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SALT LAKE CITY — Not always intense enough. Blends in more than he takes over. Highly skilled but not super-athletic.

Georgetown University power forward/center Greg Monroe, a possible pick for the Jazz at No. 9 overall in the June 24 NBA Draft, knows the supposed knocks from naysayers.

The 6-foot-11 big man, though, refuses to open the door to suggestions his game has a few potentially fatal flaws.

"I have a very good work ethic. I don't ever 'take days off' or anything. I don't know where that would come from," Monroe said after working out for the Jazz — solo — on his 20th birthday Friday.

"I mean, what people write on the Internet — I don't really pay attention to it. I mean, those are not the people that's gonna draft me. Those are not the people I'm gonna have to work for. So, I try not to pay any attention to that. I just keep on doing what I'm doing."

And the Jazz appear to really like what Monroe — who averaged 16.1 points, 9.1 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game as a Georgetown sophomore — has done lately.

With CEO Greg Miller, team President Randy Rigby and other Jazz brass there to meet him, he evidently left favorable impressions Friday.

He focused instead on Monroe's maturity level, evidenced at least in part by his showing up for the job interview in coat and tie, and cited his "body of work."

"He's very solid, and I think anybody coming out of Georgetown would be that," O'Connor said. "Their program is structured."

So, too, is the Jazz offense, something Monroe — who calls himself a "versatile" but "typical" big with decent jump-shot range and a "natural" penchant for passing — couldn't help but notice when watching Utah playoff games on TV this postseason.

"This organization ... has been successful for a long time," he said, "and if I was drafted by them, I would just come in and try to do what I can to keep that tradition going.

"The thing that stands out most is each player knows their role," added Monroe, a Louisiana native and nephew of ex-BYU defensive back Norm Dixon. "It's very clear that they know what they're supposed to do, and they have to do it."

Monroe expressed no reservations whatsoever about playing for someone as demanding as longtime Jazz coach Jerry Sloan.

"It works," he said of Sloan's approach. "I mean, he doesn't do it for nothing."

And if work is what it takes to succeed in the Jazz system, Monroe maintains he's more than prepared for it.