It takes most basketball recruits a couple of years to start a buzz around the country as one of the people’s favorite players. It’s not like being Justin Bieber, where just an adorable 12 year-old can become every teenage girl’s dream.
But for Nerlens Noel, he may be giving Bieber a run for his money nowadays.
After playing on television numerous amounts of time with BABC at the Peach Jam and in Orlando, basketball fans are flocking to see the 7-foot stud. But watching the rising junior in person isn’t the only thing people are doing right now.
Nerlens is being featured in magazines, whether it be because of his basketball skill or his can’t-miss flat top, the kid is just creating an unorthodox buzz for someone his age.
Fans are starting to draw pictures of him, like the one above.
Clint Hedges, a Kentucky fan, thought it would be pretty cool to display a drawing of Noel. I’m sure Hedges thought Noel would see it, but if he thought this drawing would go this far, then he is a genius.
Noel now sports the drawing Hedges drew on his Facebook page. Not only is it helping Hedges, but it may have inspired other people to go to different lengths to impress.
Ben Hester, another youngster like Noel, has went to making cards of the 2013 stud. This picture is one of the many Hester has made recently.
But it doesn’t stop there. Hester is also in hopes of receiving an autograph from Noel; given Noel’s ability, an early autograph could be worth thousands in ten years.
Here is what Hester said:
“I hope I can get you to sign a couple of these cards I made tomorrow when you get to Oregon.”
And the phenomenon will continue to grow for Nerlens Noel. From here on out, wherever he goes, fans will be asking for autographs. Clint Hedges doesn’t even reject an autograph on one of these cards.
“What would it cost me to get a couple of these?” Hedges asks via Facebook.
We may soon see Nerlens Noel cards floating around, and the name Ben Hester will be marveled in as the authenticator.
Nerlens Noel has already entered his rise to fame, and he hasn’t even took a step in high school as an upper-classmen.
