 stock and prove why he’s a good fit with an organization.
The Houston Rockets were the first team to work out Mann. He said that he believes he would be a good fit with the team.
The Athletic’s Sam Vecenie wrote that the former Gators standout is a “pull-up shooting savant with terrific playmaking ability.” After his workout with Houston, The Athletic’s Kelly Iko spoke with Mann.
“The workout went pretty good, it was my first one,” he said, according to The Athletic. “I was able to compete, show the team what I’m good at up close, which is creating shots for myself and my teammates. I did pretty good on three-on-three and one-on-one, so I feel it went well. Got a good feeling for it, a great way to get one under my belt and get used to it, and it was fun.”
Most prospects slated to go in the first 20 picks of the NBA draft elect not to take the court at the combine. Mann didn’t take part in five-on-five or complete athletic testing in Chicago.
“I think I could fit in Houston,” Mann said. “They’re not too deep at the point guard spot, so I could come in and contribute to the team and help out right away. We’ll see how that goes as far as the draft, but I’m sure that’s a good fit for me.”
Houston holds the No. 23 and 24 picks in this year’s NBA draft along with the No. 2 pick. The Rockets could target Mann with their second or third pick in the first round. Most NBA mock drafts have him selected near the end of the opening round.
The Athletic’s senior NBA columnist and former Memphis Grizzlies vice president of basketball operations John Hollinger wrote that Mann measured small for a shooting guard. He added that some teams have concerns about Mann’s athletic testing numbers, too.
Regardless of size or testing numbers, it would be surprising to see Mann slip out of the first round based on his shot-making ability.Do you have a mobile phone? If I play the odds, it's a pretty safe bet that you do. The CTIA (who has a particular interest in mobile phone usage) indicates that 91% of the U.S. population has at least one mobile device. Furthermore, nearly 23% of Americans have "cut the cord" completely and don't even have a traditional landline.
The rapid adoption of the mobile phones introduces some intriguing ways to interact with your customers. The most ubiquitous of mobile phone features is text messaging: short message service … SMS … those tiny little messages we send to one another using just 160 characters. Of the 285 million mobile phones currently subscribed, over 96% of them are capable. And can we say anything useful in such a limited space? I can't say if it's useful content, but I CAN say that we in the United States send a LOT of them: 1.56 TRILLION last year?!
Thus far much of the SMS usage is peer-to-peer: people talking to friends, family, co-workers, etc. Businesses have used outbound SMS for applications like coupon delivery, contents, voting, loyalty programs, reminders, notifications, etc. But what if the customer wants to reach out to YOU via text? SMS is such a common channel these days yet contact centers are still trying to figure out what to make of it. Can an agent carry on a dialog with an SMS-based customer? What applications are good for the contact center and which ones are not? Is it appropriate to start in an SMS channel and then convert to a phone call? What are the best applications for SMS communication into the contact center?
While SMS isn't currently a dominant channel into the contact center, businesses need to start thinking about it very seriously. Businesses need to be willing to engage customers in their preferred method … and increasingly that's becoming SMS.Top News:
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