Noel quickly became one of the hottest waiver wire adds of the season after it was revealed Mitchell Robinson fractured his hand and was expected to miss 4-6 weeks. The former No. 6 pick wasn’t seeing as many minutes as fantasy managers expected under defensive-minded coach Tom Thibodeau in New York, but Noel is about to see a lot more run now moving into the starting lineup. He was averaging 2.0 blocks and 0.9 steals in just 18:10 minutes per game this season after incredibly ranking as a top-85 fantasy player last year despite seeing just 18:29 mpg mostly off the bench (he ranks No.
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