Bennedict Mathurin works out for the Portland Trail Blazers + Mock draft round up

Arizona's Bennedict Mathurin did a solo workout for the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday as the team continues its pre-draft process looking at possible targets with the No. 7 pick in the NBA draft.

The solo workout for Mathurin doesn't mean much other than that his agency wanted a solo setting for a workout. But it does mean that the Blazers are interested enough in the 6-6 wing that they obliged that preference and got Mathurin into the practice facility. Portland could be a good fit for Mathurin who is an elite shooter and transition scorer but might have issues scoring in the halfcourt and developing into a consistent high level defender.

Mathurin isn't the only prospect the Blazers have scouted closely this week. They've also had eyeballs on Purdue's Jaden Ivey, Duke's AJ Griffin and Notre Dame's Blake Wesley among others. It's smokescreen and due diligence season in the NBA and it's worth remembering that this team of year everything means nothing and nothing means everything.

Finally let's look at some mock drafts to close the show were prognosticators have the Blazers eyeing Kentucky's Shaedon Sharpe, Baylor's Jeremey Sochan, Dyson Daniels of the G League Ignite along with Maturin.

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