Kevin Durant is WNBA weak

There are a lot of malnourished weaklings in this supposedly deep (but looking increasingly shallow) NBA draft. Some of them were on display at the Orlando predraft camp.

The leader of the wimp brigade was none other than superstar in waiting Kevin Durant. He turned in a shockingly pitiful workout, and not just in the weight room. In fact, his overall numbers were so bad, if this were the NFL I guarantee his stock would be dropping like an anvil. First of all, the potential number one draft pick could not even bench press 185 pounds one solitary time, which I find astonishing. On top of that, he recorded a very average vertical leap, a slow sprint time, a poor agility drill score, and... wait, did I mention he couldn't do even one bench press? I can't get over that. It certainly raises questions in my mind as to how NBA ready he is. How is he going to get into the lane and finish with the big boys when he's so weak?

Other "workout warriors" included PF Brandan Wright, whom I just gave a mediocre rating to in my previous post. He vindicated my negative assessment of his NBA readiness with his performance at the workout. This alleged "power forward" could only bench press 185 pounds two times. That's "sand in my face" weak. By comparison PG Mike Conley was able to push that same amount up 13 times. Wright also turned in a rather ho-hum vertical leap for someone universally touted as this "athletic freak". In my eyes, he looks riskier by the day. He has no outside game, he is ridiculously thin for an inside player, he's too physically weak to get anywhere near the lane, and now it turns out he isn't even the skywalking wonder he was advertised to be. How's he going to get anything done in the Association? This guy has "Stay Away from Me" written in red ink across his chest.

On the other hand, the potential top six player who helped himself the most, in my opinion, was Al Horford. He measured a legitimate 6'10'', had a standing vertical leap that was equal to Brandan Wright's, and exhibited true power forward power by doing a Charles Oakley-like 20 reps at 185 pounds. That is awesome. Of course he struggled with the agility drill and displayed average speed, but in my opinion he solidified himself as an NBA ready low post player with his prodigious display of upper body strength.