CJ in his latest podcast got pretty real about the infamous "team meeting"

I also saw a media type mentioning that this is the first time ever that they can recall BI and Zion exclusively working together in multiple practices on a variety of things.

That is weird as hell, if true.

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Audio clip.

"Saying the right things is one thing. Doing the right things is another. I think they are finally doing the right things."

He is being VERY real on this podcast

Yea neither CJ and Nance will be off this team anytime soon. They are way too important as culture setting vets and leaders to this young squad.

When you're as dominant as he's been without having to work and can still do it while being in bad basketball shape, it took several years of significant injuries before it brought him back down to earth and finally got him to start working like a pro. At the end of the day, he's still very young at 23, and it's good that he bought in now rather than later.

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He is being VERY real on this podcast

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One thing I find interesting is that Zion made a ver generic comment about this meeting, and Christian Clark on his podcast said that it did not go over well with the team that he made that public.

But then CJ gave all the very specific details of this meeting?



That's a weird dynamic.



I feel like everything Pels related comes down to the same 2 or 3 cliche answers, and this one falls under #2 and #3:

#1 - If healthy, we're good

#2 - It sucks that it's taken all these years and team meetings and whatever else for Zion/BI to see the light, but at least we're here now

#3 - Hopefully it's not just them saying the right things, but we see actual sustained results/changes

Not worried about it. Most of the time players meetings is a bad sign...but as someone pointed out...we're a very young team with a very young coach. That's not a slight at Willie. He's learning on the fly too. But the meeting has produced results, and we're a better looking team because of it. Here for it. As I keep saying in other threads....let this team be healthy and run it. Better for them to figure it out here and see it through than to figure it out here and take this breadth of talent somewhere else.

Creating accountability peer to peer is how organizations are successful in sports and the real working world.

Willie can get on guys and have one on ones with Ingram and Zion til his head falls off, but if the dudes you're in the fricking trenches with don't call you out for what you should be doing then it won't mean shite. They're your brothers, your success is directly based of their success, and these conversations create accountability.

We've all seen the Last Dance. Jordan was that motherfricker. Phil was a great coach but Jordan would not let one fricking thing slide. It's why he's the GOAT.

That one person could encapsulate that much leadership and accountability is rare, most teams need 2 or 3 guys to create that, so to have Larry Nance and CJ do it is a blessing for us, because this team has the fricking talent to do something special this year.

Personally I love all of this. I feel like CJ is telling us straight up that he's knows it's bullshite too and we're working on it.

This board tends to shite on CJ for poor reasons, but imagine if he wasn't here. Even where they currently are, which still isn't good enough, is partly due to CJ.

Yup, this is why when I see people trying to put Larry or CJ into mock trades it lets you know who doesn’t know shite about this team.

I think at this point Griff may trade BI before CJ.