By the way, the Sixers won again. Okafor got another DNP-CD.
Maybe they should cut him.
Sounds like he's starting tomorrow. This is exactly what I was suggesting they should do over the Summer when people suggested they "needed" to trade one "immediately". Take time to evaluate what the teams needs are. See how Embiid plays. Try playing Okafor with Embiid. Try playing Embiid with Noel. Experiment a bunch and make a decision when enough data has been collected.
I think it's pretty clear one of Noel or Okafor is getting traded. A week ago most would say Noel was the odd man out. Today it looks like Okafor. I guess we'll see what happens.
Interestingly enough, when Okafor was getting minutes people speculated he was being showcased. Now that Noel is getting minutes, people are speculating he's being showcased. Really, both are being showcased. They probably should move both of them. But there's something to the Noel + Embiid pairing that I think warrants additional exploration. It might actually work to have those two sharing the center minutes and occassionally playing together.