Go into the Pacers locker room after a homecourt victory and the loudest and longest voice you'll hear likely will be coming from the left side of the room.
It's where Al Jefferson holds court. He'll be talking to teammates such as Joe Young to his right, Thad Young to his left, fellow elder statesman Damien Wilkins farther to his left, and sometimes even to Victor Oladipo, near the middle of the room.
If the Pacers have lost, as they've done four times at Bankers Life Fieldhouse this season, the conversation is more serious and hushed. But if the Pacers have won, as they've' done five times at The Fieldhouse, he'll be joking with them, scolding them, playfully insulting them, a seated majordomo who appears in control of the room even while barely visible.