TUALATIN - The Trail Blazers held their fourth predraft workout of June Tuesday at the team's practice facility headlined by two wing players projected to go in the first round.

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, a 6-foot-7 forward from Arizona and Justin Anderson a 6-6 wing from Virginia have gone through much of the predraft circuit together, working out in Boston, Toronto and Los Angeles together before Tuesday's workout in Portland.

At first glance the pairing makes sense, standouts from major conferences who project as wings at the next level, but when Anderson saw Hollis-Jeferson in his workout group he admits the juxtaposition initially didn't feel so natural.

"I didn't get a first why we're in the same workout," Anderson said. "I'm like, we're totally different players. But we're in the same (draft) range, so I totally understand."

Hollis-Jefferson and Anderson are both projected first round picks, slotted to go anywhere from late-teens to the middle-20s, but they are far from identical players.

Anderson averaged 12.2 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists during his junior season at Virginia. The self described "shooter" shot 45.2 percent from three-point range in his final college season and was shooting over 50 percent from deep before a pinky injury in January. He said he hit 19 of 25 three-pointers during shooting drills at Tuesday's workout.

"I could always shoot," he said. "A lot of people go off my numbers the last three years, but my high school coach would tell you I could shoot. My college coach would tell you I could shoot. For me, it was just about consistency and efficiency."

Virginia's Justin Anderson is one of the top shooters in the 2015 draft class.

At 6-6, 238-pounds Anderson has NBA ready size to contribute on the wing early in his career. Despite playing for one of the best defensive teams in college basketball, Anderson's individual defensive numbers are fairly pedestrian. He averaged 0.7 steals and 0.5 blocks per game as a junior and one of the top defenders in Virginia coach Tony Bennett's pack-line defense. He said on Tuesday he believes he can guard point guards through power forwards in the NBA.

(More: Draft profile of Justin Anderson)

Hollis-Jefferson is longer (6-7 with a 7-2 wingspan) and leaner (211 pounds) than Anderson and most scouts agree he could be a solid defender even as a rookie. After a strong showing in the NCAA tournament to cap his collegiate career, many scouts see Hollis-Jefferson as the best perimeter defensive prospect in the draft.

He averaged 11.2 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.2 steals and a team-high 0.8 blocks as a sophomore at Arizona, earning Pac-12 All-Conference First Team and All-Defensive Team honors. Hollis-Jefferson is also a far superior rebounder, finishing with a rebounding percentage of 14.0 in college compared to just 9.0 percent for Anderson.

While Hollis-Jefferson has the edge as a defender and rebounder over Anderson, his jumper is still a work in progress. He shot just 20.5 percent (8 of 39) from three-point range in two years at Arizona. He said he's used predraft workouts to show that he can be a creator and scorer in the half court.

"People think I can't create as far as offensive goes," Hollis-Jefferson said. "I think I'm pretty good at it, getting my own shot, creating my own shot, getting to the basket, whatever the case may be."

(More: Draft profile of Rondae Hollis-Jefferson)

Both Anderson and Hollis-Jefferson are headed to Dallas next to workout in front of the Mavericks. They accept their fates as two wings paired together at this point in the process, but Anderson is hungry to test himself against the biggest names in the draft not just his counterpart from Arizona.

"I want to go against (Duke's Justise) Winslow, (Wisconsin's Sam) Dekker, I want to go against all those guys," Anderson said of matching himself against projected lottery picks. "But they don't get workouts with me. So I just kind of have to take it as it comes. But I can't wait to compete."

The Hollis-Jefferson and Anderson pairing represents the difficulties of team building and offers a glimpse of the decision making that lies ahead for Neil Olshey and the Blazers. Hollis-Jefferson is exactly what the Blazers lack, an athletic, shutdown perimeter defender. While Anderson's skillset, efficient shooting from deep, is quickly becoming the most coveted asset in the league.

As Anderson notes, you can only go so far wrong.

"I've talked to so many people and I realize we're already in the one percent, the guys in this group are already in the one percent of athletes in the world," he said. "And that's phenomenal. That's insane. That's so sweet to be a part of."

-- Mike Richman | mrichman@oregonian.com |@mikegrich