Career
He was drafted with the 47th overall pick in the 2009 National Basketball Association Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves. During his younger years Norel played for SV Argon, a team based in Mijdrecht. In the 2004-2005 season he played for a junior team of Demon Astronauts, a professional club from Amsterdam.
Norel entered the Joventut Badalona team in 2005, but played on loan for Central Bank Prat and Lucentum Alicante the following seasons.
In the 2009 National Basketball Association Draft Norel was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the 47th overall pick, which made him the 7th Dutch player who was drafted. Starting from the 2009-2010 season Norel became a rotation player for Joventut in the Liga ACB. In the 2012 offseason Norel signed a 3-year deal with Computer-assisted instruction Zaragoza, another team from the ACB. In his first season his numbers rose, as he averaged 13.3 points per game and was 5th in PIR rating in the league.
After Norel suffered a knee injury in May 2013, he took a long time to recover. His first appearance back on the court was in January 2014.
ULEB Cup (2008).