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Thoughts on Nerlens Noel so far?
Posted on 1/21/15 at 10:27 am
Posted on 1/21/15 at 10:27 am
Think he's been alright considering his expected role. Just saw something on Twitter that I thought was interesting:
Can't give you much on offense though.
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Defense (The Nerlens Noel Edition)
• Nerlens Noel currently ranks 12th in the NBA in blocked shots, at 1.6 per game. Over the past five seasons, only Anthony Davis has ranked higher (11th at 1.8 blocks per game). Over the past 20 games, Noel has averaged 1.9 per game. Brook Lopez is the last rookie to rank in the top 10 in blocks, doing so in 2008-09 with 1.9 per game (eighth).
• Noel is averaging 1.6 steals per game this year and is one of just five players 6'11" or taller in the past 20 years to hit that mark. He’s also one of just eight players in the past 10 years at any height to average at least 1.5 blocks and 1.5 steals per game.
• He ranks sixth in the NBA in rim protection, holding opponents to a 47.5% conversion rate on shots at the basket that he defends.
• Perhaps most impressively, Nerlens Noel ranks fifth in the league in defensive box +/-, a measure of a players' effect upon an opponent’s points per 100 possessions. Noel decreases that number by 3.4 points for every 100 possessions that he’s on the floor. As pointed out in a recent piece by Chris Barker for isportsweb, he’d become the youngest player in NBA history to record a DBPM of 3.0 or greater while playing over 1,000 minutes if that holds. For context, 13 of the 32 players who’ve won the Defensive Player of the Year award have posted a DBPM below 3.4, including Dikembe Mutombo in 2000-01 (2.8).
Can't give you much on offense though.
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Posted on 1/21/15 at 10:31 am to AllBamaDoesIsWin
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Nerlens Noel currently ranks 12th in the NBA in blocked shots, at 1.6 per game. Over the past five seasons, only Anthony Davis has ranked higher (11th at 1.8 blocks per game).
Maybe I'm just being slow, but this doesn't really make any sense to me. If you are ranked 12th or 11th then there are 10 or 11 people ranked higher than you. Maybe he's talking about for a first year starter. I don't know.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 10:31 am to AllBamaDoesIsWin
I like him, but he needs to get a whole lot stronger given his lack of offensive ability.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 10:32 am to Peazey
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Maybe he's talking about for a first year starter.
Yeah...my guess is that means "as a rookie".
Posted on 1/21/15 at 10:33 am to Peazey
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Maybe I'm just being slow, but this doesn't really make any sense to me. If you are ranked 12th or 11th then there are 10 or 11 people ranked higher than you. Maybe he's talking about for a first year starter. I don't know.
Was about to post the same thing. Alot of the stats in that paragraph aren't really special but they are like OMG WE SAID THIS ITS AMAZING
Posted on 1/21/15 at 10:33 am to AllBamaDoesIsWin
He's been great defensively.
I thought he'd be better on offense. He has zero post game and can't shoot a jumper.
I thought he'd be better on offense. He has zero post game and can't shoot a jumper.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 10:34 am to AllBamaDoesIsWin
His name is still terrible.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 10:34 am to Toula
Seems like a poor man's Camby right now to me.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 10:37 am to Fun Bunch
Larry Sanders-ish
Posted on 1/21/15 at 10:37 am to AllBamaDoesIsWin
He will be a terror defensively in the league for a long time and may eventually take home some DPOY's. He's just got such quick hands.
He will need to get substantially better on the offensive end to be a real All star caliber big.
He's part of why the 76ers, while terrible, are super fun to watch.
He will need to get substantially better on the offensive end to be a real All star caliber big.
He's part of why the 76ers, while terrible, are super fun to watch.
This post was edited on 1/21/15 at 10:39 am
Posted on 1/21/15 at 10:55 am to AllBamaDoesIsWin
He can improve, but at this stage, he is who he is. He is a very good defender and a + rim protector. He is just not that gifted offensively.
He is similar to Tyrus Thomas in skill IMO
He is similar to Tyrus Thomas in skill IMO
Posted on 1/21/15 at 11:41 am to AllBamaDoesIsWin
top 5 hair in the Association.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 11:43 am to RTR America
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He's part of why the 76ers, while terrible, are super fun to watch.
Yup - and the Pelicans by contrast are one of the least fun teams to watch. They are "beat my head in with a hammer" brutal to watch.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 11:47 am to ehidal1
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He can improve, but at this stage, he is who he is
He's 20 years old and a rookie.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 11:54 am to ehidal1
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He can improve, but at this stage, he is who he is.
Tyson Chandler? Marcus Camby? Mutombo? Defensive centers age like fine wine, bruh.
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