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2015 Draft Workouts | Devin Booker Highlights - 06/10/15

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2015 Draft Workouts | Devin Booker - 06/10/15

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In preparation for the 2015 NBA Draft, the Charlotte Hornets held their fifth draft workout on June 10 with Devin Booker (Kentucky), Sam Dekker (Wisconsin), Keon Moore (Winthrop), Kevin Pangos (Gonzaga), Travis Trice (Michigan State) and Julian Washburn (UTEP) in to showcase their skills in front of the Hornets basketball operations staff.

Devin Booker | Guard | 6-6 | 206 | Kentucky

In his first and final season with the Wildcats Booker appeared in 38 games and averaged 10.0 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game and scored in double figures in 20 games, which was the second best on the team. He also earned 2015 SEC Sixth Man of the Year, 2015 All-SEC Second Team, 2015 All-SEC Freshman Team, and Five-time SEC Freshman of the Week.

Sam Dekker | Forward | 6-9 | 230 | Wisconsin

Dekker earned 2015 NCAA West Region's Most Outstanding Player, 2015 Second Team All-Big Ten, 2015 Julius Erving Award finalist, 2015 USBWA Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List, 2014 USBWA All-District, 2013 Big Ten Honorable Mention, 2013 Big Ten All-Freshman Team. In his last season at Wisconsin he scored a career-high 27 points (8-11 FG, 5-6 3FG) with a perfect 6-6 FG, 5-5 3FG second half in the Elite Eight vs. Arizona (3/28) and recorded his first double-double of the season in the Sweet 16 vs. North Carolina (3/26) with 23 points (10-15 FG) and 10 rebounds.

Keon Moore | Guard | 6-5 | 190 | Winthrop

Moore was voted to All-Big South Conference First Team, Big South All-Tournament Team for second straight season, named to the College Sports Madness Preseason Big South Third Team and the only player in the league ranked in the Top 5 of Scoring, Free Throw Percentage, Three-Point Field Goals Per Game, and Three-Point Field Goal Percentage. He was just the second player in Winthrop University history to score 1,000 points in first two seasons on the team. He also broke the school record for scoring average in Big South games only (19.9 ppg), scored career-high 30 points in the double-overtime loss to High Point, and set the school single-season Div. I record for total points with 593 and scoring average (18.5ppg).

Kevin Pangos | Guard | 6-2 | 182 | Gonzaga

In his final season with Gonzaga he led the team to the school’s second-ever Elite Eight and third-straight WCC regular season and tournament championships, he became the only player in program history with more than 1,700 points, 500 assists and 150 steals, led team with 4.8 assists per game and 1.26 steals per game, led team in free-throw percentage at .824 (89-108), and had 24 double-figure scoring games, including three with at least 20. He earned Third Team Associated Press All-American, WCC men’s basketball Player of the Year, Four-time all-WCC selection, All-WCC academic team honoree, nominee for the Naismith, Wooden and Cousy (Finalist) Awards senior season, and named to the Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association (DI-AAA ADA) Scholar-Athlete Team this year. He also holds holds the Gonzaga career record of the all-time leader in three-pointers with 322 and ranking in the top five all-time in points, assists and steals.

Travis Trice | Guard | 6-0 | 170 | Michigan State

During the 2014- 2015 season Trice averaged 18.9 ppg over his final 14 games, including seven 20-point efforts and scored in double figures in 29 games. He earned Third Team All-Big Ten, NCAA Tournament East Regional Most Outstanding Player, Big Ten All-Tournament Team, Led MSU in scoring (15.3 ppg) and assists (5.1 apg) and scored more points (598) than he did in his first three seasons combined (537). He also earned top three in the Big Big Ten in assists both overall (2nd, 5.1 apg) and first in the Big Ten in assist-to-turnover ratio in conference games (3.4) and second overall (2.9). 

Julian Washburn | Guard/Forward | 6-8 | 210 | University of Texas at El Paso

Washburn concluded his career as the only player in school history with four seasons compiling more than 1,000 minutes and led the Miners in assists. He was honored as one of 26 finalists for the Lefty Driesell National Defensive Player of the Year Award, earned Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year, and became first UTEP player to win C-USA Defensive Player of the Year and joined Tulsa's Jerome Jordan as the only players in league history to earn three appointments to the All-Defensive Team.

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Booker, Dekker Highlight Hornets Workout

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2015 NBA Draft Workouts | 06/10/15

Average: 10
  Highest: 8 (SI.com)
  Lowest: 14 (nbadraft.net)
Most Predicted: 9 (4 times)

2014-15 College Stats: MIN 21.5, FG% 47.0, 3P% 41.1, FT% 82.8,  AST 1.1, BLK 0.1, STL 0.4, PTS 10.0

Draft Express 
“Nearly half of Booker's field goal attempts on the season came from beyond the arc, and for good reason, as he is one of the best shooters in this draft class. He has gorgeous shooting mechanics, a quick, compact and repeatable motion complete with an effortless release and textbook follow-through… He has outstanding footwork and balance, allowing him to be more than just a spot-up floor-spacer as someone who makes shots running off screens, attacking closeouts, and punishing defenders for going underneath on the pick and roll. He already shows range out to the NBA 3-point line, and hit 41% of his shots beyond the arc on a very high volume of attempts per-minute.”

NBADraft.net 
  “High basketball IQ and 3-point specialist ... Good feel for the game and makes smart plays ... Sharpshooter who’s shooting release and form is mechanically sound ... Silky-smooth and lighting quick release with a soft touch … Has good balance and accuracy on his shot and releases the ball at its highest point ... Nice body control when shooting jumpers and driving/finishing at the rim ... Efficient shooter from the 3-point line (shooting 40 percent on 3-pointers) ... Great floor spacer ...”

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2015 Draft Prospect | Devin Booker

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