Proposed Celtics sleeper draft pick sees Boston acquire 6'11" 10.2 PPG shot-blocking big man, could be Neemias Queta 2.0
This guy would have a lot of potential as a backup.
Proposed Celtics sleeper draft pick sees Boston acquire 6'11" 10. 2 PPG shot-blocking big man, could be Neemias Queta 2. 0 originally appeared on The Sporting News .
Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Boston Celtics have pretty much found their center of the future in Neemias Queta if they want him. He was a project, but by developing him, he’s become a double-double and shot-blocking machine.
However, with Nikola Vuvecic getting up there in age and his contract running out after this season, they’ll need a new guy to back Queta up. FanSided’s Eamon Cassels proposes that the Celtics keep an eye on Duke Blue Devils sophomore center Patrick Ngongba II, who has the profile of being a good, modern center. MORE: Proposed three-team blockbuster Pistons trade sees Detroit land $179 million 24.
2 PPG NBA champion, would lift scoring burden off Cade Cunningham's shoulders “I'm not sure what I'm missing with Patrick Ngongba. Defensively, he is highly versatile, while being able to protect the rim at a high rate. Impressively, per CBB Analytics, he ranks in the 99th percentile for Defensive RAPM.