It was a point guard overload at the workout. Flynn was on display against five other point guards, like Ty Lawson from North Carolina, Jeff Teague from Wake Forest and Jrue Holliday from UCLA.
Flynn enjoyed his time in Minnesota and liked the potential fit if the Timberwolves draft him, but he was really in awe of the all the talent around him.
Usually given how close the draft is, just a few players will do a workout session together for a team. For most of the guys at Target Center, having five other players also competing for the attention of Kahn was fun and stressful.
“This is by far the best workout I’ve been in,” Flynn said. “Every player out there is a top point guard. You look at a guy like Tyreke Evans, why would he come here and work out when he is slated to go so high? That really brings the best out of you.”
Evans was scheduled to participate in a solo workout in the afternoon, which is common for a prospect of his caliber in the weeks leading up to the draft. These workouts are often carefully orchestrated by the prospects and their agents to ensure that the best possible impression is made…
There’s no shortage of confidence with Evans.
After meeting with new Wolves president David Kahn over dinner on Thursday night, the 6-foot-5, 220-pound Evans decided he wanted to go toe-to-toe with the smaller, quicker, more traditional point guards in the group.
“From 1 to 10 I think I did a 10,” Evans said. “I handled myself well with the ball, I showed them what I can do and I think they were pretty happy with what I did today.”
Of the players who haven’t been in for workouts, Kahn said he didn’t know if the Wolves will get to see Davidson guard Stephen Curry again before the draft and doesn’t know if they need to.
Kahn said the Wolves are working to get a look at top prospects such as Connecticut center Hasheem Thabeet, point guard Ricky Rubio of Spain and Arizona State guard James Harden, if they move up in the first round, but that nothing has been set up.
Southern California guard/forward DeMar DeRozan, who was supposed to work out today, will be in Monday.
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