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NBA Mock Draft: Indiana Pacers Select Juan Hernangomez From Spain

SB Nation's NBA Network conducted a mock draft with bloggers from each team site making or trading "their" team's pick. We continue with the next pick in the 2016 NBA Mock Draft, with Indy Cornrows discussing their selection of Juan Hernangomez

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NBA Mock Draft Pick #20 -- Juan Hernangomez, Power Forward, Spain

SBNation's Indiana Pacers blog, Indy Cornrows, explain their pick:

For a team that so vocally aspires to join the NBA's pace-and-space revolution, the Indiana Pacers are curiously thin on mobile/perimeter-oriented options at the four. Enter Hernangomez, a sleek, 20-year-old combo-forward out of Spain, with projectable NBA length, athleticism, and shooting ability. Defense and signability are question marks, but at No. 20, it's hard to identify a better fit for the Pacers' intended style of play.

Ridiculous Upside analysis: Juan Hernangomez mighr be the perfect example of what modern NBA teams look for in a stretch 4. The 6'9 power forward exhibits a smooth perimeter jumper (shot 36% from 3 with Movistar Estudiantes) with an ability to cut to the rim. Those abilities could allow him to be a solid stretch-4 for the Indiana Pacers.

1) Philadelphia 76ers: BEN SIMMONS

2) Los Angeles Lakers: BRANDON INGRAM

3) Phoenix Suns (From Boston): DRAGAN BENDER

4) Utah Jazz (From Phoenix): JAMAL MURRAY

5) Denver Nuggets (from Minnesota) : BUDDY HIELD

6) New Orleans Pelicans: KRIS DUNN

7) Minnesota Timberwolves (from Denver): DENZEL VALENTINE

8) Sacramento Kings: JAYLEN BROWN

9) Toronto Raptors: MARQUESE CHRISS

10) Milwaukee Bucks: DEYONTA DAVIS

11) Sacramento Kings (From Orlando): TIMOTHE LUWAWU

12) Utah Jazz: JAKOB POELTL

13) Denver Nuggets (from Phoenix): SKAL LABISSIERE

14) Chicago Bulls: WADE BALDWIN

15) Minnesota Timberwolves (from Denver): HENRY ELLENSON

16) Boston Celtics: DOMANTAS SABONIS

17)  Utah Jazz  (from Memphis) : FURKAN KORKMAZ

18) New Orleans Pelicans (from Detroit) : TAUREAN PRINCE

19) Phoenix Suns (from Denver): CHEICK DIALLO

20) Indiana Pacers: JUAN HERNANGOMEZ

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23) Detroit Pistons (from Utah):

24) Philadelphia 76ers:

25) Los Angeles Clippers:

26) Philadelphia 76ers:

27) Toronto Raptors:

28)  Memphis Grizzlies (from Utah Jazz) :

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30) Golden State Warriors: