can email me lockson Blazers gmail.com U but like I Am Lower on him in general I was probably a I was a pretty high level doubter of him as a junior I think at watching him play his senior year the produ the production is just impossible to ignore does that Pro it’s like with Salah it’s like does the projection turn in prod into production and with Ed it’s like does the production turn into something you can project forward into being a high level Pro with both of them I think they have um obvious concerns Sal long just might never get there Edie I think has a floor of being at least decent because of his he’s just huge and has a high level of skill like it’s it’s just the defense might just the defense might be an issue it might be an issue and in a game where against teams that can really run and really push he might not be able to to um um he might not to be able to Excel and he might and he might have a different role and if he has a different role where he’s just kind of a screener and roller but he’s someone who can’t really shoot can teams kind of scheme you know how to deal with him as a short roller and say okay beat us from 11 feet like take a bunch of 11 Footers he’s got good touch maybe he figures it out um he’s he’s obviously gantic he’s been extremely productive and it has consistently improved from from during his Collegiate season I just don’t see much more than a situational NBA player um but like when you’re in the draft particularly in like the the late you know out out of the top five a guy who can play a little bit for a long time in the league is like a legitimately useful outcome for players and so the calculation when you get to like 14 where the blades to have a second lottery pick really changes freed okay I’m running a little along got a lot to say about all these guys let’s talk about some guys that are going to be a little bit deeper in the draft kesan George Eva Mei and Ryan Dunn who also reportedly took participated in today’s workout uh with the Blazers we’ll do that to close the show join me in that third segment won’t you first though I want to tell you about FanDuel fanduel’s got you covered no matter what you’re into this summer whether it’s the NBA Playoffs whether it’s the NHL Stanley Cup finals whether it’s baseball Happ All Summer Long summertime means you can get in on the action and bet it all on FanDuel right now new customers get $200 in bonus Bets with any winning $5 bet that’s 200 bucks you can use to bet on everything from the finals MVP to the NHL stle cup MVP to who’s going to hit a home run on any given baseball in any given baseball game so visit van fanduel.com lockon and add a big win to your summit your summer bucket list that’s FanDuel America’s number one sports book still a pass first point guard I’m still Mike Richmond you are still listening to locked on Blazers let’s talk about the last guys who reportedly participated in this workout on for the Blazers on Tuesday um Kean George is a big Guard from uh Miami he’s like measured you know at 67 he’s he’s not quite like he’s a a little slight of frame so he’s probably not like true um small forward size now but he could grow into that and he has like that shot creation Wing skills that like Star players have right um he’s not a crazy crazy good athlete right he’s not he’s not going to jump out of the gym but he’s like a dude who can go get his own shot at 67 off the bounce that is a valuable skill in the league um I I wonder if he is um you know if he’s not an elite elite athlete I do think that puts um some ceiling on what he can be but a dude with a dude with his size and frame who can dribble into his own bucket and potentially guard multiple positions on the other end that’s like a really useful Wing that’s what everyone’s after um George’s range seems to be on like the most composite drafts from like anywhere from the late Lottery to the late first round but he’s a first round Talent pretty much everywhere that projects him uh in the No Ceilings mock draft they had him going to the Blazers at 14 I think that’s about as high as you’ll see him mostly you see him in the 20 I think he’s intriguing um you know I I don’t think I think he has enough there’s enough questions about like sort of his you know what he can what he can really do as a as as a um you know multipositional Defender and what he and and and whether his lack of athleticism sort of catches up with him in the pros that that that’s why he’s not higher up in the draft but I would say like the fully actualized version of Kean George rocks like he rocks and I think I think that would be um highly useful couple other guys as we close out the show George is like for me he would be he wouldn’t be at the top of my wish list for the Blazers at 14 but I can I under I totally understand the appeal for him um I totally understand the appeal and if he’s a second if he drops to the second round immediately no question no hesitation 34 um and if the blazes are you know if they want to package picks and trade up he would be an intriguing Target because he does you know they could use they have a bunch of wings who defend they don’t have a bunch of wings who can go get a bucket so a wing who could go get a bucket is a really intriguing fit imagine like um the wing pairing where you have somebody like Jabari Walker or Tani Kamara playing like a smaller but versatile multi-positional defense power forward and then like a another guy out on the court who can dribble and go get a bucket next to scoot and Shaden that’s that’s interesting uh needless obviously like amrey Simon still on the roster Jeremy Grant still on the roster as we speak today but um projecting down the line a little bit um Eva Mei was someone who if you were a long time listen to the program you remember that he was a a target of mine that I thought at 14 would be intriguing the more I do research on him I’m I am I’m less enamored um you know like a non you