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NBA Mock Draft 3.0: The New Orleans Pelicans Land the Best Shooter

By Aaron Kellerstrass

ATHENS, GA - JANUARY 15: Anthony Edwards #5 of the Georgia Bulldogs could fit well with the New Orleans Pelicans (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
ATHENS, GA - JANUARY 15: Anthony Edwards #5 of the Georgia Bulldogs could fit well with the New Orleans Pelicans (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images) /
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New Orleans Pelicans, Devin Vassell
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – JANUARY 28: Devin Vassell #24 of the the Florida State Seminoles: New Orleans Pelicans Mock Draft (Photo by Ryan M. Kelly/Getty Images) /

Pick Analysis. San Antonio Spurs. player. Scouting Report. Shooting Guard / Florida State. Devin Vassell. 11. 29

The San Antonio Spurs need to inject some youth into their roster with just about their entire core on the wrong side of 30.

Vassell is the type of prototypical 3-and-D guy that the Spurs love and is the type of team defender that would work well with Popovich.

With DeMar DeRozan and LaMarcus Aldridge getting near the end of their careers, Devin Vassell would give the team a safe pick to begin that retool.

Vassell does not have the highest ceiling, but at 6-foot-7 he has the size to guard multiple positions. He has averaged a block and 1.4 steals as a Sophomore at Florida State, the exact kind of defensive chops that the Spurs love for their system.

Though they already have up and coming Lonnie Walker on the perimeter, Popovich can never have too many wings, and Vassell projects as one of the better perimeter defenders in this draft.

Vassell adds depth and could probably be part of the rotation right away, which makes it possible for the Spurs to try and trade DeRozan and rebuild.

The Spurs are not used to being in the lottery so it will be interesting to see what Popovich is able to do with a pick this high in the draft if the Spurs end up out of the playoffs.