Lionel Hollins: 'Too much is made of leadership'

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Lionel Hollins downplays everything.

You want to know about the Nets' X's and O's? Too much analysis is made of that. You want to know why lineup data isn't working more into his decisions, even though he's fully aware of what the numbers say? He'll shoot you down, saying people overanalyze those stats.

Well, apparently leadership isn't that important either. From Devin Kharpertian of The Brooklyn Game:

So, what is important? Nothing? Classic Lionel.

“Too much is made of leadership,” Hollins said, when asked about Jarrett Jack’s leadership ability. “Everybody should be a leader on the court. Leadership comes by you going out there and doing your job to the best of your ability as hard as you can consistently. You do that, people are going to follow you. Then the great players lead by their ability to score the ball, and people follow them because they know that they can help them win.”

Hollins added that players should communicate within the system, but that players who talk too much outside of the system are “annoying.”

“I think too much is made of vocal leadership,” he continued. “Everybody should be vocal, communicate what’s going on, where to be, what to do, because that’s part of playing. Defense, you have to be able to communicate. On the offensive end, you have to be able to communicate. I think … the worst kind of leadership is that ‘rah-rah, come on, everybody!’ To me, that’s just annoying people.”