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Couple of Oregon Ducks among players working out for the Portland Trail Blazers

By Matt George Moore

TEMPE, AZ - JANUARY 11: Troy Brown #0 of the Oregon Ducks reacts with teammate Mikyle McIntosh #22 after a defensive stop during the second half of the college basketball game against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Wells Fargo Arena on January 11, 2018 in Tempe, Arizona. The Ducks beat the Sun Devils 76-72. (Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images)
TEMPE, AZ - JANUARY 11: Troy Brown #0 of the Oregon Ducks reacts with teammate Mikyle McIntosh #22 after a defensive stop during the second half of the college basketball game against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Wells Fargo Arena on January 11, 2018 in Tempe, Arizona. The Ducks beat the Sun Devils 76-72. (Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images) /
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The Portland Trail Blazers continue to hold pre-draft workouts for NBA hopefuls. The crop of players at the practice facility in Tualatin Thursday includes two Oregon Ducks.

On Thursday morning, Blazers beat reporter Casey Holdahl tweeted a list of players that Portland is working out.

For those of us here in the Pacific Northwest, a couple of those names stand out: Oregon Ducks players Troy Brown and MiKyle McIntosh.

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The Ducks

Troy Brown

Brown is a 6-foot-7, 215-pound forward who just completed his freshman year at the University of Oregon. A McDonald’s All-American coming out of Centennial High School in Las Vegas, Brown was ranked 18th in ESPN’s Top 100.

Brown – the first one-and-done basketball player in UO history – averaged 11.3 points and a team-high 6.2 rebounds per game for the Ducks.

And he has at least one acquaintance on the Trail Blazers — Zach Collins, who also played high school ball in Las Vegas (Bishop Gorman High School).

MiKyle McIntosh

McIntosh is a 6-foot-7, 240-pound forward; he just finished his redshirt senior season with the U of O. He averaged 11.8 points and 6.1 rebounds per game this season with the Ducks.

He’s a bit of a fouling machine — racking up 119 personal fouls to tie the Ducks’ single-season record.

McIntosh went to Pickering High School in Ontario, Canada. And he also played at Illinois State prior to transferring to Oregon. At Illinois State, he was an all-Missouri Valley Conference second team selection as a junior in 2016-17.

The Others

The Portland Trail Blazers continue to work out players in preparation for the June 21 NBA Draft.

The franchise has the No. 24 pick in this year’s selection bonanza.

The other players working out for Portland on Thursday are as follows:

De’Anthony Melton (guard), University of Southern California

Josh Okogie (guard), Georgia Tech

Billy Preston (forward/center), Kansas

Landry Shamet (guard), Wichita State

Khyri Thomas (guard), Creighton. (UPDATE: Thomas did not work out Thursday.)

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Stay tuned to the RCP for continuing coverage of Blazers workouts and draft info.