Nerlens Noel

With the NBA's 2017 trade deadline rapidly approaching, the Philadelphia 76ers - and General Manager Bryan Colangelo specifically - are facing a couple of difficult decisions regarding their current crop of players.

The Sixers have an obvious logjam at the Center position but thanks to Joel Embiid playing under minutes and game restrictions, Jahlil Okafor and Nerlens Noel have been able to get playing time through out the season.  Okafor has started 18 Games this season averaging 23 Minutes Per Game while Noel has started 3 Games and averaged 17...

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The NBA Trade Deadline this season is February 23rd at 3pm ET and the 76ers potentially have two players who could be moved: Centers Jahlil Okafor and Nerlens Noel.  While Noel is in the final year of his Rookie Contract and is set to be a Restricted Free Agent, Okafor has played limited minutes this season and it has become painfully obvious he is not a fit for this team as the organization build

Since Nerlens Noel returned for the 76ers on December 11th the team is 5-7 overall as he is averaging 14.1 Minutes Per Game.  Meanwhile Jahlil Okafor is averaging 17.33 Minutes Per Game but he has not played in three of the last four games as the team is having trouble finding minutes for all three Big Men with Joel Embiid as the starter...

Nerlens Noel only played seven minutes on Tuesday Night but he got a lavish ovation from the Sixers fans at the Wells Fargo Center as he compiled Three Rebounds and Four Points on 2-2 Shooting.  Noel has only appeared in three games this season since returning from a surgical procedure on his knee...

Despite three tough seasons for fans and a poor record to start this year, the Philadelphia Sixers finally have some hope

The log-jam between the Sixers big men might be muted for now, but Nerlens Noel is still the elephant in the room when it comes to the Sixers frontcourt.

Nerlens Noel participated in most of practice of the Sixers practice on Thursday, giving the illusion that he might be inching closer to a return to the team, but he sure didn't sound like a guy that was excited to make his season debut anytime soon.