31.5 minutes 1 block per game??? Are his advanced Defensive stats impressive?
His blocks are down from 2 to 1. His steals are slightly down. Concerning cause that's his value he's shooting .422% from the floor.
This could go in one of the other 3 current Philly/Noel threads, but to sum it up:
He's apparently playing with injured wrists that kept him out a couple games... Dunno if that's impacting his willingness to block shots or what, but whatever.
More importantly, Philly has tried playing him out of position at PF next to Okafor and it clearly hasn't worked. Noel should be manning the middle.
I'm actually rooting for that situation to become disastrous so they are forced to trade one of them this season and Boston can try jumping on one, but my guess is they take as much time as possible to make sure they are keeping the one they want long-term.