If you don’t know. Nerlens Noel is actually a Boston Celtics fan. Which makes this story all the more better.
In a lengthy Q&A with CBS Sports, Nerlens Noel talked about who helped him during his recovery and labelled Celtics’ Rajon Rondo as one of the biggest helpers.
Is it important to you now that you’ve been through it to talk to other guys if they go down with that same injury?
Oh yeah, yeah. Definitely, definitely. With all the support and love, certain guys, especially Rajon Rondo — he was definitely the biggest helper through this whole process, he actually gave me his phone number and told me I could hit him up whenever about it. Being from Boston, watching him growing up, and he went through it and he came back as strong as possible, actually before me, so it gave me a lot of confidence, having his good faith.
Is that kind of crazy, being a Celtics fan growing up, to get to know him on a personal level?
Yeah, definitely. That’s definitely what made it even more of a thrill. Being able to interact with Rondo and get good advice from him, ’cause he’s more of a veteran point guard now in this league, gone through so much with the Big 3, he’s a world champion, he’s a player who’s very mature in this league now. So definitely, it was crazy. I took a lot from him.
That’s great to hear. Even better knowing that Rondo really cares for fellow players that went through what he did.
Now watch Nerlens Noel dominate.
