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To Nerlens Noel Two Is Company, Three Is A Logjam

By Bret Stuter

Sep 26, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia 76ers forward Nerlens Noel (4) during media day at the Philadelphia 76ers Training Complex. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 26, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia 76ers forward Nerlens Noel (4) during media day at the Philadelphia 76ers Training Complex. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /
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Okafor Is Embiid’s Wingman

While Noel is distancing himself from the team, the pair of Jahlil Okafor and Joel Embiid are embracing the concept.

Will it work? Right now all the chips of the team’s future seem to be placed on Joel Embiid. So will that work out? It will if Embiid says it will. Right now, that seems to be the case. On a team plagued with injuries, the scramble to find a healthy core of players to build upon moving forward in paramount.

And so, the shift begins. While Okafor is a center whose offense can dominate the post, Joel Embiid’s game is part post, part perimeter.  Noel and Okafor did not work because neither player had a perimeter game.  Joel Embiid has one.

And without the presence of Ben Simmons, the team must determine who works with whom.  For now, the two best players on the team appear to be the potential of Jahlil Okafor offensively and the two-way dominance of Joel Embiid.