I’m here to say that if OKC can get that kind of production from Noel on a consistent basis and get roberson back + maybe a few shooters at the trade deadline (Korver), they could be a real threat in a seven game series.
heres the thing with Noel: His stats look nice but the eye test is ridiculously bad. Zach lowe wrote about it last week and it was interesting. He hunts for blocks like no other and it ends up leading to terrible mistakes
yes… BUT I was at the Univ of Florida when Billy D was still coaching there. He is an amazing developer of big men, one of the best I have seen tbh. Noel was unplayable last year and through 6 games this year already looks to be in way better form. Billy catches a lot of heat on not being a great coach and I understand the criticism but you cannot deny his pedigree of getting the most out of his bigs.
Edit: Just to be balanced, Billy calls the most infuriating inbounds plays in end of game scenarios. If I were the GM of OKC I would give end of game play calling duties to an assistant lol
