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Just one hour before the news broke about Robin Williams' death ... we had what turned out to be a strange encounter with Philadelphia 76ers player Nerlens Noel.

Our camera guy ran into Nerlens at the famed Rucker Park in NYC, and asked him to tell us the last movie that made him cry.

Nerlens struggled to come up with a title, but he did eventually tell us about the movie he had recently watched at home. A classic, for sure.