Nerlens Noel Trade Rumors: Latest News, Speculation Surrounding 76ers Center

November 4th, 2016 by Scott Polacek Leave a reply »

The Philadelphia 76ers are still in rebuilding mode as they look to establish a long-term winner, and Marc Stein of ESPN.com described big man Nerlens Noel as being "very available" in trades.

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Raptors Interested in Noel Friday, Nov. 4 Stein noted the Toronto Raptors "are among the teams" that have interest in the Kentucky product, although Stein acknowledged they would prefer to use their young players such as Pascal Siakam and Jakob Poeltl to fill in for the injured Jared Sullinger.

RealGM.com reported Sullinger is out indefinitely and pointed out the Raptors also lost Bismack Biyombo to free agency during the offseason.

Philadelphia has a logjam of young players in the frontcourt without even factoring Noel into the discussion. What's more, he will be a restricted free agent in 2017, and it could get something back for him in a trade before he potentially leaves. 

Joel Embiid (No. 3 overall pick in 2014) has played just three games this season after missing the last two years with injuries, but he looks to be a building block, averaging 17.3 points and 6.3 rebounds ...

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