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NBA scout: Nerlens Noel, Jahlil Okafor 'don't really fit together'

Published Nov. 22, 2015 9:17 a.m. ET

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When the Sixers selected Jahlil Okafor with the third overall pick in this summer's draft, they did so because they believed he was the best player available, not because the big man filled a position of need. 

Nerlens Noel was already in the fold, and theoretically, Joel Embiid will one day be ready to take the bulk of the minutes that Okafor is currently receiving.

One NBA scout reportedly doesn't see the fit, and also questioned the makeup of the rest of the Philadelphia roster.

It's a rough assessment, and it may be too early to definitively declare that Okafor and Noel can't coexist just 14 games into the experiment. But the 0-14 start to the season makes it tough to disagree.

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