Anyone remember drafting Lucas Nogueira?

[IDreamCeltics]

Playing 20 minutes a night for the Raptors he's currently Ranked 3rd among centers for Real Plus Minus and is averaging 1.8 blocks per game

Top 4 Centers in   RPM
1. Marc Gasol        4.41
2. Rudy Gobert      3.82
3.  Lucas Nogueira 3.46
4.  Al Horford         3.44

According to Wikipedia he was drafted 16th by the Celtics in 2013 but I have no memory of this... Anyone want to help me fill in the gaps?  Why can I not remember this guy?

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Playing 20 minutes a night for the Raptors he's currently Ranked 3rd among centers for Real Plus Minus and is averaging 1.8 blocks per game

Top 4 Centers in   RPM
1. Marc Gasol        4.41
2. Rudy Gobert      3.82
3.  Lucas Nogueira 3.46
4.  Al Horford         3.44

According to Wikipedia he was drafted 16th by the Celtics in 2013 but I have no memory of this... Anyone want to help me fill in the gaps?  Why can I not remember this guy?

I could be wrong, but I think it was part of the Olynyk deal—Boston drafted Nogueira, Dallas drafted Olynyk, and then they swapped them.

[OldSchoolDude]

Playing 20 minutes a night for the Raptors he's currently Ranked 3rd among centers for Real Plus Minus and is averaging 1.8 blocks per game

Top 4 Centers in   RPM
1. Marc Gasol        4.41
2. Rudy Gobert      3.82
3.  Lucas Nogueira 3.46
4.  Al Horford         3.44

According to Wikipedia he was drafted 16th by the Celtics in 2013 but I have no memory of this... Anyone want to help me fill in the gaps?  Why can I not remember this guy?

I could be wrong, but I think it was part of the Olynyk deal—Boston drafted Nogueira, Dallas drafted Olynyk, and then they swapped them.

Yes but there was another team involved.  Atlanta got Nogueira and Dallas got Shane Larkin.

[guava_wrench]

He was definitely drafted for another team.

I believe there is a moratorium on trading picks during their draft so teams draft for one another and then trade the picked players instead.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Playing 20 minutes a night for the Raptors he's currently Ranked 3rd among centers for Real Plus Minus and is averaging 1.8 blocks per game

Top 4 Centers in   RPM
1. Marc Gasol        4.41
2. Rudy Gobert      3.82
3.  Lucas Nogueira 3.46
4.  Al Horford         3.44

According to Wikipedia he was drafted 16th by the Celtics in 2013 but I have no memory of this... Anyone want to help me fill in the gaps?  Why can I not remember this guy?

I could be wrong, but I think it was part of the Olynyk deal—Boston drafted Nogueira, Dallas drafted Olynyk, and then they swapped them.

Yes but there was another team involved.  Atlanta got Nogueira and Dallas got Shane Larkin.

Cool. Thanks for the clarification.

[Smartacus]

Come on now your forgetting one of the great draft hat pics of all time!


We picked him for the Mavs when we moved up for Kelly Olynyk. They then immediately moved him to the Hawks.

The Dallas Mavericks moved from the No. 13 pick to the No. 16 pick in exchange for a pair of second round picks from the Boston Celtics. The Mavericks are on the move again, however, as they've traded the 16th overall pick to the Atlanta Hawks.

The Mavericks will send Lucas Noguiera, who they selected with the 16th pick, and last year's draft pick Jared Cunningham to the Hawks in exchange for the 18th overall pick and the No. 44 pick in the second round, according to Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski.

www.sbnation.com/platform/amp/nba/2013/6/27/4472580/nba-draft-trades-2013-lucas-nogueira-hawks-mavericks

[Smartacus]

Doubt he was ever on our radar, we still had Fab Melo at the time and the Hawks front office had a lot of Spurs people in it so they weren't afraid of taking international prospects.

[saltlover]

Playing 20 minutes a night for the Raptors he's currently Ranked 3rd among centers for Real Plus Minus and is averaging 1.8 blocks per game

Top 4 Centers in   RPM
1. Marc Gasol        4.41
2. Rudy Gobert      3.82
3.  Lucas Nogueira 3.46
4.  Al Horford         3.44

According to Wikipedia he was drafted 16th by the Celtics in 2013 but I have no memory of this... Anyone want to help me fill in the gaps?  Why can I not remember this guy?

I could be wrong, but I think it was part of the Olynyk deal—Boston drafted Nogueira, Dallas drafted Olynyk, and then they swapped them.

This is correct.  We didn't really draft him -- we drafted Olynyk and sent our pick to Dallas.  Because NBA draft trades are stupid, it means we technically drafted him.  But everyone knew before the pick was made that he was not a Celtic, even tho he put a Celtics cap on top of his giant hair.

Also, Dallas sent the pick to Atlanta after they got it from us.  So Nogueira was Atlanta's choice.  Dallas chose Shane Larkin with Atlanta's pick, and wound up with a few extra second rounders for moving down about 5 slots, but also with the worst pick of the 3.

Atlanta then shipped the rights to Nogueira off to Toronto along with Lou Williams the following year in a salary dump I will never understand.  Williams was making around the MLE level, had one year left on his deal, and wound up as 6th man of the year that season.  The Hawks would go on to have a great season, so it didn't matter I guess, but giving up Nogueira to clear $5 million in salary of a good player didn't make sense to me then or now.

EDIT: I was too slow because I got sidetracked by Lou Williams.

[mgent]

Ooh, I member.

[Roy H.]

How can we forget? We drafted him for Dallas after we moved up to pick Giannis.