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Draft Workouts: S. Henderson, Blazers, Howard, Nowell, Roberts

June 3rd, 2023 at 2:37pm CST by Rory Maher

The Trail Blazers, who control the No. 3 overall pick, are holding a pre-draft workout Saturday with G League Ignite guard Scoot Henderson, a projected top-three pick, tweets Sean Highkin of The Rose Garden Report.

Henderson has said in the past he thinks he’d be a good fit alongside Damian Lillard and he reiterated that again today, according to Aaron J. Fentress of The Oregonian (Twitter link).

Recent mocks have Henderson, who was a candidate for No. 1 overall at one point before Victor Wembanyama went to a different level this season, going No. 3 to Portland, with Alabama’s Brandon Miller going to Charlotte at No. 2.

Highkin recently said he thought the Blazers would trade their pick for an established star player, mentioning Jaylen Brown and Pascal Siakam.

Here are a few more 2023 NBA draft-related notes ahead of June 22:

Michigan wing Jett Howard will work out for the Magic Saturday, per Cody Taylor of Rookie Wire (Twitter link). The Magic control the Nos. 6, 11 and 36 picks in the draft, while Howard is currently ranked No. 17 on ESPN’s big board. The son of Juwan Howard, Jett is thought to be one of the better shooters in the draft.
Kansas State guard Markquis Nowell has workouts lined up with the Mavericks, Pacers, Suns and Clippers. He also worked out for the Jazz and Wizards the past couple days, according to Chase Hughes of NBC Sports Washington (Twitter link). The 5’8″ Nowell had a memorable performance in the NCAA tournament for the Wildcats, averaging 23.5 points, 13.5 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 4.0 steals on .446/.419/.920 shooting in four games (40.0 MPG) en route to the Elite Eight.
Georgia guard Terry Roberts worked out for the Nets this week and had a previous workout with the Rockets, a league source tells Adam Zagoria of ZagsBlog.com (Twitter link). Roberts had previous experience with Florida SouthWestern State College and Bradley before playing for the Bulldogs as a senior.

50 Prospects Reportedly Invited To G League Elite Camp

May 5th, 2023 at 8:12am CST by Luke Adams

A total of 50 prospects for the 2023 NBA draft have been invited to the NBA’s G League Elite Camp, according to reports from Adam Zagoria of Forbes and Jonathan Wasserman of Bleacher Report (Twitter links).

Those players are as follows:

Charles Bediako (Alabama)
Leaky Black (North Carolina)
Jalen Bridges (Baylor)
Johni Broome (Auburn)
Joe Bryant (Norfolk State)
Tyler Burton (Richmond)
Michael Caicedo (Coviran Granada – Spain)
Tyger Campbell (UCLA)
Colin Castleton (Florida)
Malcolm Cazalon (Mega Basket – Serbia)
Tristan Da Silva (Colorado)
Antoine Davis (Detroit)
Johnell Davis (FAU)
Kendric Davis (Memphis)
Shaun Doss (Arkansas Pine-Bluff)
Tosan Evbuomwan (Princeton)
PJ Hall (Clemson)
Hakim Hart (Maryland)
Joey Hauser (Michigan State)
Nadir Hifi (Le Portel – France)
D’Moi Hodge (Missouri)
Zvonimir Ivisic (SC Derby – Montenegro)
Josiah-Jordan James (Tennessee)
Dillon Jones (Weber State)
Mojave King (G League Ignite)
Taevion Kinsey (Marshall)
Pelle Larsson (Arizona)
Tyrin Lawrence (Vanderbilt)
Jaylen Martin (Overtime Elite)
Matthew Mayer (Illinois)
Caleb McConnell (Rutgers)
Emanuel Miller (TCU)
Matthew Murrell (Mississippi)
Ousmane N’Diaye (Baskonia – Spain)
Tristen Newton (UConn)
Olivier Nkamhoua (Tennessee)
Landers Nolley II (Cincinnati)
Markquis Nowell (Kansas State)
Norchad Omier (Miami)
Clifford Omoruyi (Rutgers)
Drew Peterson (USC)
Antonio Reeves (Kentucky)
Sir’Jabari Rice (Texas)
Spencer Rodgers (Kennesaw State)
Mark Sears (Alabama)
Mike Sharavjamts (Dayton)
Isaiah Stevens (Colorado State)
Jacob Toppin (Kentucky)
Hunter Tyson (Clemson)
Anton Watson (Gonzaga)

The name of the G League Elite Camp is a bit of a misnomer — when first introduced, the event showcased NBAGL players, but the field of participants now consists exclusively of draft prospects. The event will take place on May 13 and 14 in Chicago, ahead of this year’s draft combine.

Like the combine, the Elite Camp brings young players to Chicago to meet NBA teams and participate in drills and scrimmages. While the combine focuses on the top prospects in a given draft class, the Elite Camp generally features prospects who are trying to break into that upper echelon of prospects but are more likely to go undrafted. The top performers at the event typically receive invites to the combine.

Of the 50 G League Elite Camp invitees, 15 show up on Jonathan Givony’s list of this year’s top 100 prospects at ESPN.com. However, no Elite Camp invitee ranks higher than No. 58 (Hart) on ESPN’s board.

The G League Elite Camp will give the invitees who declared for the draft as early entrants an opportunity to see where they stand ahead of the draft withdrawal deadline on May 31. Not all of the players who participate in this event will remain in the draft pool.

Some NBA players who have participated in past G League Elite Camps include Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado, Pacers forward Oshae Brissett, Clippers guard Terance Mann, and Heat wing Max Strus.