Nerlens Noel Changes Agents Rather Than Tactics

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

Let’s Talk About Me…. For more than eight minutes…

Ultimately, Noel healed and returned to play ten minutes in a win against the Detroit Pistons. But he injured his ankle in that game, and the Philadelphia 76ers are conservative with injured players.
So his next outing with just eight minutes of playing time against the Los Angeles Lakers brought out another round of rant.

Enough already Nerlens. Enough.

While the Philadelphia 76ers are not close to a deal at this moment, per Steve Kyler of BasketballInsiders.com, Steve does bring up Noel it two separate mentions:

"“The Philadelphia 76ers have conceded that center Nerlens Noel will not be part of the rotation going forward, at least for the time being. Noel has changed agents recently, and his representation and the 76ers are working together toward a trade and a solution. While there is some urgency to getting the public dispute resolved, there is not a sense that a trade is close. Noel is a pending free agent, so that complicates a deal value; then, factor in that opposing teams know that the 76ers need to make a deal and it’s easy to see why the team may be having a hard time extracting real value when one team is a motivated seller-Steve Kyler"

Oh… I did say two mentions, didn’t I?