The projected number one pick in this year’s NBA draft may have just won over a few more fans. Â The University of Kentucky star was walking the red carpet with Kelly Melton, a seven-year-old currently battling leukemia at Kentucky’s Children Hospital. Â Noel extended the invitation when he went to make one of his frequent visits to Kelly last week. Â Dressed in a three piece suit, Melton was given the royal treatment. Â He didn’t even have to walk in the puddles! His good friend Nerlens gave him a lift as to not ruin his outfit!
Noel is currently rehabbing a torn ACL he suffered midway through the season and considers Melton a hero for never giving up on fighting cancer. Â “I really admire that kid,” Noel said. “He’s a very strong kid. Through everything he has been through, that’s something I really look up to. He’s really a great kid with a great personality. Doing something like that gives you a really good feeling. I love that kid like he’s my little brother.” Â It is so heartwarming to see athletes extend their good fortune to children battling such awful diseases. Â It is moments like this that athletes should share instead of arrests and getting DUIs. Â If this is a testament to Noel’s character, one team (likely the Bobcats) will get a very special, and talented, player
