When the season shut down in March, we turned in our 2019-20 season report card knowing that basketball as we knew it was concluding for a long while. That’s how the NBA handled their 2019-20 awards as well–only counting the games played before the pandemic suspension in awards voting. But basketball did come back, and the Thunder’s players earned bonus points over the final stretch.
Previous Grade: A
New Grade: B+
Originally the sixth pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, Nerlens Noel looked poised to become an elite-level rim protector and potential defensive anchor for years to come.