Washington Wizards guard Jordan Poole loves what Marcus Smart has brought to the group as a veteran leader.
(via Washington Wizards):
“There are not many people like Marcus that come around. And if you want to be a winning team, if you want to be a competitive team, if you want to be a team that establishes a culture — you need a guy like Marcus. A lot of people, a lot of players, have specific skillsets. Some people are athletic. Some people can shoot. Some people can pass. Marcus’ energy, Marcus’ leadership, his impact on the game, is an elite skillset that he has.
“And I think you could tell from day one that a lot of the guys, a lot of the coaches in the organization, were able to feed off his energy. Something I thought was really dope was the fans and the environment and the city also fed off of his energy as well, which is really good to collaborate with the young energy that we have going on now and the youthfulness. So, I’m a big fan of Marcus. I was glad to finally have him teach me how to guard as opposed to him guarding me all game this year, which was pretty cool.”
