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Post subject: Trail Blazers Draft Prospects for 2008 NBA Draft
 Posted: Jun 04, 2008 - 01:04 AM PST
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The Trail Blazers will hold the first of 16 private workouts today for prospective draft choices at their practice facility in Tualatin, where general manager Kevin Pritchard, coach Nate McMillan and the rest of the franchise's coaches and talent evaluators will continue plotting for the June 26 NBA draft.
Today's workout will feature three point guards -- Butler's Mike Green, France's Rodrigue Beaubois and Congo's Rudy Mbemba -- the first of an expected 51 draft hopefuls the Blazers intend to bring to Portland for private workouts.
First-round prospects
Russell Westbrook,
UCLA point guard (June 12) Joe Alexander, West Virginia forward (June 17) Donte Green, Syracuse forward (June 17) Marreese Speights, Florida forward (June 17)
DJ Augustin, Texas point guard (June 1 Brandon Rush, Kansas guard/forward (June 21) Anthony Randolph, Louisiana State forward (June 23) Darrell Arthur, Kansas forward (June 23)
Prospects with local ties
C.J. Giles, Oregon State forward (Wednesday) Bryce Taylor, Oregon guard (June 10) Malik Hairston, Oregon forward (June 19) Maarty Leunen, Oregon forward (June 22) The NBA draft will be held June 26 at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Blazers have the 13th overall selection and three second-round picks -- the 33rd, 36th and 55th overall selections. The Chicago Bulls hold the No. 1 pick. See Page D5 for a complete list of the Blazers' predraft visitors and check Behind the Blazers Beat on oregonlive.com for reports on the workouts.
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