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Why are there no serious workouts scheduled?

Posted on 6/11/13 at 10:18 am
Posted by TigerinATL
Member since Feb 2005
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Posted on 6/11/13 at 10:18 am
A brilliant poster on another board pointed out that it's pretty odd we aren't working anyone out yet. Demps is in Europe, but surely he trusts Monty to workout and evaluate at least some of the players right? If he wants to interview the players I'm sure they could have him video conference in and record the interview to get largely the same assessment.

Even the only workout scheduled is odd. It's an individual workout, which Demps has always avoided in the past. And the workout is for Burke, a guy that the team believes it is unlikely to draft based on Chris Miles' statements about the team viewing him as too similar to Vasquez and Chad Ford's statements about the Rivers experiment not being over. Either Demps is locked in hard on Saric, which doesn't make sense with Saric complaining about no promises, or Demps already has a trade in place that he's so confident in he's half assing the player evaluation.

But even half assing the player evaluation doesn't fit Demps' style. Trading for guys like Jason Smith and Belinelli relied in part on information compiled preparing for previous drafts, would they really not want to get information on future trade targets or free agent signings? None of it makes sense.
This post was edited on 6/11/13 at 10:19 am
Posted by tgr4ever
Gwinnett, baw
Member since Jul 2011
16214 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 10:21 am to
Fire Monty
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
115736 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 10:23 am to
quote:

A brilliant poster on another board


Posted by Jester
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
34291 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 10:24 am to
I thought that was pretty funny, too
Posted by Bout_Dat_Lyfe
Member since Jan 2013
1969 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 10:27 am to
I've got a serious workout scheduled later this evening, bro, gonna kill my traps.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
115736 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 10:28 am to
I will point out that some of the workouts last year weren't for a few more days yet. 17th and 18th I think.
Posted by TigerinATL
Member since Feb 2005
61480 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 10:30 am to
Maybe the Euro playoffs fell at a slightly different time last year, but I don't recall an information vaccuum like this before.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
115736 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 10:34 am to
quote:

I don't recall an information vaccuum like this before.



Nor do I. It is odd.
Posted by Gtothemoney
Da North Shore
Member since Sep 2012
17715 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 10:35 am to
Maybe he's heeding my advice and has a trade in the works?

If not
What the hell is going on out here?
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
115736 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 10:40 am to
quote:

I thought that was pretty funny, too



No, but I tend to agree. Smirk is a brilliant poster. Probably the most brilliant poster ever.
Posted by TigerinATL
Member since Feb 2005
61480 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 10:46 am to
Posted by Jester
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
34291 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 10:46 am to
I have no idea who or where he was talking about. Brilliant and poster are usually mutually exclusive.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
115736 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 10:52 am to
Pelicans Report.

jhow0036 is also an excellent poster on there...
Posted by ShamelessPel
Metairie
Member since Apr 2013
12721 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 10:59 am to
Anyone that thinks Burke and Vasquez have anything in common is fooling themselves.
Posted by Suntiger
BR or somewhere else
Member since Feb 2007
32953 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 11:06 am to
Posted by TigerinATL
Member since Feb 2005
61480 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 11:08 am to
quote:

Anyone that thinks Burke and Vasquez have anything in common is fooling themselves.


Whoever Chris Miles is quoting here is a fool then.

quote:

Chris Miles ?@mileswdsu

This is the word on Burke "he isn't faster, more athletic or a better shooter than Greivis, but if he is he could give us options"

LINK

Who he's quoting is another issue entirely, but the implication by using "us" in the quote is that it's a team source.
Posted by NOSHAU
Member since Feb 2012
11894 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 11:12 am to
quote:

quote:Anyone that thinks Burke and Vasquez have anything in common is fooling themselves. Whoever Chris Miles is quoting here is a fool then. quote:Chris Miles ?@mileswdsu This is the word on Burke "he isn't faster, more athletic or a better shooter than Greivis, but if he is he could give us options" LINK Who he's quoting is another issue entirely, but the implication by using "us" in the quote is that it's a team source.
Chris Miles? Really? He is probably quoting whatever that tool Fletcher tells him to say. Fletcher is so up Saric's butt, he probably is just making "sources" up. When's the last time Miles broke a story?
Posted by BarbaricPelican
LaPlace
Member since Apr 2013
129 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 11:20 am to
quote:

Chris Miles? Really? He is probably quoting whatever that tool Fletcher tells him to say. Fletcher is so up Saric's butt, he probably is just making "sources" up. When's the last time Miles broke a story?


Wow. UmadBro?
Posted by Cap Crunch
Fire Alleva
Member since Dec 2010
54189 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 11:25 am to
In Monty's press conference yesterday he said that no one knows how this draft's top 10 will turn out, which seems like it'd be a better idea to do more workouts, no?

He also said something about a lot of players not wanting to do workouts nowadays, but I assumed he was talking about at the combine. Maybe he meant individual workouts for teams
Posted by TigerinATL
Member since Feb 2005
61480 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 11:30 am to
quote:

Maybe he meant individual workouts for teams


Being number 6 could cause problems because "top 5" guys may refuse to workout for the Pelicans.
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