Monday, June 20, 2011
Posted: 7:04 p.m.
CSNPhilly.com
The 76ers will hold their final pre-draft workout Tuesday, hosting Purdue forward JaJuan Johnson and center Guy-Marc Michael of France at PCOM.
Though director of player personnel Courtney Witte said Sunday that Moreheard State forward Kenneth Faried, believed to be a good fit for the Sixers at No. 16, would work out as well, Faried will no longer participate. The draft is set for Thursday at 7 p.m. in Newark, N.J.
JaJuan Johnson (6-10, 220, Purdue)
Johnson improved each season during his four-year Boilermakers career, culminating in a Big Ten Player of the Year award as a senior. The long, athletic big man with a solid mid-range jumper averaged 20.5 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game last season while shooting 49 percent from the floor. The 22-year-old is projected to fall either in the late first round or early second round.
Guy-Marc Michel (7-0, 270, France)
Michel was ruled ineligible to play at Indiana this past season after transferring from Northern Idaho. The 22-year-old center played for a French club from 2005-2008 and was a member of the under-20 French national team. At Northern Idaho, he averaged 8.3 points and 6.7 rebounds as a freshman, and 7.1 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.1 blocks as a sophomore.