Player workouts for the 2006 NBA Draft continued Monday at the Presbyterian Hospital Training Center at Charlotte Bobcats Arena with Gonzaga’s Adam Morrison, Memphis’ Rodney Carney and South Carolina’s Tarence Kinsey all in town.

Both Morrison and Carney are being touted in the media as lottery picks in the upcoming draft, with Morrison currently projected by most outlets to go somewhere in the Top Five picks.

Kinsey is looking to leave a lasting impression and have the chance of being drafted in the second round or sign on somewhere as an undrafted free agent.

After three seasons at Gonzaga, Morrison is ready to enter the NBA and is projected to be one of the first names on draft day. The 2006 NCAA Division I scoring champion averaged 28.1 points while leading the Bulldogs to a 29-4 overall record, tying the school record for wins, and a berth in the NCAA Sweet 16. Morrison racked up the accolades his junior season at Gonzaga and was named the 2006 Wooden Award runner up, the 2006 Chevrolet Player of the Year as selected by CBS Sports, the 2006 WCC Player of the Year, a First Team All-American by the Associated Press, NABC, and NCBWA, and was a 2006 James Naismith Player of the Year finalist. The 6-8, 205-pound forward also chipped in 5.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists while leading his squad in three-point percentage (.428) and setting single-season records for points (926), field goals made (306) and free throws made (240).

Carney is coming off a career-year at Memphis after averaging 17.2 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.3 steals and shooting 43.6 percent from the field, including 39.1 percent from three-point range in 37 games his senior season. The 2006 Wooden Award candidate was named 2006 Conference USA Player of the Year, as well as earning spots on the 2006 All-Conference USA First Team and 2006 Conference USA All-Tournament Team. The 6-7, 205-pound forward ranked second in the conference in scoring, thing in three-point field goals made (2.8) and fifth in three-point percentage while setting a school record for three-pointers made (95) and leading the Tigers to a Conference USA title and a No. 1 seed in the 2006 NCAA Tournament.

Touted by many as perhaps the most complete guard in the 2006 NBA Draft, Roy averaged a career-best 20.2 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.4 steals in his senior season at Washington while shooting 50.8 percent from the field and 81.0 percent from the free throw line. Along with LSU’s Tyrus Thomas, the 6-5, 195-pound guard saw his stock in the upcoming draft skyrocket after a solid 2005-06 season and impressing in NCAA Tournament play. Unfortunately, he was unable to finish his workout with the Bobcats on Friday after falling ill, but hopes to reschedule the workout in the next few days.

Kinsey led the Gamecocks in scoring (15.8 points), field goal percentage (.453) and three-point percentage (.378) and tallied a team-high 29 double-figure games while leading his team to the 2006 NIT title. He also added 4.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.6 steals in his senior season with South Carolina. The 6-6, 189-pound guard was named to the NIT All-Tournament Team, the 2006 AP All-SEC Third Team and the 2006 Coaches All-SEC Second Team.

BobcatsBasketball.com visited with Bobcats General Manager & Head Coach Bernie Bickerstaff, Morrison, Carney and Kinsey after the workouts:

(On Morrison) He can put the ball in the basket. And he can get his shot -- very clever -- I think that’s very important. And obviously there’s no problem with him scoring, that’s what he does. And the guy competes, that’s what made the real session good. We had three guys who really competed, so he’s very competitive.

(On what he learns about the players from the workouts) Well, whether they can get through them, that’s number one. We’ve had all the drills set up, we do it different for the wingmen and the guards and the big people, and different looks to see if they can catch and shoot -- see how they can put the ball on the floor, how they compete. We watch the tapes prior to the workouts, like we had tapes on the guys this morning. We watched those and we looked for what they say their weaknesses are. We want to confirm them for ourselves.

(On if he talked with Morrison about his diabetes) No, we did not talk about his diabetes. I imagine that’s an obligatory question. That’s our doctor’s call, and we’ve had our trainer talk to Chris Dudley and Mike Saunders, who was in NY when Chris played. So we are interested in the basketball aspect of it -- the doctors will make that (health) call.

(On where he thinks Morrison fits in the draft) He was probably linked to first three or four picks. I think it will be very difficult for Toronto to pass up on him (at No. 1), if he continues to workout. I think this is his first workout, but it’s going to be difficult to pass on him. He’s a good player.

(On the criticism of his defense) Well that’s a knock on the NBA, so he’s a kindred spirit.

(On the Bobcats selling their program vs. the players selling themselves to the program) Oh, we pay well (laughs). If you talk to guys that are here with us, they want to be here. We have a nice core group -- a nice group of young men. It’s a nice state-of-the-art facility, and like I said the salary is still the same, minutes -- you can get and you will know your role. It’s a pretty good environment to be in.

(On Morrison being able to play the three) The way we play, you can go three or two because it’s basically the same. He can handle a basketball and put the ball on the floor. I’ve seen him bring it. But I have to say, guys are so good in the NBA that’s it’s very difficult to defend one-on-one, so that’s why the team concept comes in -- defensively.

(On his shooting at the end of the workout) They all have the ability -- they reached down. That’s why we do the drills the way we do them, to see who can persevere when things get tough. And he did. He’ll be fine in another year.

(On if he’d like to play in Charlotte) Yeah, it would be a great place to play. I know they have a lot of young collegiate guys, which hopefully fits my mold. They are building a good program and they are already on the rise, so I would love to play here. And it’s a great city from what I’ve seen so far.

