"The Washington Wizards held their final pre-draft workout this morning at Verizon Center, and the lone participant was Donatas Motiejunas. That not only allowed Coach Flip Saunders to give the Lithuanian forward his full attention but also provided several moments for light-hearted jabs.

Near the end of the session on the practice court, Saunders told Motiejunas, a 7-footer with a soft left-handed jumper, to dunk however he wanted. Every player to work out for the club had done the same, except the scrutiny in this case was especially elevated with no one else to absorb the ribbing if the dunk disappointed.

"I want to see something good," Saunders said, only partly in jest. "I want to see a Euro Cup, Phi Beta slam jam. Next year we're going to enter you in the dunk contest."

With that, the affable Motiejunas shook his head, offered a polite "No" and dribbled toward the basket. He rose, pumped both arms and reverse dunked two-handed.

The showmanship portion of the workout complete, Motiejunas's final assignment was the dreaded seven drill, when a player must make that many jumpers from each end of the foul line. A miss requires a layup and running to the boundary, then resetting and shooting from the outside again."