By Bob Holmes, Globe Staff
A great summer for the Boston Amateur Basketball Club got even better with the announcement that Nerlens Noel was named Five-Star's Summer Defensive Player of the Year.
The 6-foot-10-inch Everett native blocked 55 shots in 11 games at the Nike EYBL tournament, and in the title game of the Peach Jam, Noel had 10 rebounds, six blocks and four steals in a 84-67 win over Memphis. In the 16-and-under AAU National Championship game in Orlando, he blocked a shot against Team Takeover that led BABC to the title. Noel, who will be a junior at the Tilton School this fall, is ranked the No. 1 center in the country for the class of 2013.
