PHOENIX SUNS

Phoenix Suns bring in draft prospects for workouts

May 27, 2015, 12:32 PM | Updated: Jun 5, 2015, 5:34 pm

The Phoenix Suns currently hold picks number 13 and 44 in June’s NBA Draft.

In preparing for their selections, the team is bringing in a good amount of draft hopefuls for workouts, looking to get a closer look at some of their options.

Below is a list of every player the team has brought in, along with some notes on each.


Friday, June 5

“I think all six of those guys have a chance to get drafted in the first round. So it was a very good workout for us. As far as when these workouts are scheduled, basically we take the guys when we can get them. I think there was a unique opportunity this weekend, a lot of GMs and executives have gone to Europe for the adidas Eurocamp in Treviso, Italy. So we took advantage of that and scheduled as many guys as we could. Twelve is maximum you can have in for a day, so we did two groups of six. Guys showed well. We had two pretty good workouts.”

Group 1

Montrezl Harrell, F, Louisville

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, F, Arizona

R.J. Hunter, G, Georgia State

Rashad Vaughn, G, UNLV

Christian Wood, F, UNLV

Delon Wright, G, Utah

Group 2

Nedim Buza, F, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Will Cummings, G, Temple

T.J. McConnell, G, Arizona

Larry Nance, Jr., F, Wyoming

Jarvis Threatt, G, Rio Grande Valley Vipers

Alan Williams, F, UC Santa Barbara


Thursday, June 4

“He showed that he’s got great skills. He’s a big man who can handle the ball, he can pass it, he can step back and shoot it. From what we saw, in even the 3-on-2s and 2-on-1s, he just knows how to play the game.” – Coach Jeff Hornacek on Frank Kaminsky

Frank Kaminsky, F, Wisconsin

Trey Lyles, F, Kentucky

Daniel Mullings, G, New Mexico State

Kelly Oubre, F, Kansas

Keifer Sykes, G, Green Bay

Greg Whittington, F, Georgetown


Wednesday, June 3

“He shoots it pretty easy. He’s got a high release, high-arcing shot. He’s obviously got good size and strength, he’s about 6-foot-9. So we like his versatility. He’s able to step out to the 3-point line and make shots behind the line, but he’s also able to catch on swing passes and attack closeouts and get all the way to the basket and finish. Today he showed nice things in transition. He’s a pretty fluid athlete, so I think at times you don’t realize quite how big he is until you see him go finish and dunk pretty easily on the break.” – GM Ryan McDonough on Sam Dekker

Brandon Ashley, F, Arizona

Bo Barnes, G, Arizona State

Daniel Bejarano, G, Colorado State

Rakeem Christmas, F, Syracuse

Sam Dekker, F, Wisconsin

Juwan Staten, G, West Virginia


Tuesday, June 2

“We always talk about the effort and you see it most of the time, but I thought today was the biggest overall group where the guys showed their skills, showed their ability to play the game, not just kind of go one-on-one. I think they all played it the right way. Sometimes you get in these workouts and guys just want to show, ‘Hey, what can I do, I want to show the coaches this or I want to show the GM what I can do.’ These guys just played basketball, and they played the right way. They moved the ball, they shared it. When they were competing against each other three-on-three, they didn’t care about how they looked in terms of scoring. They just wanted to win, and that’s the type of players we’re looking for.” – Suns coach Jeff Hornacek

Gary Bell, G, Gonzaga

Pat Connaughton, G, Notre Dame

Kevon Looney, F, UCLA

Bobby Portis, F, Arkansas

Rayvonte Rice, G, Illinois

Shannon Scott, G, Ohio State


Monday, June 1

“Devin looked good. I believe this is his first workout for any team. He shot the ball well. Came in in pretty good shape — I believe he got 27 line touches in the three-minute run. So he’s an intriguing player, intriguing prospect.” – Suns GM Ryan McDonough

Devin Booker, G, Kentucky

Derek Cooke Jr., F, Wyoming

Vince Hunter, F, UTEP

Josh Richardson, G, Tennessee

Jarvis Summers, G, Ole Miss

Dez Wells, G, Maryland


Friday, May 29

“It was a talented group. We were impressed. I just asked the guys after the workout about their schedules, and three of the six had workouts yesterday in places that aren’t real close to Phoenix. It kind of tells a little bit about the process and what these guys go through. But it was a good group. We had good shooting, pretty good size, some interchangeable matchups — especially on that perimeter — so it was probably the most talented group we’ve had in so far overall.”

Darion Atkins, F, Virginia

Jerian Grant, G, Notre Dame

Olivier Hanlan, G, Boston College

Darrun Hilliard, G, Villanova

Richaun Holmes, F, Bowling Green

J.P. Tokoto, F, North Carolina


Thursday, May 28

“It was good. It was a veteran group, so you had a bunch of older, more mature guys. So it was probably the most physical of all our workouts so far. It didn’t have, like, 22, 23 — I think one of the guys was 24. Physically they’re all strong. A lot of bodies on the floor, in a good way, chasing the ball. It was probably our most competitive, most physical workout thus far.” – assistant GM Pat Connely

Quinn Cook, G, Duke

Tyler Haws, G, Brigham Young

D.J. Newbill, G, Penn State

Matt Stainbrook, C, Xavier

Aaron Thomas, G, Florida State

Marcus Thornton, F, Georgia


Wednesday, May 27

“It was a good group today. We had four guards in the group so the speed was a little quicker today. They pushed through things. I thought they did a nice job. Today we kind of went from thing to thing pretty quickly. They didn’t need a lot of breaks — looked like most of the guys were in pretty darn good shape. And that shows when you do the shooting at the end, you know, we do the 100 shots for them and they’re moving on that. Even our guys, our players say that that’s pretty tough, and these guys handled it well.” – Suns coach Jeff Hornacek

Gerald Beverly, F, Daemen College

Aaron Harrison, G, Kentucky

Kevin Pangos, G, Gonzaga

Jordan Sibert, G, Dayton

Kenneth Smith, G, Louisiana Tech

Seth Tuttle, F, Northern Iowa


Tuesday, May 26

“I think it’s pretty strong at the top. I think if you go back and look year-to-year, I think coming into the draft, 2013 was probably considered a little weaker, last year was considered a little stronger. This year’s probably in the middle of those two, over all.” – Suns GM Ryan McDonough on this year’s draft class

Askia Booker, G, Colorado

Branden Dawson, F, Michigan State

Kendall Gray, C, Delaware State

Tyler Harvey, G, Eastern Washington

Le’Bryan Nash, F, Oklahoma State

Chris Walker, F, Florida

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