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Jae Crowder’s team-first mentality and unmatched competitiveness play critical role in Suns’ success

The phone rings.

On the other end of Buzz Williams’ 2009 call was Howard College coach Mark Adams, who had persuaded Williams to hear him out about a player he wanted Williams to recruit to Marquette.

“Buzz, he is the best player I've ever coached,” Adams started the call.

“Coach, he can't be the best player you ever coached because you at one time were coaching the leading scorer in Division I,” Williams responded.

But Adams was adamant that this kid was something special.