Good read...and if he wasn't already growing on you with his play...

Q: Describe your on-court mentality.

A: I'm aggressive. Over the years, I've become more of an aggressive leader vocally -- speaking out to my teammates and stuff; staying on top of people. But if you stay on top of people, you gotta lead by example, so I've always been big on that. But I've always been a person who played hard, who brings it every night -- I don't care if I go 0-for-12, I'm gonna have some type of impact on that game because I'm gonna play hard, I'm gonna dive on the floor for loose balls, I'm gonna play defense to the best of my ability. If you're gonna be a leader, if you're gonna demand stuff from your teammates, then you gotta show it yourself.

Just the kind of player you can't help but root for.