Atkinson: Build. Build patiently, intelligently, and from my standpoint, the message that these guys are gonna be hearing is that we're gonna put a competitive group first and foremost on the floor. Everybody's competitive in the NBA, but to be able to do it 82 games, night after night, minute after minute, play by play, that's a heck of a task, a heck of a challenge, even for NBA players. So that's gonna be first and foremost. A group when the Brooklyn fans if they watch a game, they're looking and saying "Man, that's a competitive group. That group competes." So that's first.
The second value is a team that shares the ball and plays together, both offensively and defensively. Playing as a team, we're gonna have to do this as a group.
And I would say thirdly, a group that has high character, that's gonna be great with the fans.