Nerlens Noel: 'Moral victories won't get it done'
The Sixers have managed to win just once through their first 26 games of the season, and there seems to be many more losses than wins in store for the team for the remainder of the year.
Philadelphia has played well in spurts, and has held late leads against some fairly decent teams. But the wins haven't materialized, due to a lack of overall talent and young players making too many mistakes.
Nerlens Noel is among those trying to find a bright spot, and admits that those late leads can indeed be encouraging. But he also knows that at some point, the team has to find a way to get those victories across the finish line.
This is part of the concern with Philadelphia's chosen rebuilding strategy, that the young players will get beaten down by the excessive amount of losing. But with the recent hiring of Jerry Colangelo as another voice in the front office, at least the team seems to have come to the realization that The Process can't be allowed to go on indefinitely.
"It is very frustrating at times, especially when they start to rack up," Noel said. "But the fact that we're in them speaks for itself. Being up in the fourth quarters going up against Dallas, Memphis, multiple teams that are playoff teams, Boston, it makes us feel good about ourselves. But moral victories won't get it done. We've got to get it done in crunch time."
