Telling signs from the NBA Finals have Justin Anderson thinking good thoughts about his NBA value. The champion Golden State Warriors used a smaller lineup to counter the Cleveland Cavaliers, populating the floor with wing players like Anderson. Also clear was the importance of shifting defensive help — “helping the helper” in basketball parlance — whenever a defense needed to rotate. The same team defensive concepts were the center of Virginia’s basketball structure. For three years in Charlottesville, coach Tony Bennett hammered those defensive details into Anderson.
On Thursday afternoon, Anderson worked through another pre-draft workout.