I've been saying from the beginning of the season we needed a leader. SF3 for better or worse was our leader last year and this year it was unclear who our leader was. The leader/captain of the team is usually its best players TMac / Yao but they both seemed to shrug off the responsibilities. Lately I have seen more direction from Sura and Tmac. Lighting a fire under our guys to play hard / play smart and im quite impressed. Leadership was the only difference I saw between TMac/Kobe and now the gap is closing. Watching the Lakers games there was always no question who the leader of that team was. Kobe would be directing people like a general and his players understood what they needed to do. Most of the season there was no direction from our best players on the floor. I wasnt sure if players were communicating properly and why we lacked intensity for long streches. Recently it seems Tmac has taken charge and said this is my team. I am the captain and im going to make sure everyone plays there heart out. I couldnt be happier. J
