{"id":41616,"date":"2021-08-02T19:06:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T23:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=41616"},"modified":"2021-08-02T19:06:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T23:06:56","slug":"new-york-knicks-nerlens-noel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2021\/08\/02\/new-york-knicks-nerlens-noel\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Knicks re-sign Nerlens Noel to keep the big man in the Big Apple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to ESPN&#8217;s Adrian Wojnarowski, the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/category\/knicks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"> New York Knicks<\/a> have re-signed big man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/n\/noelne01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Nerlens Noel<\/strong><\/a> to a lucrative three-year, $32-million dollar deal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Free agent C Nerlens Noel is returning to the New York Knicks on a three-year, $32M contract, his agent @GeorgeLangberg tells ESPN. Tom Thibodeau keeps his rim protector.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1422318994552410116?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;(Player name) signed with the (Full Team Name) (Day of the Week). The two sides agreed to a _-year contract worth $_ million, or $_ million per season. This contract ties him down through the (year) season.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:11009,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:[null,2,0],&quot;16&quot;:10}\">This contract ensures the Knickerbockers have their rim protector through to the 2024-25 season.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>New York Knicks re-sign Nerlens Noel to keep the big man in the Big Apple<\/h2>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Over his _-year NBA career ___ has played for the __, __ and __. He has put up _ points and _(best remaining stat) per game for his career. He was originally drafted in the _ round, _overall of the _ NBA draft by the _. Last season he scored _ points and _ (stat) for _ the (Full Former Team Name). Add any other details of the deal.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:11009,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:[null,2,0],&quot;16&quot;:10}\">Over his seven-year NBA career, Noel has played for the\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/category\/76ers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/category\/mavericks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/category\/thunder\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a>, and the Knicks. He had a colorful start when he entered the pros with a myriad of off-court issues in Philadelphia. After a trade to Dallas, Noel&#8217;s wayward behavior continued which saw him consequently let go. He made his way to the Oklahoma City Thunder where he found himself in a key role to help lead the team to the playoffs. Once the Thunder elected to rebuild, he made his way to the New York Knicks where he would become a favorite of coach Tom Thibodeau.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In 62 appearances, he averaged 5.1 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 2.2 blocks on 61.4 percent shooting and 71.4 percent from the line. Noel&#8217;s interior play led the Knicks to become one of the best defenses in the association last season. His help-side defense and rim protection are tremendous ultimately leading him to also become a fan favorite. Noel assumed control of his destiny following an injury to young center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/robinmi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Mitchell Robinson<\/strong><\/a>. Robinson fractured his foot and was forced to miss the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks have done a great job assembling a team and look likely to be a playoff contender for the foreseeable future. For that to happen, Noel needs to be a part of the team&#8217;s future. It appears the Knicks agree.<\/p>\n<p>Main Image: <a id=\"ostoJZ2WRnhbjLRhAjFXJw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/487977757\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ostoJZ2WRnhbjLRhAjFXJw',sig:'p2-fGebwhAd1ycAk-StyfxS63RF53k9stBTuSPY476U=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'487977757',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to ESPN&#8217;s Adrian Wojnarowski, the New York Knicks have re-signed big man Nerlens Noel to a lucrative three-year, $32-million dollar deal. Free agent C Nerlens Noel is returning to the New York Knicks on a three-year, $32M contract, his agent @GeorgeLangberg tells ESPN. Tom Thibodeau keeps his rim protector. &mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3477,"featured_media":41657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,1608,12],"tags":[2033,45],"class_list":["post-41616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-basketball","category-knicks","tag-2021-nba-free-agency","tag-nerlens-noel"],"modified_by":"Dylan Guest, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3477"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}