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Thursday morning 15 or so players were in the practice gym doing 3-on-3 drills with the new coaching staff.
Center Al Jefferson, the most significant off-season acquisition, says he’s never seen anything like this in nine previous NBA seasons.
“A lot of veterans might choose not to, but they’re here. We’re getting together and getting to know one another,” Jefferson said.
“I told Kemba (Walker) when I first signed that I’m not coming here to lose. I’m coming here to turn things around,” Jefferson added. “I think (the seriousness of purpose) started with me. If I’m here in September, everyone should be. If Ben Gordon is here, same thing. If Brendan Haywood, a guy who already won a championship (with the Dallas Mavericks) is here, everybody should be here. That’s the way we look at it.”
Reported by Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer
