Nerlens Noel

[james evans]

Simmons and mills for Noel tbh

You're crazy

[james evans]

But where does that leave David Lee(been better than Pau a lot of night)

exactly

[Raven]

He's more like Ratliff, Camby was lanky as like Gobert & didn't come off the floor as quickly as Nerlens. Camby was also a good passer, elite defensive rebounder & had somewhat of a set shot from 15 ft. Nerlens is a Pogo-stick w/ quick feet like Ratliff, average rebounder for his position & he can't do anything on offense besides running the floor + finishing lobs.

Nerlens in his current form is basically Tyrus Thomas: http://bkref.com/tiny/0g4de

very good analysis

[cutewizard]

Do it RC lol

[cjw]

Gasol was always a risky signing given the stage of his career he's in, though hasn't had injury issues over the past couple of years. Worries of his pick and roll D ring true and imagine long term, his minutes get staggered away from Aldridge's even if both keep starting and he's given more of an opportunity to play with the bench unit. In retrospect, seems like the Spurs got snookered a bit as it's a signing more worthy of the Knicks or Suns. Wouldn't be surprised if he opts in for his contract to be used to swing a trade in the offseason. No way he gets traded in his first year with the team - would hurt FA desirability in the future.

As much as Gasol has been less than hoped for, the Dedmon signing was striking pure gold. Had he gone to GS and the Spurs been stuck with another turd tower, you could have basically written off the season. Will be interesting to see his market in the offseason - will go for at least the full MLE if not more if someone has cap space.


On the topic of Noel, there is a glut of bigs on several rosters that Ringer runs down:
https://theringer.com/the-nba-might-...dec#.so9ij0x76

tl;dr version - Sixers have little leverage given how many teams have multiple bigs they're trying to offload. Don't see any of these guys giving players away for free until their hand is forced.

[HarlemHeat37]

I like Noel, but he doesn't make sense on this team:

- Too many bigs
- Seems to have an at ude and problems with the coach/front office..why would Pop want a potential cancer that may be currently clashing with one of his former assistants?
- Injury prone

[TimDunkem]

^Agreed. Pass on Noel at this moment in time.