The Philadelphia 76ers will explore trading Jahlil Okafor and Nerlens Noel in the buildup to the NBA draft on June 23, according to league sources. Sources told ESPN that the Sixers are determined to gauge the trade market for both Okafor and Noel and are increasingly likely to move at least one of them in conjunction with the draft, in which Philadelphia holds the No. 1 overall selection for the first time since selecting Allen Iverson in 1996. In an interview with ESPN Radio's Russillo and Kanell earlier this month, Sixers coach Brett Brown hinted at the club's desire to be active. "Think about these types of resources," Brown said during the interview. "We have the first pick. We have the 24th and 26th pick. On our current roster, we have Nerlens Noel, Jahlil Okafor, Jerami Grant [and] Robert Covington. We had a [2014] draft class that effectively redshirted in Joel Embiid and Dario Saric. "For the first time in my four years, we're going to enter a legitimate approach to free agency." Read more http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/1...e-trades-involving-jahlil-okafor-nerlens-noel
Nerlens would be a good fit for the Blazers. ...wait, why do I care if he's a good fit for the Blazers?
It would He can run the floor and play D. Gasol was too slow on the pnr defense. It hurts us more than his scoring and rebounding helped us. On offense Gasol was a good pick n pop player but, slow in running the floor. Bulls want to go up tempo.
Rose is still fast, Butler never gets winded and Mirotic is young. I can see why going up tempo is the goal. It'd be nice if you can keep Pau and Noah for the bench so they can slow down the tempo to shake things up on the other team. Biyombo would be a good fit too. He can run and he's a great replacement for Noah down low.
