Random NBA Observations 2016 - 2017

Emoryal

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Julius Randle has the most assists on the Lakers :dahell:
Yo this seasons gonna have a lot of fukkkert
I hope my old ass team can keep up
 

AAKing23

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I disagree, I think Noel is excellent defensively, he was elite as a rookie when he played center and single handed had the Sixers as 13th in the league on defense, last year he was still elite but not as effective at PF. Noel is exactly what people thought he'd be, an elite rim protector, not sure what else he was supposed to be other than that.
I'm not as against trading Noel as I used to be mostly because I want the logjam solved but I think he compliments Embiid more than Okafor. You can even play them together for short stints defensively and completely lockdown the paint
 

LV Koopa

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They wouldn't be dumb to max out a backup, the market was set for a guy like Noel when a backup like Biyombo got what he got. I'd keep Noel, defensive bigs don't grow on trees and he's a great insurance policy for Embiid. Noel is a center, he plays his best at center, so having Simmons & Saric to play PF doesn't matter that much. You don't trade BOTH of those guys, then you have absolutely no backup center.

Noel is DPOY material. They'd be dumb to trade him for anything less than star power.
 
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