Brandon Knight has been issued a challenge of sorts by BYU’s Jimmer Fredette to work out against each other.
RaptorRepublic.com looks at the scenario and how it could possibly hurt Knight’s Draft stock.
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[LEFT][COLOR=#000000]Brandon Knight is [URL=”http://raptorsrepublic.com/forums/showthread.php?6319-Brandon-Knight-s-stock-is-dropping”][COLOR=#000000]not so sure about working out against other top PGs[/COLOR][/URL], and Jimmer Fredette [URL=”http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Jimmer-Fredette-wants-to-work-out-against-Brando?urn=nba-wp4798″][COLOR=#000000]wants to compete[/COLOR][/URL] against everyone including Bob Cousy.
The story reads that one point guard isn’t confident in himself to perform against the peers considered to be in his class, and the other (Fredette) is as confident as Maurizio in an eating contest. In reality, both are acting on the advice of their agents’ strategies.
The higher-ranked Knight has been issued a challenge and he appears to be balking, which is making him look both scared and spoiled, rather unfairly.
June 15th is the day when Knight has the option to workout against Walker or Fredette, so we’ll see if he does. Not that it matters in the least, if Fredette proceeds to drop 35 on Knight in a 20 minute scrimmage, it would hardly mean anything since draft selections are never based on one workout.
It’s the body of work of a player throughout his college career that has the bearing, the workout is only there to [URL=”http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/The-Blazers-don-8217-t-feel-the-need-to-work-ou;_ylt=AmvbLXtmH.csIYXFcNB9B7TUSAU6?urn=nba-wp4470″][COLOR=#000000]cross the t’s and dot the i’s[/COLOR][/URL]. As both Knight and Walker alluded to when they were in Toronto, the interview seems to be the most important part of these things, which is where a team measures the character and persona of a player, something which is difficult to do solely based on video tape.
Overarching theme of this: Utah is, apparently, having second thoughts about Knight at #3 now.
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I don’t see how working out against Fredette could help Knight, who is projected above everyone else at his position, besides Kyrie Irving.
This is just a game played by the agents to try and get their client the most money they can get, and I guess we will see how it effects both players on draft day.
