Vlad Moldoveanu worked out with the Wizards this morning. Media were only allowed access to the last 10 or 15 minutes, but here is a shooting drill that Vlad did towards the end. He had to make eight elbow jumpers, but every time he missed one, he had to sink a layup and it took away from one of his makes. He looked to be on his way to nailing them all in a row but had trouble with the last few shots, which set him back. He did pretty well compared to some of the other players in his group.
"It was an honor to be here," Moldoveanu said. "I've been in D.C. for seven years, and I've been following the Wizards since then. I was watching them when they were the Washington Bullets and they had Gheorghe Muresan so I know a lot about the organization."
Moldoveanu also enjoys a few unique connections with the Wizards. Aside from being friends with Muresan, the Wizards Director of Player Development, Ed Tapscott, was the head coach at AU from 1982-1990. Wizards President and General Manager Ernie Grunfeld is also Romanian, but Moldoveanu says he doesn't know Grunfeld that well.
With the draft coming up around the corner, Moldoveanu isn't trying anything new.
"I think at this point and time really, with a week and a half left before the draft, you can't really blow anybody's mind," Moldoveanu said. "You're not really going to show something that they haven't seen before. These guys have been scouting for years. They go to games, sometimes they go to practices, they talk to a lot of people about you, and it's not something where you're going to come and just blow their minds. You just got to be confident and you got to do what you do and do it really well. That's what it is about the NBA; every guy is really really good at what they do."
Here are a few photos from the workout.
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