Arizona's Azuolas Tubelis was not taken in the 2023 NBA Draft on Thursday, meaning he'll have to find a way into the league via the free agent route.
Within 15 minutes of the draft's finish, however, Shams Charania reported that Tubelis signed a two-way contract with the Philadelphia 76ers.
At the end of the draft, ESPN analyst Jay Biles noted how many of college basketball's star big men -- such as Kentucky's Oscar Tshiebwe, Gonzaga's Drew Timms and Tubelis -- were not drafted because of how the NBA now deploys post players. ESPN had him rated the 61st best player available for the 58-player draft, and the Athletic rated him 65th. But Yahoo had Tubelis going to the Brooklyn Nets at No. 51, Sports Illustrated projects him going with the second-to-last pick while NBADraft.net projects he’ll be the very last player taken.
Tubelis was named to the all-Pac-12 first team as a sophomore in 2021-22, averaging 13.9 points and 6.2 rebounds during the Wildcats’ run for a No. 1 NCAA Tournament seed, but finished that season roughly before elevating into a national award contender as a junior. Tubelis appeared to finish second to UCLA's Jaime Jaquez for the Pac-12 Player of the Year voting, but won the Pac-12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player award after leading the Wildcats past Stanford, Arizona State and UCLA in Las Vegas from March 9-11.
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