Incredibly bad trade. The sixers got absolutely nothing. They basically just cut noel. 37th pick has some value? Really? It is worth nothing. I understand if you don’t wanna pay him, but this has become the “en vogue” term and explanation of the day. They could have just cut him- they would have got the same return.
Hard to imagine they couldnt get a future first. He showed spurts of talent. I mean the dude is younger than Buddy Heild, and I wouldnt write him off at this point. And the sixers still have the Okafor-Embiid problem. This is an awful move that makes absolutely no sense.
Even if Im being nice, and I understand there thinking was we have to get rid of Noel, and they only got trash offers, why not just keep him and see if you get better offers this summer on draft night before free agency.