NBA Mock Draft Pick #28 -- Lucas Nogueira, Center, Brazil
SB Nation's Spurs blog Pounding the Rock explains the pick:
With the 28th pick of the 2013 draft, the San Antonio Spurs will select Lucas "Bebe" Nogueira. Nogueira stands at 6'11, has a 7'5 wingspan, and blocks shots without fouling. While his offensive game is unpolished, he's an excellent pick and roll scorer, and thanks to excellent shot selection (dunks) shoots 66% from the floor. He averages 3.3 blocks per 40 minutes. Basically, blocks, dunks, rebounds, and rebounds. He's Nerlens Noel, and we got him at 28!
We anticipate it will be two or three years before he comes to the NBA, "coincidentally" at the time of Tim Duncan's likely retirement. While it is impossible to replace the GOATPUFF, we think Bebe will be a perfect fit in the Tony Parker/Kawhi Leonard era of fast paced motion basketball that will inevitably be dubbed "death by 1000 cuts". Waiting to bring him to the league should give him time to pack a few extra pounds on his frame. While he'll never be a Shaq sized behemoth, I'm hoping that by the time he's 23 he'll outweigh Kevin Durant. Or hopefully at least match Boris Diaw's listed weight of 235.
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