http://0rz.tw/692IT LUKE ANDERSON Q: On what's like to workout for his home team, after growing up in Eagan and playing for Mankato State University: A: It's a dream. I got a call last week from my agent telling me that I had a tryout with (the Wolves) on the 18th. From there I knew I had to work real hard to get in shape, and I just worked on my shooting, and it's a dream come true just to be on this court and to put this T-shirt on. Q: On the differences he noticed in working out with Division-I players: A: It's a little bit different. The competition, I mean everybody's at the same level that you are, or they're at a higher level and I'm trying to get to the level that they're at. One thing that I noticed is just the strength. They're a little stronger, a little bit quicker and more athletic, so it was a good gaining point for me and I learned a lot. Q: On his shooting: A: That's the strength that carries me, that is my shooting, and that's the thing I've worked on and hopefully I came in here, shot the ball well and they saw that. Q: On his performance at today's workout: A: I thought I did OK. I could have shot the ball a little bit better during the one-on-one drills, but when we were doing just the shooting drill I thought that I shot the ball really well. Q: On his future basketball plans: A: I don't know. Hopefully this will open the door for more opportunities to play at a higher level. That's what my goal is, to play in the states or overseas somewhere, so hopefully this just opened doors for more opportunities. Q: On whether he has any specific plans for the immediate future: A: Not yet. Hopefully they liked what they saw; hopefully I can get picked up on some other team, but we'll see what happens from here. Q: On whether this was his first NBA tryout: A: Yes it is. Q: On whether he has any other NBA workouts scheduled: A: As of right now, no I do not. Q: On his feelings as he made his drive to Target Center for today's workout: A: One thing that I thought all weekend is to not put too much pressure on myself. Really, I had nothing to lose and everything to gain. So that was my mindset today, and I felt like I stuck to that. I didn't try to do something that I don't do. I just tried to stick to my game plan, which is to shoot the ball well. Q: On the aspects of his game he'd like to work: A: Just my leg strength. I think that's a big key. Just to get my legs stronger; just to stay down in the defensive stance; just so I can body up with the bigger players. ADAM HALUSKA Q: On his workout with the Wolves today: A: I feel pretty good, just getting back in the Midwest. I've had a bunch of workouts out west, so it was good to get, kind of, back home; see things that are familiar. It's just an honor to come here and have a workout with the Wolves. Q: On where he's worked out and where he still has to go before draft day: A: I've been to quite a few places: New York, the Nets. I flew out to L.A. and had a workout out there and then I went up to Portland, down to Golden State, up to Seattle and now I'm here. I'm kind of half way through the workouts now and I've got a big stretch coming up down here the next week or two. Q: On the things he thinks he needs to do to draw interest to NBA teams: A: Well, I've definitely got to be a shooter. I've got to show that I can knock down that NBA three and be an asset defensively, too. I've got to go out there and use my athleticism and bring whatever the team needs. If it's energy; if it's someone coming in and making shots when they're told to; that's going to be my role. Q: On how important the NBA workouts are to him: A: I think they're real important, just to be able to showcase some of the things that maybe they didn't see at the college game. To be able to show that, yeah, you can knock down a three-point shot, or you've got a little bit more in your game one-on-one or coming off a ball screen. So, things that I didn't do a lot in college I've got to be able to show that I can do that. RANDY WITTMAN Q: On how each workout prepares the team that much more for the NBA Draft June 28: A: We've had a lot of guys in here, both for the seventh spot and for the 41st spot. So you get an understanding of the guys when they come in here. Five-on-five settings is ultimately what you're going to judge these guys on, but this gives you a little bit of an understanding of their basketball IQ and their footwork and fundamentals. Q: On Carl Landry and his potential likeness to Craig Smith: A: Little bit, little undersized, but strong and has the ability to do things down low, which he did at Purdue for all those years. We also want to see what he can do facing the basket a little bit and shooting the ball. Q: On how to choose the right undersized big man in this year's draft, because there are lots: A: You've got to be able to show you can do other things ... not be limited to that size, just being a low-post, back-to-the-basket guy. That you've got to be able to put the ball on the floor a dribble or two and create things that way. Q: On what he thought about Luke Anderson's workout: A: Well, I thought he came in and did a nice job. He's got a great stroke on him, can shoot the ball and came in here and played well against these guys. This is always a tough setting to come into, especially for the first time, and he matched up in a one-on-one, two-on-two setting like this, but he competed very hard and he did a nice job. Q: On Haluska: A: Adam's a guy, again, that had a good career at Iowa, played four years, can shoot the ball. ... He's got to now show that he can put the ball on the floor and get to the basket or create scoring opportunities, and I think that's going to determine if he can continue to develop at where he ends up. --

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