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"Sitting out for a year and just watching the league and watching how people do things, I think I...

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"Sitting out for a year and just watching the league and watching how people do things, I think I became even more entrenched in the belief that how I did things was the right way. You become even more confident and more entrenched." As for the claim that he's too offensive-minded, Saunders said: "People say that our teams didn't defend, but a lot of times stats don't lie." [...] When asked what to expect with the Wizards, who certainly don't have the defensive personnel those Detroit teams had, Saunders vowed: "We'll defend."

The whole article is worth a read, but I thought this passage was worth highlighting. Obviously, there's a difference between saying something and doing it, but at least he didn't come out and say he was just going to help the team play to their strengths and hope it could overcome their weak defense.