Comments from Monty on the leadership impact of QPon/Cole

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Monty: I think they've always felt that way but didn't know how. When you look at the make up of our team, nobody on our team of the core guys outside of Ryan has had a winning record. So those guys, Tyreke, AD, Eric they don't know what it's like to be on a winning NBA team and understand that process of being a team that's in the hunt, at times being hunted, critiqued, ridiculed, all those things were something that they had to get used to I think, and Jrue made the playoffs with a losing record I think. That's a different...Jrue's never had a winning record. So our goal was to get this team to have a winning record this year, and we're trying to do that as we speak and the goal that's out in front of us is to make the playoffs, but you can't just do that. there's a process that has to be undertaken, so bringing in guys like Quincy and Norris that's all those guys know and they're bringing a different mentality and style to the team that's every possession, every film session, every practice, you've gotta be the best you can be.

Sean Kelly: What do they say? I know some of it's by example, but surely there have to be words involved.

Monty: A lot of it I don't even know about. I'm sure the conversations in the locker room, the way they go about their business. What I do see from those guys in the huddles are they're talking about defense and possessions, and take the good with the bad, those type of things we haven't heard from anybody other than the coaches, and our guys are like "Ok, this is that stuff that we've heard about" and it's been a breath of fresh air, enlightening for all of us to have guys like that. Omer has been around it, but he's quiet. Omer's a quiet dude. Ryan's been around it but Ryan's pretty quiet when it comes to talking about team stuff like that, so to have 2 guys that are vocal about that kind of leadership has been good for us.

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