We all know that John Wall will be the number one pick in this years draft and it’s assumed that National Player of The Year, Evan Turner, will go as the second pick. So who will the New Jersey Nets take as the third pick? It seems the Nets are leaning towards Derrick Favors (Georgia Tech), but they’re not sure about passing on Demarcus Cousins. To help the organization finalize their decision, Cousins and Favors will play one-on-one on June 21st.
Here’s an excerpt from Rivals.com
[QUOTE]The Nets hold the third pick in the draft, and so far Favors’ agent Wallace Prather has been reluctant to let him get matched with the bigger, stronger Cousins on the floor. They worked out together in Sacramento on Saturday, but largely stayed in individual drills. Sources say Nets general manager Rod Thorn is leaning toward drafting Favors, but wants to see him in some contact drills with Cousins.
The Nets have a talented young center with Brook Lopez and see Favors fitting into the power forward spot. For Cousins to leap over Favors into the third spot – assuming Kentucky point guard John Wall and Ohio State forward Evan Turner go first and second to the Washington Wizards and Philadelphia 76ers – he’ll have to show the Nets a level of agility and perimeter skill to play forward.[/QUOTE]
Cousins also worked out for the Sacramento Kings last week. He left the workout with the highest field goal percentage of anyone that had worked out previously. This definitely helped him out with the Kings and I’m sure other NBA Teams are took notice
Here’s the Rivals.com comments on Cousins workout…
[QUOTE]Cousins had an excellent workout with the Sacramento Kings, grading out as the best shooter to visit Sacramento in the predraft process. He hit 78 percent of his shots in the workout, including a lot of pick-and-pop attempts.
Favors graded out as the far better athlete, but the Kings, who have the No. 5 pick in the draft, believed Cousins was a more advanced player. He showed Sacramento officials more range than they thought he had, consistently hitting the 17-foot jumper. The Kings are considering several players, but Cousins could be difficult to pass over.
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You can read [URL=”http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ys-favorscousins061310″]the complete article here…[/URL]
