I think ..we are clicking. And see the value of players who will stay for a few years to keep the gears greased either the new guys as we run a very complicated system on both ends. We look like the smart kids in class and have gotten comfortable with that belief. We still want to be seen as cool so we play really hard and emotionally as well.
Something else that has been amazing to watch is the buy-in. I'm thinking more on offense than on defense here, where, if you watch a possession, you'll see, e.g. Samson Johnson set an off-ball screen, receive a pass, make another pass, screen the ballhandler, and roll to the rim for a dunk. That's a lot of work a guy is putting in with faith that it'll be rewarded at the end of the possession.
This. With Clingan in the paint, guards can run guys off the three point line and not grab/be as physical (ie. Foul), knowing that their man getting into the lane with Clingan waiting there is not really a big issue.
