NBA Draft workouts are sign a trade into top four is possible
Yahoo Sports senior NBA analyst Kevin O’Connor is joined by NBA on Prime senior insider Chris Haynes to discuss the chances of a team moving up into the top few picks of this year’s draft - and why agents play a key part in the process. Check out the full conversation on “The Kevin O’Connor Show” and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you listen.
Video Transcript
With the draft, as soon as the Wizards won the number one pick, the conversation was about are they gonna try to trade down?
Straight down.
Is Utah gonna try to move up?
We see now in recent weeks Utah has worked out Mikeal Brown- Yep who was a projected pick outside the top five.
Yep.
We've seen the, the Bulls are gonna have a workout with Nate Ament.
Mm-hmm.
Of course, they pick 15th as well.
Maybe he'll be there, maybe he'll be top 10.
These teams in the top four seem to be turning over every stone.
Yeah.
Is there any chance that we see one of these teams in the top four move out of the top four?
Potentially.
Poten- I haven't heard anything concrete yet.
even with, Washington's pick, they're, from what I'm told, they're open to doing business.
If, if they're, if they're, if there's a deal out there need be had where they move off of that number one pick, they're open.
But definitely, I mean, they'll These workouts aren't happening for reasons.
First of all, like, these agents really, dictate these workouts and who goes where.
So the agent is not gonna approve for his client to go work out for somebody who, work out for a team that ha- doesn't have really any serious interest of moving back or moving up to attain that guy.
So these things are real.
Teams often say, "Tell me where we need to get to- Yeah to trade up."
Yep, to trade up.
Exactly.
And, and, and that's what happens.
That's what's it.
Agents are very important in this process, so if you do see a player who may be a, a player who may, be working out for a team that's outside the top five and you wondering like, "Man, hold up, this player is a top five guy," well, you know, there, it can be some, some movement.
It's not for nothing.
That's, that's what I would say.
