Sixers rookie Nerlens Noel is still waiting to play in his first NBA game, but the blue chip center out of Kentucky made a lot of headlines this week for his efforts to get a young kidney transplant patient to last Friday’s game in Philly vs. the Miami Heat. The boy, Braxton Upthegrove, 16, is a big fan of LeBron James and, now, Noel, who surprised Upthegrove with a video invitation that was presented at his school last week.
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