Today's Best NBA Stories
- Brett Brown begins the task of shaping Noel
"It's a real eye-opener for me where, in my old job, you saw just hardened men, veterans, who knew how to navigate 82 games," said Brown, the Sixers' head coach. "It's such a skill, a mind-set, a toughness, that people have the ability to back things up, and that's life in the NBA. Our group has to learn that…