Mock Draft: Blazers select Lucas Nogueira (C)

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  1. KingSpeed

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    He's a long-term project. Height/Length-wise he's LaMarcus Aldridge but he needs to put on a good 30 lbs. Though I'm not sure he can put on too much weight - he has very narrow shoulders.
     
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    Another Olawakandi
     
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    What does he have in common with Olawakandi?
     
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    hes gonna be bebe, like nene used to be maybner hilario
     
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    i like it, could do worse, i like the idea of swinging for the fences from here on out
     
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    We aren't going to get a sure talent, might as well go for the big with potential.
     
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    For the first time ever, I am rooting for the Blazers to trade out of the draft.

    A rookie GM bobbing for gold nuggets in a septic tank? This can't end well.
     
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    When did Chris Johnson's brother enter the draft?
     
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    Yay projects from foreign countries.


    Most of these mocks have us taking a project from a foreign country.....Maybe we had a pattern?
     
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    DX has Reggie Jackson going at the next spot--I'd rather the athletic point guard than the foreign stick figure.
     
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    LOL. I feel the same way, but suspect we're probably going to end up with two or three rookies, what with the way Allen seems to love to buy draft picks.
     
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    Maybe, but Jackson can't shoot and is a 6'3" tweener. He'll never be an elite NBA PG, IMO, and I'm not sure about him as a back-up as a pure PG. Plus, he was born in Italy, so he's foreign as well. :)

    He does have incredibly long arms, though.
     
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    42% from 3 (on 5 3pa/g) = can't shoot? 4.5 apg & 1.99 A/TO ratio = tweener?

    I'm not sure why "he'll never be an elite NBA PG" is an argument against drafting someone at 21--how many future "elite" players drop that far? I'd be happy if he ends up being an average starter at PG, which I fully believe he has the tools to be.
     
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    Sometimes, they work out. See Ibaka and Dirk.
     
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    i wanted us to pick ibaka :( and i wanted beabois as well, i was shocked okc didnt keep him.
     
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    Yeah, I see him as a Tweener. Bayless averaged 5apg at Arizona. If Jackson weren't seen as a tweener, he'd be a certain lottery pick, given his measurables.
     
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    He's never even seen him play.
     
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    Bayless averaged 4 assists, and 3 turnovers, not like Jackson at all. That's a terrible comparison, really; very lazy.
     
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