Results of athletic testing at Chicago camp

["Berry, Mark S" <berrym@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I found this posted elsewhere. It's a summary of the athletic tests
administered at the Chicago pre-draft camp. Doesn't mean much in and of
itself, but in conjunction with other information, it could be interesting.
Wallace and Papile longing for "athletes" makes you think that guys like
Bremer, Slay and Barnes might be high on their lists in the second round.
Here you go.-Mark


Although athletic potential alone doesn't indicate whether a top draft
prospect will turn into an NBA star (paging Harold Miner), it certainly
doesn't hurt a player's stock. 

Insider has obtained the results from the Chicago pre-draft physical testing
of 83 prospects, including most of the players projected as lottery picks. 

The test revealed that St. Bonaventure point guard J.R. Bremer, who can
reportedly bench press 350 pounds despite being just 6-foot-2, was ranked by
the NBA as the top athlete tested. 

Bremer set a Chicago pre-draft record when he bench pressed 185 pounds 24
times during the physical. 

He also recorded a 35.5 inch vertical jump and had high scores in 3/4 court
sprint and lane agility drills. 

Other top performers included Maybyner Nene Hilario (ranked No. 2),
Maryland's Chris Wilcox (No. 5), Duke's Jay Williams (No. 7) and Amare
Stoudemire (No. 12). 

Second-round prospects Tamar Slay (No. 3), Matt Barnes (No. 8) and Shaw's
Ronald Murray (No. 10) also tested well. 

Hilario finished fourth in the lane agility drills with a 10.73 seconds
time; eighth in the bench press drill (16 reps of 185 pounds); 
13th in the 3/4 court sprints with a 3.19 seconds time; and 25th in the
vertical jump with a 34 inch vertical. 

Wilcox finished fourth in the bench press drill (20 reps of 185 pounds);
10th in the 3/4 court sprints with a 3.16 seconds time; and 22nd in the
vertical jump with a 34.5 inch vertical. He tested only average in the lane
agility drils with a 11.43 time. 

Williams finished first in the lane agility drills with a 10.34 seconds
time; third in the 3/4 court spring with a 3.09 seconds time; and 13th in
the vertical jump with a 36 inch vertical. He completed 10 reps of 185
pounds in the bench press drill. 


Several lottery prospects, including Stanford's Curtis Borchardt (No. 74
overall), UConn's Caron Butler (No. 68) and Indiana's Jared Jeffries (No.
63) were ranked at the bottom of the prospects tested. 

Borchardt finished last on the 3/4 court sprint with a 3.63 seconds time;
and third to last with a 27 inch vertical jump. Butler could manage only two
reps of 185 pounds in the bench press drill and finished poorly in the 3/4
court sprints and lane agility drills. Jeffries had a very poor showing in
the 3/4 court sprints and was just average on every other event. 


Top 5 Verticals 
(in inches) 
Matt Barnes -- 40.5 
George Williams -- 39 
Elvin Mims -- 38 
Tamar Slay -- 38 
Ryan Humphrey -- 37.5 


Top 5 Bench Press 
(reps of 185 lbs). 
J.R. Bremer -- 24 
Chris Burgess -- 24 
Udonis Haslem -- 22 
Chris Wilcox -- 20 
Kris Lang -- 19 

Top 5 sprints 
(in seconds) 
Damon Hancock -- 3.03 
Cordell Henry -- 3.04 
Jay Williams -- 3.09 
Tamar Slay -- 3.09 
J.R. Bremer -- 3.10 

Top 5 lane agility 
(in seconds) 
Jay Williams -- 10.34 
Teddy Dupay -- 10.53 
Matt Barnes -- 10.68 
Nene Hilario -- 10.73 
Carlos Boozer -- 10.77 



Chicago Pre-Draft Camp Physical Testing 
Player Overall Rank 
(out of 83) Bench Press 
(reps of 185 lbs) Vertical jump 
(inches) 3/4 court sprint 
(seconds) Lane agility 
(seconds) 

Carlos Boozer 32 13 28.5 3.31 10.77 
Curtis Borchardt 74 7 27 3.63 12.56 
Caron Butler 68 2 31 3.33 12.15 
Mike Dunleavy 53 11 29 3.30 11.55 
Melvin Ely 70 7 29 3.35 11.96 
Drew Gooden 22 13 33 3.19 11.81 
Marcus Haislip 17 8 36.5 3.21 11.35 
Nene Hilario 2 16 34 3.19 10.73 
Ryan Humphrey 13 13 37.5 3.20 11.75 
Jared Jeffries 63 9 30 3.40 11.73 
Jason Jennings 62 8 32 3.62 11.92 
Kareem Rush 34 15 30 3.22 11.86 
Amare Stoudemire 12 12 35.5 3.25 11.19 
Dajuan Wagner 21 16 35 3.22 12.03 
Chris Wilcox 5 20 34.5 3.16 11.43 
Frank Williams 64 11 31 3.29 11.73 
Jay Williams 7 10 36 3.09 10.34 
Qyntel Woods 41 2 34.5 3.23 11.94