Grendel_Knight1974
06-22-2009, 08:13 AM
And its not good news for OKC.
http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/59965/20090622/thabeet_doesnt_want_to_play_in_memphis/
Hasheem Thabeet canceled a scheduled workout with the Grizzlies on Sunday, and it may not have been because of a sore shoulder.
The injury was the official explanation, but Chad Ford of ESPN has reported that Thabeet doesn't want to play in Memphis.
Instead of working out for the Grizzlies, Thabeet stayed in Los Angeles to talk Thunder general manager Sam Presti into drafting him with the third overall pick.
Also found saw this in draftexpress...
"They don't spend any money anymore. They don't have a commitment to put a winning team on the floor right now. It's not where an agent wants to send his star pick," one source said of Memphis.
Thabeet, Ricky Rubio, Stephen Curry and James Harden have all refused workouts with the Grizzlies.
It's nice that he wants to play here but it takes away OKC's leverage if Memphis trades the pick because if they trade it, it will be for Rubio and not Thabeet. I'm not hearing teams clammoring to trade up for Thabeet.
Also saw this in draft express...
do we have a second player openly telling the Grizzlies that they aren’t interested in playing in Memphis? From what we can gather, it doesn’t seem like Thabeet’s camp is all that enamored with the direction Memphis is heading in, and there seems to be strong indications that he feels very good about his chances of being drafted by Oklahoma City, with one NBA source going as far as to say that the chances of him being picked there if available are “100%.”
That would probably be news to Ricky Rubio, who Oklahoma City spent the last day and a half with in Los Angeles meeting with alongside his family. Sam Presti also took time out on Sunday evening to meet with James Harden, which is Oklahoma City’s third meeting with him so far, including his workout at their facility and an interview at the NBA combine in Chicago.
http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/59965/20090622/thabeet_doesnt_want_to_play_in_memphis/
Hasheem Thabeet canceled a scheduled workout with the Grizzlies on Sunday, and it may not have been because of a sore shoulder.
The injury was the official explanation, but Chad Ford of ESPN has reported that Thabeet doesn't want to play in Memphis.
Instead of working out for the Grizzlies, Thabeet stayed in Los Angeles to talk Thunder general manager Sam Presti into drafting him with the third overall pick.
Also found saw this in draftexpress...
"They don't spend any money anymore. They don't have a commitment to put a winning team on the floor right now. It's not where an agent wants to send his star pick," one source said of Memphis.
Thabeet, Ricky Rubio, Stephen Curry and James Harden have all refused workouts with the Grizzlies.
It's nice that he wants to play here but it takes away OKC's leverage if Memphis trades the pick because if they trade it, it will be for Rubio and not Thabeet. I'm not hearing teams clammoring to trade up for Thabeet.
Also saw this in draft express...
do we have a second player openly telling the Grizzlies that they aren’t interested in playing in Memphis? From what we can gather, it doesn’t seem like Thabeet’s camp is all that enamored with the direction Memphis is heading in, and there seems to be strong indications that he feels very good about his chances of being drafted by Oklahoma City, with one NBA source going as far as to say that the chances of him being picked there if available are “100%.”
That would probably be news to Ricky Rubio, who Oklahoma City spent the last day and a half with in Los Angeles meeting with alongside his family. Sam Presti also took time out on Sunday evening to meet with James Harden, which is Oklahoma City’s third meeting with him so far, including his workout at their facility and an interview at the NBA combine in Chicago.