Hollins on the status of the PG position:
“Right now we’re just trying to build our group, build what we’re going to do and how we’re going to play,” Hollins said Thursday. “If (Jack) fits into that with the rest of the group then he’ll be the starter.
“If not, somebody else fits better, then (that guy will) be the starter, and we won’t even have to deal with what Jarrett has to do.”
Hollins on Brook shooting threes this season:
“He’s been working on them, so it may be some times we might let him be out there (shooting),” Hollins said.
Hollins and Billy King on Brook becoming a leader.
“It’s not just going out there with that ‘Rah, rah! You do this and I’ll do that,'” Hollins said. “It’s ‘go do your job.’ If you go do your job, then you can turn around and hold somebody else accountable to do their job on the same level of intensity and consistency that you are. And then after that you build a group of leaders."
Nets GM Billy King agreed. “We want you to be more vocal,” King said “You don’t have to be rah-rah and jumping around waving towels. But I need you to push this group and help guide it where you want it to go.’ I said, ‘You’ve been here for a long time, but now, if you’re going to come back, you’ve got to put your stamp on it a little bit.’ And I think he’s accepted that.”
Billy on Andrea B:
"I thought he played really well this summer. He shot extremely well. The night he injured his calf, I talked to him that night and the next morning and he said it seemed much better the next day and he got back on the court. I was in contact with him throughout the summer as well as Bojan.
"We’re not looking backwards with him, we’re looking forward. That’s something we told him when we reached out and tried to get him to come here, is you can have a fresh start. We’re not looking at anything you did in Toronto, anything you did in the Knicks. We’re looking at you to come in and be a part of the team. Give us the shooting we know you can hit. Give us the toughness. Don’t worry about living up to anybody else’s expectations but yours."
Billy on Chris McCullough:
"He’s on the court, he’s doing some stuff, rehabbing," said King. He’s on the court shooting with (Director of Physical Therapy) Lloyd (Beckett) and his team, doing physical therapy. We’ll give a timetable on exactly where we think he’ll be after [the first] preseason game.
"We’ll sit down with him and his agent and everybody and really just walk through it," King added, referring to the contest with Fenerbahce Ulker on October 5. "He has a long career ahead of him, so we want to get him to the point where he’s strong in both legs, and when he comes back he’s ready to be playing for a long time. Not get him back on the court and have a setback."
Thaddeus Young has become the first Nets player to make the move to Brooklyn:
"I could’ve waited it out and played out the last year of my contract (and then opted out). But my wife (Shekinah) and kids, they love it here, so I would rather just get something worked out sooner than later, and I think the biggest thing was just getting my kids settled, because my son T.J. (age 5) is just starting school this year, so that was the main objective to just get him settled.
“My wife’s a firm believer in wanting to be settled and stay in one place, and so once she got here, she already had friends that would come up from Philadelphia since I was there for seven years, so it was just a good opportunity.”
"It's a good environment. We like to come down and walk on the piers and walk on the bridges and stuff like that. Plus, the practice facility is gonna be in Industrial City [in February] so that's gonna be probably 10-15 minutes away from here, and like I said, Barclays Center is right up the street."
Jarrett Jack on bringing together leadership and culture:
"We’re a part of this whole thing, from the moment it starts in the summer, preparing for this thing in the fall and taking it all the way into the marathon of an 82-game season. Going down there, showing those young guys support, to understand that they have us behind them is the foundation we’re trying to lay here."
"It’s about working hard first and foremost, having somebody, example-wise that they [the young players] can follow and when there are times that a vocal presence is necessary, being that too.
"You know, I’ve been in this League going on 11 years now, so I’ve seen things from all sides of the spectrum. Being able to help somebody personally or the team collectively is something that falls on me at this particular point and time."
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