Nerlens Noel’s per-36 stats this season: 13/12/1.5/2.5/3.5. Also almost 6 fouls, but when you’re getting those kind of defensive numbers, you live with a few fouls. Those steals aren’t going to steal themselves. I doubt I’m the only one who didn’t realize that the Thunder basically have a walking five-by-five coming off the bench in…
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Nerlens Noel 15 Points Full Highlights (12/31/2018)
It’s really hard to argue in favor of more minutes for Nerlens Noel, given that Steven Adams has a stranglehold on the center position in OKC and is having a great season. However, I would like to offer the following counterpoint: Nerlens Noel should be getting more minutes. That’s not really a counterpoint, but that’s…
Read MoreNerlens Noel 20 Points/6 Dunks Full Highlights (10/28/2018)
It’s been so long since I’ve been able to make a highlight video of Nerlens Noel that I don’t think I’ve even gotten the chance to talk about his decision to bet on himself and pass up a huge contract in hopes of getting an even huger one after a successful season. Spoiler alert: his…
Read MoreNerlens Noel 19 Points/5 Dunks Full Highlights (2/11/2017)
I expect better from the Sixers broadcast. Nerlens Noel had multiple sick dunks in this game but replays for many of them were absent, as far as I could tell. How am I supposed to determine how sick a dunk really is unless I have multiple up-close, slow-mo replays of the dunk from every possible…
Read MoreNerlens Noel 19 Points/5 Assists/3 Blocks Full Highlights (1/24/2017)
On a scale of 1-10, 1 being “fully included in all team activities as an equal” and 10 being “pressing face against a window of the house where all his teammates are having a sweet party, high-fiving each other while hookers give them BJs”, how marginalized does Jahlil Okafor feel right now? The 76ers have…
Read MoreNerlens Noel 14 Points Full Highlights (12/29/2016)
I assume this newfound willingness of the 76ers coaching staff to give Nerlens Noel minutes is just the FO’s way of saying “hey other teams around the league just letting you know that this dude can still run and jump and stuff so if you want to give up a first round pick for him…
Read MoreNerlens Noel All 152 Dunks Full Highlights (2015-16 Season Dunkilation)
Nerlens Noel tentatively approached his teammate at the back of the team plane. “Carl, can I talk to you about girls?” he asked quietly, not wanting to disturb the other members of the 76ers, most of whom were asleep. Carl Landry took off his headphones and closed his laptop. “Yeah, dude, of course. That’s why…
Read MoreNerlens Noel 18 Points Full Highlights (3/15/2016)
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Read MoreNerlens Noel 24 Points Full Highlights (2/19/2016)
Twenty-four points is a season high for Nerlens Noel. Great. Awesome. I like it. But his flattop seems to be at a season low right now. That part I don’t like so much. I don’t care about Nerlens’ defensive abilities, I don’t care about his developing offensive talents, I only care about him because he…
Read MoreNerlens Noel 20 Points Full Highlights (1/27/2016)
Nerlens Noel ties a season high in this game, but, to my surprise, it wasn’t entirely the result of an Ish Smith dish-fest. Don’t get me wrong, Ish Smith definitely had a lot to do with Nerlens hitting nine buckets, but some other teammates also found themselves unwittingly playing a part in the grandly choreographed…
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