Pac-12 scoring and rebounding champ Azuolas Tubelis of Arizona is declaring for the NBA Draft, ESPN reported Thursday morning.
Bruce Pascoe After a junior season where he led the Pac-12 in scoring and rebounding and helped Arizona to a 28-7 record and second conference tournament crown in a row, Azuolas Tubelis is entering the 2023 NBA draft.Although the 6-11 forward from Lithuania became a consensus second-team all-American this season while averaging 19.8 points and 12.8 rebounds per game, Tubelis is not projected to be drafted.
“Tubelis' productivity and skill level should put him firmly in the draft conversation, but he'll have to continue to make strides with his perimeter shooting, passing and defense to carve out an NBA role.” According to sources quoted by Lithuanian news site 15min.lt, Tubelis has a European market value of about $108,000-$216,000. His European rights are still owned by the hometown club he played for, Rytas Vilnius, but the buyout is only about $54,000 and could be easily absorbed by a higher-paying club that plays in the top-level Euroleague such as Zalgiris of Kaunas, Lithuania.
Tubelis had just five points and four rebounds against TCU in an overtime game the Wildcats barely escaped in the second round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament, and then scored only two points, four turnovers and 0-for-8 shooting against Houston in Arizona’s Sweet 16 loss. Last season, Tubelis wound up the leader during Pac-12 play in both scoring and rebounding , becoming the first player to do so since Cal’s Leon Powe in 2005-06, peaking against Oregon on Feb. 2 at McKale Center.
“What he did today was … I don’t even know how to put it into words, to be honest,” then-UA guard Kerr Kriisa said. “I’ve never witnessed anything like this while playing teammate.”
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