Draft Notes: Jazz, Kings, Warren, Nurkic, LaVine

The latest draft news from around the league..

  • In addition to Indiana big man Noah Vonleh, today’s Jazz work out included George Mason guard Bryon Allen, Oklahoma State guard Markel Brown, Syracuse forward C.J. Fair, UCLA forward David Wear, and Marquette forward Jamil Wilson, according to Jody Genessy of the Deseret News.
  • Kings GM Pete D’Alessandro, assistant GM Mike Bratz, and advisor Chris Mullin are meeting with prospects Doug McDermott and Nik Stauskas right now in Chicago, tweets Ailene Voisin of the Sacramento Bee.
  • N.C. State forward T.J. Warren was slated to work out for the Nuggets today but he’s a late scratch, according to Chris Dempsey of the Denver Post (on Twitter).  Taking his place will be Trevor Wages of Colorado School of Mines (link).
  • The Nuggets are bringing in Jusuf Nurkic for medical exams and perhaps a workout, reports David Pick of Eurobasket.com (Twitter link).  Nurkic is currently slated to go No. 12 to the Magic in DraftExpress’ mock.
  • UCLA’s Zach LaVine will work out for the Timberwolves, tweets Darren Wolfson of 1500 ESPN.  Minnesota likes him at two guard and they’ll think about him at No. 13 along with Stauskas and Adreian Payne.
  • The Raptors will audition Payne tomorrow, tweets Josh Lewenberg of TSN.ca.
  • Meanwhile, Clemson’s K.J. McDaniels wasn’t able to work out for the Timberwolves, tweets Wolfson.  The small forward got stuck in South Carolina due to bad weather.
  • The Celtics will have more workouts on Thursday, highlighted by UCLA guard Jordan Adams, tweets A. Sherrod Blakely of CSNNE.com.
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