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Nerlens Noel Has the Same Rookie of the Year Odds as Julius Randle
By Jim Adair
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In all of the hype and uncertainty around Joel Embiid and Dario Saric — who will not play in the NBA this year or next — you may have thought to yourself, “Well, there goes any chance of the Sixers having back-to-back Rookie of the Year winners.” That’s wrong, because you forgot about Nerlens Noel, last year’s draft pick who is still technically a rookie because he’s yet to step on the court. Noel is all ready to go this year, with an even taller haircut and 9/1 odds at winning RotY. Plus, he should spend a lot of time on the floor since Bryon Mullens won’t be bogarting his minutes.
When he's not writing about sports here or ranting about them on Twitter, Jim is probably watching X-Files on Netflix or drinking a beer somewhere. Jim has nothing against hockey, it's just not his style. He once met Duce Staley at a Sixers game.