After this perfect five-for-five shooting display, Lucas Nogueira is now shooting 74% on the season as the primary backup center for the Northern Dinos. With a few more attempts, that will be approaching prime (Mavs-era) Brandan Wright territory, and we all know that “prime Brandan Wright” is what every skinny young big should be striving for.
Some more unrelated points since I need to pad out the length of this description: I’m aware of Nogueira’s “Bebe” nickname, but I’m not going to use it because I don’t know how it’s pronounced. Is it “beeb”, “beebee”, “baybay”, or something else? Either way, I can’t figure out how it connects to the rest of his name so I’ll just use his real name, which is Lucas. Also, is Nogueira’s hair the best hair in the league right now? Yes. It is. If you have a different favorite hair in the league you’re wrong because Nogueira’s is obviously the best. It’s like a poofy dreadlock afro that got squished down in the back. Imagine going up to block his dunk and instead you get a big nasty mouthful of his hair. That would make me think twice about challenging him at the rim.