Let’s assume and say during last year’s July you scrolled through NBATV or ESPN to get your summer basketball fix. Markelle Fultz satiated our palettes with hesi-stepback-jimbos and Jonah Bolden looked the part of a 3-and-D big. Also, maybe you happened to gloss over Miami’s 2017 Summer League, as center Norvel Pelle wowed spectators with his shot-blocking and elevation. Now, the Antigua native joins the 2018 Summer Sixers with aspirations to bring defensive intensity in abundance.
Pelle, originally drafted by the Delaware 87ers with the sixth overall pick in the 2014 D-League Draft following prep school in California, combines a wiry 6’11”, 210-pound frame and a 7’2” wingspan to engulf shots as they’re floating.