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ummmmm, welllll, yeahhhh…
That was an excellent article
“I think those comments came from how our team was at Charlotte,” he said. Different things happened. With our season ending up the way it was, it’s like everyone wasn’t getting on the same page. [B]So I feel like everyone was playing selfish; I wasn’t trying to do that too.[/B] Sometimes I take bad shots, but I mean I feel like I can make anything.”Hmmm, not sure what to say here, but the quote intrigued me.
“I think those comments came from how our team was at Charlotte,” he said. Different things happened. With our season ending up the way it was, it’s like everyone wasn’t getting on the same page. So I feel like everyone was playing selfish; I wasn’t trying to do that too. Sometimes I take bad shots, but I mean I feel like I can make anything.”This was the exact opposite of what transpired at Portsmouth. Alexander continuously mentioned the harmony within the team; stating that every player on the team had the same goal in mind, which was to win. In addition to this shared passion for basketball, Alexander was able to share conversations on a variety of topics with his teammates, in particular his roommate at the camp, Russell Carter of Notre Dame.
I agree ChevEE, very telling quote.
Oh yeah, right! I’m sure all the guys at the PTI only cared about winning and not their individual play. But I agree about the selfish mentality the last couple years. It has to stop.
Good article. I’ve said it before, I think he can thrive in any other system. It’s obvious he came here looking for freedom. He got that. It didn’t produce the results he was looking for because it’s harder to win when you don’t have the same caliber players around you and defenses can key entirely on you. We told him to be selfish. He’s got NBA size and skills, I think he’ll definitely have success there, either in it or the D league. Even if he is skipped over in the draft, he will get looks from teams.
DA talking about selfishness, I think I can name one player on the team that I thought that about all along, and no it isn’t DA. I will put it this way, he is transfering and first name starts with a C and last name with a W. You should know that one.
Oh yeah, right! I'm sure all the guys at the PTI only cared about winning and not their individual play. But I agree about the selfish mentality the last couple years. It has to stop.
I personally think the selfish mentality can stop these next couple of years if Lutz gets some young, impressionable players to work with. If he can mold them into what he wants then they should kill some of that “me first” mentality that has plagued us for the last couple of years.
[QUOTE=LeftyNiner;234035]Oh yeah, right! I’m sure all the guys at the PTI only cared about winning and not their individual play. But I agree about the selfish mentality the last couple years. It has to stop.[/QUOTE]
Hopefully, the elimination of this “selfish mentality” is some of what he had in mind when he talked about making some changes in his “ALL IN” letter last week.
A very good article. DA is a talented player, and I hope this lack of selfishness he shows at Portsmouth ends up being one of his defining traits as a player. If he does make it to the NBA, I will be nothing but proud.