Mark has to do a better job of being a teammate

Danny Ainge on Mark Blount: ''I'm not as critical as everyone else is of Mark," said Ainge. ''I don't think for a second because I saw how hard he worked after we signed that contract last year that Mark Blount tanked it on the team. Now, Mark, like so many of our guys, and they need to get better at it, when you're not getting that opportunity, it's not anyone else's fault. You've got to prove as a player that that coach can't win without you. Some players don't deal with that as well as they should. Mark has to do a better job of being a teammate, being in the huddles, being with the team. But that's hard to do sometimes, but you've got to do it."

Note to Mark Blount: What Ainge is saying is that you shouldn't sit at the end of the bench and yell out to Antoine "Hey Antoine, give me some gum". It means you should politely join the team huddle and ask for the gum in private. I wonder who Mark will bum gum off of when Antoine is gone next season?