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As the Brooklyn Nets take into fable to cease in the playoff speed down the stretch, they are including frontcourt depth by bringing in Nerlens Noel.
George Langberg, Noel’s agent, confirmed to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday that his consumer will signal with the Nets after receiving a buyout from the Detroit Pistons earlier this week.
Noel performed his buyout on Monday and changed into officially positioned on waivers the next day. He’ll be eligible to play in the postseason for the reason that buyout changed into performed forward of March 1.
A 10-yr NBA outmoded, Noel changed into many times talked about as a likely alternate candidate leading up to the Feb. 9 deadline.
The Athletic’s James L. Edwards III the Miami Warmth, Philadelphia 76ers, Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets and Sacramento Kings all called the Pistons to inquire concerning the 28-yr-aged.
It changed into rather of a shock the Pistons did not figure out a alternate to on the least safe one thing attend for Noel. He changed into barely a ingredient for them this season and handiest looked in two video games from Jan. 15 to Feb. 8 forward of the deadline.
Nets head coach Jacque Vaughn can work Noel into his rotation down the stretch. Nic Claxton will remain the initiating heart, with Noel and Day’Ron Sharpe coming off the bench.
Despite trading Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, the Nets are striking at some stage in the playoff speed. They ended a four-sport losing dawdle on Friday by overcoming a 28-level deficit to safe a immense exhaust over the Celtics.
Brooklyn at this time sits in sixth plan in the Jap Convention with a 35-28 document. It has a 2.5-sport lead over the Miami Warmth for the seventh seed and a space in the play-in match.
Noel handiest looked in 14 video games for the Pistons this season. He averaged 2.3 facets and a pair of.6 rebounds in 10.9 minutes per contest.
