Jusuf Nurkic: “We had that great mindset, starting with Damian Lillard, who was a real leader. He led by example. I don’t know how to explain it in the best way, but whatever he wanted others to do, that’s how it was. He could be loud, but he always led by example, whether in practice or on the plane — the guy was never late. We never had any problems in the locker room. Whoever came in through trades had to fit into that system. Until Carmelo (laughs). He kind of stepped outside the system because he was always late, he missed almost every meeting. The coach was traumatized by that and didn’t want anyone to be late, and he didn’t have many rules, but he stuck to that one.”
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