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The end of your workout is here. Time for a cool down, right? Not if you want a spot on the Utah Jazz's roster.

In the run up to next week's draft, more than 80 NBA hopefuls have visited Salt Lake City, where Jazz coaches and scouts have drilled them in fundamentals, tested their skills and scoured them for flaws. And then they've capped off their workouts with one final test: a race against the clock, three trips up and down the 94-foot court, six layups, all with the player's off-hand.

After the latest batch of prospects had worked out Friday, Oregon's Elgin Cook shook his head.

"I was rushing," he said. "I missed my last layup. If I had another shot at it, I definitely would make it."

The Jazz have been ending workouts with what they call simply the six-layup drill, for years. It's a chance to check out a player's speed and his ability with his weaker hand.

But it's also a test of something else.

"If you ask 10 scouts what's most important, they'll each tell you something different," Jazz director of pro player personnel David Fredman said. "For me personally, you want to see who really wants to compete. How important is it to him to finish and get it done?"

Guards and wings have 32 seconds to complete the drill. Big men get an extra two seconds to finish their last layup.

Over the years, Fredman and the Jazz got to watch one of the game's ultimate competitors master the six-layup drill. Hall of Fame point guard John Stockton stands alone in Jazz lore as the man with the fastest time in the exercise, finishing in under 28 seconds.

"John had an outstanding number, which I can't believe he did," Jazz vice president of player personnel Walt Perrin said and then laughed. "John's been known to do little things to make sure he wins."

Gonzaga's Kyle Wiltjer has been run through a gauntlet of these kind of tests as he's jetted around, auditioning for a spot in the league.

"Each team has had a fun little thing at the end that's kind of a challenge and [the six-layup drill] is what they do," he said after his workout with the Jazz earlier this month.

Living in Spokane, Wiltjer has had chances to play pickup basketball games with Stockton and knows that, even in his 50s, the Hall of Famer loves to compete.

"If it's game point, he's going to foul you, whatever it takes," Wilter said. "He's a competitor. It's really cool to see that. It's what made him so special."

But even Wiltjer had to shake his head when Jazz officials told him about Stockton's legendary time in the drill.

"Twenty-eight seconds? That's insane," he said to reporters later. Wiltjer said he squeaked out a 32-second finish. '"I'm not close to beating his [time]," he said.

Nobody has been, Jazz officials say.

"It's a tradition for us to do it and it's a great drill at the end of practices, but for the most part, guys are getting through it," Perrin said. "If they don't make it, they may miss it by half a second or a second maybe. … But I can't remember anybody ever doing it in, let's say, 30 seconds even."

Villanova guard Ryan Arcidiacono beat the buzzer. "It was definitely tough," he said after his workout last month, "especially after a tough workout." Arkansas-Little Rock point guard Josh Hagins was at the free-throw line on his final trip down the court when he heard the horn sound last month.

"I wish I could have went after somebody," he said. You gotta go straight down. I wasn't going in a straight line. I was kind of looping it off. I could have done it if I had done it the right way."

Jazz officials, meanwhile, have intently watched them all try.

"It's about competition," Fredman said.

For that reason, Wichita State guard Fred VanVleet was left wanting another chance after his workout Friday.

"I didn't make it," he said. "I fumbled the ball. That's a tough one. I'll definitely be working on that."

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