The NBA is a players' league. That means the players run the league. It also means that players listen mostly to other players.
Strategy comes from coaches, and if they build strong relationships, all the better. Motivation comes from within.
But accountability? Players mostly answer to each other.
Which explains why Nazr Mohammed is back in Thunder blue. The regal center, 38 years wise, signed with the Thunder on Saturday, filling the 15th roster spot.
Mohammed, the backup center on the Thunder's 2012 NBA Finals team, wasn't brought back in case DeMarcus Cousins gets Steven Adams and Enes Kanter in foul trouble again.