Good news, Philadelphia 76ers fans: Tantalizing rookie Nerlens Noel is completely healthy.
In fact, according to him, he's been that way for months.
A central figure in the draft-night deal that sent former All-Star point guard Jrue Holiday to the New Orleans Pelicans, Noel sat out the entire season recovering from a torn ACL he suffered in February 2013. It sounds like there was more to his prolonged absence than medical concerns, though.
"I've been 100 percent for months now," Noel told Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe. "I feel great and continue to get stronger in all parts of my body, just continuing my growth really."
Sixers coach Brett Brown had long ago intimated that Noel skipping the entire 2013-14 campaign was a possibility.
"I doubt, everybody doubts that he's going to play this year," Brown said in October, via ESPN.com's Brian Windhorst. "We don't want to waste this year."
Noel boasts freakish physical gifts (he stands 7'0" tall with a 7'4" wingspan, via DraftExpress.com), but he left after one year at Kentucky as a far-from-finished prospect. Brown dubbed him "a total ...
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Nerlens Noel: ‘I’ve Been 100% for Months Now’
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