| Sign Up | Google+

Bright Side Of The Sun, a Phoenix Suns community

 
 

Phoenix Suns Draft Coverage: First Official Pre-Draft Workouts Include Melo, Nicholson

By on Jun 12 2012, 7:22p @DaveKing_BSotS 85

Stay connected for news and updates

Melo's defensive presence is Fab.

Looks like the Suns are covering their bases, bringing in guys today who are projected as late first-rounders and summer camp invitees. Media is not allowed at pre-draft workouts this year, so we have no insight from Suns folks or the players on their workouts.

Paul Coro, Suns beat reporter for the Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, just tweeted:

Coro-tweets_medium

That's all we get, and I guess we should be happy about that. According to draftexpress.com, these guys rate as:

  • C Fab Melo -- 23rd-best prospect (7'0" defensive specialist and shot blocker at Syracuse, rising after great draft combine)
  • PF Andrew Nicholson -- 30th best (6'9" offensive force with defensive questions from tiny school, also rising after great combine)
  • plus 4 guys ranked 84th and lower; pure summer league guys: PG Zack Rosen, PG Ashton Gibbs, SG Alex Young, SG Chris Johnson
Does the workout with Fab Melo indicate that the Suns are thinking of going big with the #13 pick instead of a shooting guard? Very doubtful. More likely they are evaluating options in case they get another pick or otherwise move down in the draft.

I have been looking forward to hearing low-first names, hoping that the Suns will take Babby's comments to heart that they want to build through the draft. It would be very nice to see the Suns bring in more than one player from this draft.

Interesting is that Melo was the only C brought in, and Nicholson the only PF. So, did they defend each other? Or were they just individual workouts/interviews? Or, were there other players in the arena today not also mentioned?

Who knows. The Suns are not opening workouts to media this year, for the first time ever.

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Recent Posts

In This Article

Teams

Recent Posts

Trending

The Next Read

There are 85 Comments. Load Now.

Shortcuts to mastering the comment thread. Use wisely.

C - Next Comment
X - Mark as Read

R - Reply
Z - Mark Read & Next

Shift + C - Previous
Shift + A - Mark All Read

Comment Settings

Live comment alert: Hide it!

Comments for this post are closed.

Small_brightsideofthesun Large_brightsideofthesun

Bright Side Of The Sun

SB Nation
SBNU v1.2.1, May 1, 2013 Guiding Principles - Terms of Use - Privacy Policy
© 2013 Vox Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved
tracking_pixel_5351_tracker