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Lawson Completes Final Pre-Draft Workout For Hawks
Posted by: Micah Hart on June 24, 2009 at 11:25PM AFT

Workouts appeared to be done after Sunday, but at the last minute the Hawks brought in UNC point guard Ty Lawson for a workout at Philips Arena this morning. Unlike the other workouts we've seen so far, this one was a solo run for Lawson, so it's hard to really come away with any real impressions that differ from what we already thought about the guy - namely, that he was a great PG in college and the reason he is potentially going to be available at #19 is because of his height.

Lawson showed a nice shooting touch during drills, hitting shots in the lane, off the bounce and off the catch, and from deep. But as Hawks asst. GM Dave Pendergraft told us yesterday, these workouts are more for the coaches and the chance to get to know a player, so hopefully it was worth it for that reason if nothing else.

A couple more notes about tomorrow's draft:

- We've seen some moves around the league the last few days, and with all the moving pieces on the Hawks front, it's certainly possible we could see a trade develop in the next day or so. But if it's going to happen before the draft it will have to happen before tomorrow at noon, which is the deadline to make pre-draft maneuvers. After 12:00 pm tomorrow, any trade that gets made won't go through until after the 1st round of the draft is over, which means if draft picks are exchanged the teams will have to choose the playerse first and then swap them afterwards. I have literally zero information that tells me anything is in the pipe; just letting you know the rules.

- Should anything happen, I'll be hanging around the Hawks front office for most of the rest of today and all of tomorrow, so I'll get the word out as quickly as I can so Hawks fans are up to speed on what's going down. I'll be doing a hybrid live-blog/tweet thing tomorrow night from the Hawks draft room, so if you aren't following me yet on Twitter I suggest you do so post-haste!

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