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June 8th, 2007 Hornets Draft Workouts June 7

Yesterday, the Hornets worked out four prospects projected by many to go in the second round. Guards Brandon Heath, Trey Johnson and Sammy Mejia and forward Dominic McGuire showed their skills to Byron Scott and the rest of the Hornets staff in OKC. In spite of the fact that teams don’t reveal their opinions of or occurrences in the workouts, all I can do is analyze the players and how they could fit in our system.

Let’s go ahead to 6-5 SG Trey Johnson from Jackson State, who IMO was the main player in this workout. In my last blog, I was hoping that they would check him out, and they did. Johnson was a proven scorer at JSU averaging just over 27 points per game and could truly be a sleeper in the second round of this draft. Like I said, this guy has the potential to give any team quality minutes off the bench as one of those ‘instant offense’ players such as our Bobby Jackson and Cleveland’s Daniel Gibson. He may be a little undersized for a shooting guard at 6′5 and his competition may not have been much, but he has potential, no doubt.

The other two guards invited in the workout are also intriguing but not as celebrated. Sammy Mejia is a 6-6 PG prospect from DePaul whose ball handling is only fair and has problems shooting the ball. He showed flashes of potential in college, but has never really completely developed any part of his game. The other guard, Brandon Heath, was a solid scoring point guard for SD State averaging nearly 20 ppg. Heath has a few issues with his game and lacks the vision of a true point, so we probably won’t see him drafted at all on June 28.

Last on my list, but not least, is forward Dominic McGuire from Fresno State. McGuire is generally projected as a mid-second round pick in the draft and has made a living in college as an athletic and defensive combo forward. McGuire is in the mold of players like Trevor Ariza and Danny Granger and should be a nice prospect for teams that need depth at the wing. The Hornets could use him as a replacement to Desmond Mason, and he could bring much needed defense to the squad at the position.

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