Florida guard Tre Mann appears to hold draft workout with Rockets

Judging by a picture from his Instagram page, it appears that the 6-foot-4 guard had a workout with Houston on Thursday.

Judging by a post on his Instagram page, it appears University of Florida product Tre Mann worked out for the Houston Rockets on Thursday. The 20-year-old, who indicated in the post that it was his first team workout, recently declared for the NBA’s 2021 draft.

During his sophomore season with the Gators in 2020-21, Mann averaged 16.0 points (45.9% FG, 40.2% on 3-pointers), 5.6 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 32.4 minutes per game. Here’s how For The Win draft expert Bryan Kalbrosky describes Mann’s talent in his latest mock draft:

Florida’s Tre Mann was simply elite as a shot creator who displayed drastic year-over-year improvements as a shooter and as a playmaker.

He has the dribbling and the pull-up jumper necessary to break down his defenders and he has good positional size, literally growing two inches and adding 15 pounds between his freshman and sophomore year.

Kalbrosky projected Mann to be taken at No. 20 overall, which is in range of at least two first-round picks owned by the Rockets — No. 23 (from Portland) and No. 24 (from Milwaukee). They may also have a third pick in the same general range at No. 18 (from Miami via Oklahoma City), should OKC’s right to swap picks with Houston activate as a result of an undesirable outcome in the June 22 draft lottery.

Yet, even if Mann’s stock rises above the 18-24 range, it’s certainly possible that the Rockets could still select him by packaging multiple picks to trade up in the draft order. (The same logic would also apply, of course, to anyone else that general manager Rafael Stone might want.)

See below for a highlight mix of Mann’s play at Florida.

[lawrence-related id=50173,50166]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0TCGxEzDO0