We've heard about Nerlens Noel working on his shot with Brett Brown at practice and we've read the mysterious 4-4-14 tweet, but today we got some actual reporting on the Sixers rookie participating in a four-on-four practice. All signs point to impressive.
Dei Lynam has the full story which includes a report on Noel's game from veteran Thad Young who spoke very highly.
We'll cherry pick two quotes. First, from Coach Brown:
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“We got a competitor," Brown said. “We can say he is 19 years old and he weighs this and he has to work on that, but how he ticks and sees things from a competitive side is beyond impressive.
"Beyond impressive," sounds great to me.
And an interesting nugget from Thad:
"He is one of the quickest guys I have seen off his feet," Young said. "One time we were going at each other and he altered my shot and I got the rebound and he was already off his feet again. He can probably jump three or four times before somebody jumps twice."
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I'm not even sure how that works. But I'd like to see it.
During a time when it's near impossible to get excited about the Sixers, Nerlens Noel brings a glimmer of hope.