Euros in 2007 Draft

[jwfish6]

Marc Cornstein says that Koponen, Artem Zabelin and Marko Lekic have been working out in NYC lately. Koponen has already impressed and probably locked himself a spot but what are your thoughts on Zabelin? Do you think he will pull out?

What about the automatically eligible Marko Lekic? Obviously his numbers arent that great but he is very persistently trying to make it overseas every single summer. Any news from him in Orlando?

[coachjon]

i think zabelin should pull out it doesn't look like he will get drafted. lekic i don't think is on anyones draft radar.

i don't really know anything about lekic but here are my thoughts on zabelin.
i don't know if he gets drafted this year or not or if he will pan out in NBA, but he has entered the draft.

he has a good wingspan, can block shots, runs the floor well, can handle the ball, good shooter out to 3, good hands, high basketball IQ, good rebounder, needs to add weight/strength, has good offesnive tools just needs to learn how to put them together, inexperienced.

is kind of in the mold of the taller european guys that are PF/SF tweeners that have had very limited success if any in the NBA. Korolov, Tskitvilli, Cabarkapa, Radmanovic

[11player]

Zabelin, at this point, is an early second round pick, just for the sake of keeping his rights till he is ready.

Lekic should go undrafted. He's been around for some time now but is still totally unproven. His only chance is if some team sees some potential in him and uses a late second round pick on him, just to keep his rights for the future.

I don't know about Kopponen, but I wouldn't use a first round pick on him based on the hoop summit game or a few workouts.

[jwfish6]

Did Erceg really get passed up on?

[nextstar1019]

yeah, i thought he would get drafted but...

do u think he will sign as a free agent or stay w/ his club overseas