know he’s a he’s a Lim he’s pretty much limited to being a rim running big he’s maybe not he didn’t measure great of the combine he’s not an elite elite shot blocker and he doesn’t p and doesn’t he’s not a playmaker um you know the the sort of like direct postup world of the NBA is not dead but it is limited to few folks so the fact that he doesn’t have that part of his game doesn’t matter um it’s just like if you’re going to be a rim running big you probably also need to be able to do like dribble handoff stuff because you need to have some variety of you can’t just like set a screen and roll every time you have some variety of how you get into it and if he doesn’t have that part of his game he doesn’t develop that part of his game then that is um that would you know that limits what he can be and I I think the lack so the lack of passing and and the lack of just like he doesn’t have Elite length and length matters and he’s he’s big like he’s Center size but he’s not like ma he’s not this massive center with crazy long arms who’s gonna who’s blocked a ton of shots he’s a dude who is a good intriguing athlete maybe has some ability to guard a little bit in space but is mostly like a a a drop big in the pros and I think that’s fine um but he’s not like an elite shot blocker I think he’ll probably end up going later in the first round I I like him at at at 14 previous I think I’ve I’ve soured on not soured I’ve cooled on him a little bit is probably the right term um I don’t think he’ll be there at 34 um but uh you know maybe he maybe he crushed it and and was really good against Edie in the workout and then and then the Blazers will uh will learn that story at some point it’s like that well he came in against Zack and dominated and he like really changed everyone’s opinion but for me like I think he has a relatively limited role I think relatively limited role for like centers in the league is very normal um there’s not a lot of centers who have massive roles in the league it’s just kind of the way it works um you defend you set screens you run you have some creativity with your passing that’s and and some and some centers shoot and uh if you don’t check enough of those boxes you end up in a very your role and your ask what your role might be gets really limited and if you have a really limited role why maybe that’s not something of you chasing the lottery Ryan Dunn is uh went to UVA went to Virginia um I’ve seen him play a lot Elite defensive player Elite defensive player um a awesome defensive playmaker he at the college level he was kind of like a big I know people talk about him as like a perimeter Defender but in college and I’ve seen him play many times he’s kind of like he was a shot blocker he’s a a backline Defender like he’s an interior defensive presence mostly you’ll see him highlights where he gets Steals and stuff like that but like I would say if you just like in the non- highlights like actually watching him play games like I would say most the way he was most impactful as a Collegian player was an interior defensive Force he’s awesome at it even at his size he’s awesome at he’s kind of like you know 68 69 but like an awesome interior Defender the problem is he doesn’t do anything on offense and by the end of his college career he knew that he didn’t do anything offense so he stopped doing anything he stopped shooting he just didn’t shoot um and he didn’t you know and and he just he became a total zero on the offensive end um and that worries me a little bit um obviously guys grow get better and if you have the like if you have the tools to be like you know one of the best defensive players in the draft class maybe the best defensive player period in the draft class although I think like centers are more impactful like I’m GNA guess Alex SAR and Clingan are both like significantly more impactful Defenders at the next level than Ryan dun but um maybe defensive versatility he’ll he’ll offer that um and if and if and if he does that that’s like a that’s a worthy skill to say Okay um that’s you know maybe we can find something more and I will say that that kind of fits the type of player that the Blazers have drafted right I think tone Kamara kind of fits that um just to some extent Jabari Walker but not in the same way kind of fits that Chris Murray I don’t think he was supposed to be that but he seems to fit that too we’re a guy who has like a lot of defensive tools but doesn’t have it on offense at all and it’s like if he finds any offense he could be a player but if he doesn’t he’s um he’s a relatively big question mark that kind of done seems to fit that I will say that like of of the players that worked out today no one is more quintessentially Trailblazers than tan Salo a big upside swing um of a player like a length a a big a big wing with size who plays hard who is kind of like raw enough at everything he does to project to be something really good down the line but in the immediate term is like a project Salah is like quintessential placers um Dunn is more of like the type that they have also drafted I think he kind of fits that Chris Murray um Chris Mur Tani Kamara archetype that they have been interested in this is a pretty fun workout um I’m not sure we’ll see another one this good anywhere else in the league um and we may never hear about this one because it was kept Under Wraps but I think six intriguing players um probably five names that will go in the first round of the draft and dun who will likely could go in the first round but like go early second rounds and could be a target for the Blazers at 34 or 40 it’s a fun one this legitimately fun one um speaking of fun ones let’s do this again tomorrow 5 days a week R get Podcast and also on YouTube free on all platforms tell your friends about the program and then come back for tomorrow’s show I appreciate you listening I’ll talk to you soon [Music]

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