For 76ers Senior Director of Scouting Vince Rozman and his team, the pre-draft
workout process is much more than a look at on-court performance.
While the scouting team has tracked many of these players and their progress for
years, the prospects’ visits to the Training Complex represent chances to learn
what the players are like as individuals and teammates — as whole people.
“If you’re interviewing somebody for any job, you want to be able to actually
sit in front of them, and talk to them, and get a feel for who they are as
people, and what their experiences have been like, and what led them to this
point. You just want to know them as much as possible.”
The Sixers have already hosted a series of pre-draft workouts, and are expected
to continue evaluating players throughout the month of June.
Assessing what this year’s NBA hopefuls do on the court is important, but
intangibles, Rozman says, are important x-factors.
“Character drives a lot of , and a guy’s will to win, and will to get better and
improve. Their self-awareness of where they are on their improvement scale is
very important, so that they know where they have to go.”
.@CycloneMBB’s @MarialShayok goes one-on-one with @brianseltzer after a
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.@CycloneMBB’s @MarialShayok goes one-on-one with @brianseltzer after a
pre-draft workout at the Complex. #HereTheyCome pic.twitter.com/nwUsNj8CUK
Preparing for the NBA Draft, which will be held June 20th, is a year-long grind.
And once new Sixers join the franchise, the process essentially starts all over
again.
“I think in the summer, we do a good job of sitting down and having post-mortems
of the past year, and what we could have done better, and what are we missing?”
Rozman said. “There’s always a learning process.”
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