Refusing a 72 million renewal and filing a complaint to take the broker to court is Noel's story
The heart is higher than the sky, and the life is thinner than paper, which is used to describe those who have a very high self-esteem and an overinflated type of person, and it can be said that this sentence is placed on the body of Narens Noel, which can be said to be the most appropriate!
In the 2013 draft, the Philadelphia 76ers, in order to reimburse Embiid for the season, looking for a qualified interior replacement, and from the New Orleans Pelicans, traded Narens Noel, who made the first round of the No. 6 pick, a talented center with a height of 2.11 meters and an arm span of 2.22 meters, who averaged 10.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 4.4 blocks and 2.1 assists per game during his time at the University of Kentucky.
At first, due to the low quality of the 13 drafts as a whole, the 76ers did not expect Noel to become a new generation of interior behemoths in the league like his Kentucky brother Anthony Davis, and their only hope was that this tall, thin guy could carry a part of the team's rim and rebound burden during embiid's reimbursement, or as long as he could stay healthy and healthy until the emperor returned.
Such a request, even for Noel, who suffered a meniscus tear in college, is really not a difficult task, and he can steadily output 9.9 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.9 blocks in the average 30.8 minutes of playing time in the rookie season, and put the offensive and defensive burden in the 76ers penalty area on his shoulders.
And this excellent personal performance also made the 76ers management once think that they had missed a treasure, after all, The strength shown by Noel is indeed much better than that of Anthony Bennett of the same year.
Unfortunately, with the longer he played for the 76ers, Noel's lazy nature also leaked out, he always thought that his talent treatment should not stay in the 76ers to act as a substitute for Embiid, and he was not satisfied with the need to compete with a player of Jahir Okafor's level for such a pitiful playing time, after all, before the meniscus was torn, Noel was always a hot candidate for the 13th title!
Gradually, the contradiction between Noel and the team, which is higher than the sky, has become more and more serious, so that in the summer of 17 years, the 76ers had to trade him to the Lone Ranger, and perhaps the words "trees are dead" and people are moved to work, and Noel, who has a new owner, played the peak of his career in the Lone Rangers.
This year, Noel averaged 22 minutes per game in the Lone Ranger, can get 8.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 1 steal, 1.1 block all-around data, and shooting as high as 57.5%, is the lone ranger's best interior player, coupled with this season just encountered Nowitzki's active salary cut, the salary space is very abundant Lone Ranger, and even wants to leave Noel at a high price of 72 million for 4 years!
But what everyone did not expect was that at this time, Noel still maintained his arrogant and arrogant personality characteristics, and under the seduction of the famous agent Rich Paul, he chose to reject the contract extension contract with an annual salary of 18 million US dollars, and firmly believed that he was a star-level figure who could win a contract of 100 million, for this reason, Noel even fired the former agent who had been advising him to renew his contract with the Lone Ranger, and switched to rich Paul's door...
However, in the following year, Noel, who was immersed in the $100 million fantasy, was soon hit by the harsh reality! 17-18 season, has not been too cold to the game, Noel, the average data per game quickly fell to 4.4 points and 5.6 rebounds, he is proud of the blocking, steal ability, the data has been maintained at a few tenths, this poor competitive state, directly let Noel's value fall to the bottom, not to mention the annual salary of 18 million US dollars to renew, the lone ranger even directly swept Noel out of the summer!
And it wasn't until the moment when no one in the free market really woke up and understood what level of player he was, and then he chose to join the Thunder with a basic salary of less than $2 million a year, to play a substitute for Steven Adams, who was far behind him, and officially opened his own road to redemption!
As the saying goes, the prodigal son does not change back to gold, knows that after a few pounds and a few pounds, Noel, indeed played his second spring in the NBA, the second year of the Thunder period, Noel can contribute 7.4 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1 block and 1.5 steals per game, is Oklahoma's most important interior rotation player, and with the outstanding defensive performance in the playoffs and rocket series, Noel even won the favor of the Eastern European team Knicks!
Last season, Noel played 41 games in the Knicks as a starting center, averaging 24.2 minutes per game, can get 5.1 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 2.2 blocks, is the mainstay of Thibodeau's defensive system, the Knicks management also gave him a 3-year, $32 million contract extension this summer, at the age of 27, Noel finally returned his value to the level of tens of millions of dollars!
In fact, looking back, the reason why the young and crazy Noel would refuse the 72 million contract extension, Rich Paul's seduction of him will account for a large part of the impact, if it were not for the "you can earn 100 million" flicker, now Noel may earn tens of millions of dollars more.
It is reported that in August this year, Noel has officially filed a lawsuit with Rich Paul, accusing him of losing $58 million in salary in recent years, according to the legal system on the other side of the ocean, this lawsuit may not have any results in a few years.
But in any case, the 27-year-old Noel has finally grown into a starting center who can take on a big job after several years of upheaval and displacement, and I only hope that he can regain his original glory in the Knicks!