(On the his workout) I have been conditioning a lot during this process and preparing for the season and the draft process, but if you look at the great players in the NBA, such as Rip Hamilton, and those guys workout as hard as they can and then they go shoot. So they want to see where your conditioning is at and how hard you’ve worked, so I thought I was prepared for it. I did not shoot as well as I would have liked, but I think they’ve seen me play and they know I can shoot the ball, so hopefully they understand that.

(On being touted as a top draft pick) During the season, I didn’t pay too much attention to the NBA, but like you said, I’ve heard some things. It’s all about these workouts, how much you prepare yourself and what the team needs -- a lot can happen between now and June 28. And if you watched the football draft, you can see anything can happen on draft day, so I’m going to come into all of these workouts with the right frame of mind and know that I have to show my best effort. I’m going to go against whoever they put me against, I don’t care who it is.

(On his other workouts) I have three more and maybe more. But like I said, I’m going to go into everyone with the right frame of mind and work a hard as I can and let the chips fall where they may. My goal is to get drafted, you know, I’m not worried about the number and all that stuff. I just want to play in the NBA.

(On if he is tired of hearing about the his health issue) Yeah I’m tired of it a little bit, but if you are going to pay people this amount of money, they have a right to know. And that’s the beauty of the questions that they ask, they are just trying to educate themselves. I’m happy to answer the questions and I think last year I proved that I could play a high number of minutes at a high level, dealing with the diabetes. And I think playing at the next level, I will have the financial abilities to be even healthier -- to have a cook and a nutritionist to be there to make sure I’m eating right. I might be better in the NBA, knowing the fact I can take better care of myself.

(On what his doctors say about his diabetes) The biggest thing is to make sure you are getting enough rest, sleeping and eating right. The thing I say to that -- Chris Dudley played for 14 years in the NBA, and he was a type one diabetic, Bobby Clark played hall of fame hockey for 10 plus years, so it’s been done in every major sport at every level. It’s just that the only difference is that I have to take care of myself more than anyone else, making sure that I’m going to bed at night and not going out and messing around, and that’s the only difference. If you take care of yourself, you can do anything anyone else can.

(On if he’s ever had any scary health moments) Not really, the only thing that has happened to me was when I was a sophomore in high school. I didn’t have good control (of the diabetes) and finally met up with a nutritionist, and that was it. It’s well documented. I check myself on the bench, eat the same meal every gameday and make sure I do the right things. So if you do that, with diabetes you can live a normal life like anyone else, even though I play on a professional level, so I will make sure I do that.

(On if he thinks he will fall in the draft because of being a diabetic) No, I don’t think it will cause me to fall because the teams are educating themselves and it was a non-issue on the college level, so I just have to prove that it will not be a non-issue on the professional level. But I also have a good team of doctors back home who can answer the right questions and are going to make sure they do the right amount of educating themselves to make the right decision.

(On what position he sees himself playing) I feel I can play the two or the three -- I can play on the next level. I showed in college that I can shoot the outside shot, can put the ball on the floor and have mid-range game. I’m working on my strength to play both positions on the next level.

(On his mentality coming into the Bobcats workout) I came in here expecting to work hard, and it wasn’t easy at all. I’m in great shape and wasn’t winded at all and felt good afterwards.

(On his workouts thus far) This is my fourth one, but as I progress I seem to be getting better. I think that this was one of my better workouts. I’ve been to the (New Orleans/Oklahoma City) Hornets, (Golden State) Warriors, Houston (Rockets), and here, which was a very hard workout. I have Orlando coming up with the team and the predraft camp and then the (Minnesota) Timberwolves. After that, it gets a little fuzzy.

(On covering his bases because he doesn’t know where he’ll end up) They’re projecting me to be a lottery pick, so the way it’s going, we’re going to continue to workout for the lottery teams that make sense for me to come to. The No. 1 team (Toronto) probably isn’t going to take me, but for teams that need maybe a two or a three, things will hopefully work out for me.

(On his matchup with Adam Morrison) It was a good matchup. A lot of people say, “Oh, Adam can’t go one-on-one.” Adam can go one-on-one. He is a very fierce competitor. He will make shots and is a very offensive-minded guy and will get down and score on you. I have nothing but good things to say about Adam. We went at it today, had fun and both had great workouts.

(On how it helps his stock to have a good workout against Morrison) It helps me a lot, really. We were kind of tit-for-tat today, scoring on each other and making great defensive plays. Some people here said there’s not really a big separation between us – maybe it helped my stock, maybe it didn’t. I just love playing with him. He’s a great player.

(On Bernie saying all he needs is more exposure) Yeah, I can see that. I really think I can compete with the best of them, but like he said you need to have the exposure plus the game to be in the top in the draft.

(On self-evaluations) I think all three of us have different games. Morrison can shoot anything -- he has a power. Carney has more of an athletic game. And I have more of a mid-range game. But overall I think I could match up with these guys, and like I said, it is a privilege to have the chance to go up against these guys.

(On the workout) It was very tough. Usually you workout with four guys, but since there was only three, I think they sped things up a little. And they test your endurance and your mental statee, but overall it was a really good body workout.

(On the draft) Like you said, I don’t have that much exposure, so people really don’t talk about me being drafted. On the Internet it says undrafted, but every season you have a Cinderella team or a Cinderella player -- hopefully I can be that player and get my named called on June 28.