He played 75 and 67 games his first two seasons. That's not bad. He had minor surgery before the start of the season. I think there's a good chance he ends up healthy. @Boob-No-More What a name. "Boobs and Bones" lmao.
Here's what I'd do: PHI Gets: Allen Crabbe Shabazz Napier 2018 CLE 1st DAL Gets: Corey Brewer Noah Vonleh 2017 HOU 1st (Top 20 Protected) HOU Gets: Meyers Leonard POR Gets: Nerlens Noel Wesley Matthews Houston needs a center with Capela being hurt, so we send them Meyers, who fits their 3-point heavy offense. Dallas sends us Matthews to replace Crabbe, while getting a couple rebuilding assets back. Lillard / McCollum McCollum / Matthews Harkless / Turner Aminu / Davis Noel / Plumlee I like that lineup.
Noel was considered one of the best prospects in his draft class despite virtually no offensive skills to speak of coming into the draft (if he hadn't suffered the knee injury in college, he might have been the #1 pick). The reason for that is because he has an instinctive feel for defense that a lot of scouts and executives felt was special. Noel certainly has the potential to be one of the best defensive players of his generation and a perennial Defensive Player of the Year candidate. I'm not saying that that's the median expectation, because that's a lofty standard, but it's not at all ridiculous to think he has that kind of defensive potential. The jury also remains out on whether he can be a help on offense. Tyson Chandler showed how a player with no shot could be a significant offensive asset and DeAndre Jordan is following that template. Noel has the athleticism to follow that tradition and become a lob finisher off the pick-and-roll which is a potent weapon to have on a team built around shooting. If Philadelphia is really willing to cut bait on Noel cheaply, you're essentially getting a low-risk/high-reward proposition, which is fantastic.
This recent surgery was a minor, elective procedure. He hadn't even planned on getting it done until the team basically told him to do it as there wasn't enough playing time to go around anyway. Yes, tore his ACL in college and made a complete recovery. BNM
I have no idea what that even means. ALL the stats I've posted in this, and other threads, cover a sample size of two complete NBA season. I never made any reference to any single games, let alone the first quarter of a game between PHI and DEN. That's pretty specific for something I never even said. So wow, unless he is one of the top 20 players in the last 20 years, he's not worth a one-dimensional, overpaid PER = 10 player like Allen Crabbe? Seriously? The guy addresses a HUGE need for this team. He's 22. We'd get to audition him for half a season and then hold his Bird rights if we want to resign him. Worst case, we lose Allen Crabbe and his ridiculous contract. I'd rather pay a 22-year old elite defender that $18 million a year than give it to a guy who can't even create his own shot. BNM
From stats alone, Jahlil doesn't really stand out much. I know he's young, but his defense rating seems questionable. So obviously he'd fit right in. ;P
I just don't understand why Philly would trade a player like Noel when you can play him alongside Embiid so easily. It makes zero logic what that organization is doing with their three/four bigs. Unless they know something about his health that isn't public. It makes zero logic.
I don't know if Okafur fixes the Blazers defensive issues. Just watched a few videos on him, and his defense seems to be from the HCP school of defense. Ole!
I rather have Noel for defense but Okafor can be big upgrade on offense. But Noel rim proctor and Rebounding right now what we really need but I guess we will wait and see.
All surgery is elective unless you're taken to the operating room in an emergency. Edit: Reference https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elective_surgery Elective surgery or elective procedure (from the Latin eligere, meaning to choose[1]) is surgery that is scheduled in advance because it does not involve a medical emergency.
