[Boone] Who’s rapidly becoming the Hornets’ unquestioned leader? It’s the new guy.

Excerpt from Rod Boone's article/interview with Collin Sexton:

Workers are buzzing around Spectrum Center with activity, and it’s a microcosm of the vision of co-owners Rick Schnall and Gabe Plotkin, and subsequently president of basketball operations Jeff Peterson. The Hornets are attempting to alter the narrative that’s hovered over the franchise for the better part of the past two decades and are fixated on doing it sooner than later.

“I would say I can sense that right away since getting here,” Sexton said Monday. “Even just the first conversation with Jeff and coach (Charles) Lee. Those are the first words that they said, ‘We’re trying to change the culture. We want to win. We want to give the fans something to be happy about and… come out here and be able to root for us.’

“So I think that was something that I’ve seen from Day One, and that was something I wanted as well. I want to win. I want to be a part of a winning organization. I want to impact winning as much as I can.”

He’s not interested in the other side of the spectrum. In any aspect.

“We’ve all seen the bottom, and we’re not trying to be back to that, you know what I mean?” Sexton said. “So, it’s only up from here. And at the end of the day, sometimes you don’t know who you are until you’re back against the wall. So, I feel like that’s everyone in the building. We already touched the bottom, and I feel like now it’s time to fight it out.”