Until the Philadelphia 76ers re-sign center/power forward Nerlens Noel to a multi-year contract, deal him to another team, or allow him to walk away unfettered in free agency, trade rumors will persist. Until then, everyone and anyone who writes about basketball has weighed in on the future of Noel.
And why not? Speculation is wild. All you need to do is drop Noel’s name into the narrative, plop a name of another NBA team, mix in an underperforming player’s name, and “VOILA!”… instant NBA rumor.
But while it’s easy to “poo poo” the rumors, it’s naive to ignore the signs.