Hawks Set to Open Draft Workouts on June 14th
by Kris Willis on Jun 9, 2010 7:00 AM EDT
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The Atlanta Hawks will kick off their first round of workouts in preparation for this years draft on Monday June 14th. The first group of players that the Hawks will get a closer look at is a collection of combo guards with some unique skills. Terrico White, Elliot Williams, and Dominique Jones are all projected as late first round picks while former Michigan standout Manny Harris is projected as a second round pick. The Hawks will have the 24th selection in the first round and the 53rd selection in the second round.
The Hawks will be working out players from June 14th through June 22nd in preparation for the draft on June 24th.
Individual player breakdowns for the four players that are scheduled for the June 14th workout can be found after the jump.
Terrico White
Six Foot Five inch combo guard with explosive jumping ability. Had an outstanding pre draft camp in Chicago. Played more as a shooting guard in college and whether or not he can play the point position at the NBA level is a big question mark. One of the early favorites for the Hawks to draft in our draft primer posts. Appears to be a solid option for the Hawks in the first round.
Elliot Williams
Williams attended Duke as a freshman and then transferred to Memphis as a sophomore to be closer to home while his Mother was dealing with an illness. His declaring for the draft was a little bit surprising to some but he is definitely on the first round radar. Williams skipped the Chicago combine with an injury that he might have suffered during a workout for the San Antonio Spurs. He has not had any workouts since leading for teams to guess that his injury is either worse than expected or he has received a promise from a team in the middle of the first round. Will be interesting to see if Williams in fact shows up to work out for the Hawks. Draft speculation has him going as high as the 20th pick or as low as the start of the second round.
Dominique Jones
Jones is a Six Foot Four Inch combo guard from South Florida. He has an NBA body but really lacks elite athleticism. Jones is a good rebounder for a guard and does a nice job as a scorer in getting to the basket. His biggest weakness is the lack of a real mid range game and the fact that he is a weaker ball handler. That will ultimately hurt his chances at playing the point guard position. He is another player that is projected as a late first rounder or possible early second round selection.
Manny Harris
Harris is an athletic swing man from Michigan and is an intriguing prospect as a potential second round selection. He was a do everything player for Michigan. He is athletic and can get to the rim as a scorer. He is a great free throw shooter and scorer that will need to work on developing his perimeter shot. He is an excellent rebounder and a more than capable defender. Harris’ biggest weaknesses are his jump shot and perhaps a little bit attitude questions some of which popped up during Michigan’s disappointing season. Harris is projected as a second rounder and it will be interesting to see how he does against the other players in the workout.
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I have seen very few of these players play.
Terrico White is one of the few that I have seen play. He’s a combo guard that played his high school ball in Memphis. He was initially going to sign with Memphis, but when they signed Tyreke Evans, he decided to go to Ole Miss instead. Terrico is a heck of a scorer that can catch fire and fill the basket up. Last year, as a true freshman, he filled in very well at point guard when Chris Warren got injured and missed the last part of the season. He was not a true point guard in any sense. He was more of a lead guard that created things off the defensive attention that he drew. Andy Kennedy also had him playing solid defense. This past year, White moved back to his more natural shooting guard position with Chris Warren back at the point. There was a lot of strife in the Ole Miss locker room this past season though. The trio of Chris Warren, Terrico White, and Eneil Polynice didn’t get along very well, and there were times that the three of them refused to give the ball to one another. I think that may have effected Terrico’s numbers as a sophomore. To me, he’s a guy who will need the ball in his hands to be effective. I don’t recall him doing much at Ole Miss when playing off the ball. When he was coming out of high school though, he and Tyreke Evans were considered to be similar players. A poor man’s Tyreke Evans may be a solid comparison for Terrico’s game. He will score, but he will probably be inefficient doing it. He will create opportunities for his teammates as well.
As close as I live to Memphis, I have not seen Elliot Williams play. I just didn’t pay any attention to Memphis this past year.
I haven’t seen Dominique Jones or Manny Harris play. I like what I have read on Dominique Jones though. The scouting reports on him say that he can beat anyone off the dribble and is one of the top guards in the country at getting to the free throw line. He could give the Hawks an interesting combo with Jeff Teague, who is also very good at beating guys off the dribble and getting to the free throw line.
I actually watched Michigan and Manny Harris quite a bit
They had a disappointing year. I don’t think he should have declared for the draft. He is talented but really lacks any kind of consistency with his jump shot. I wouldn’t mind at all taking him in the second round. I think he is a definite reach with the first round pick.
Peachtree Hoops
Got to get the coaching situation settled first
Woodson is now out. Drew, the assistant, is a possible replacement. Other than that some mention about Casey. First thing first, Hawks has got to decide who is their coach first. Otherwise all draftees are not the coach’s players. As much as I like continuity, if they reject Woodson, how can they accept Drew? Tough situation but if you want a new look, bring a new guy in.
Terrico White
Is on my radar but very low. My draft board encompasses 12 players and he is #9. My knock on him is I watched him play at UM and the excuse people tried to make for him last year was that he had a ball hogging point guard on his team so it hurt his game. A real leader does not let that happen. It’s his fault he is not aggressive enough and we have had enough of those guys Acie and Marvin come to mind
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Are these open to public? Where will they be held?
Not a good crop
Elliot Williams: Not impressed, if he was so great why did he not show it at Duke when he was coming off bench? Simple because Duke had guys a lot better than him so he had to transfer but came up with another reason.
Jones: undersized 2G that is not athletic. You don’t go deep in the playoffs with undersized 2G’s unless there named Dwayne Wade this guy is not on that level.
Harris: would be a good 2nd round pick but not 1st round material
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