JOAKIM NOAH APPEARED lethargic during a practice early in his sophomore season at the University of Florida, and Billy Donovan, his coach, had seen enough.
"I was all over him," Donovan recalls.
David Lee is in the NBA now. We need you. You're burning the candle at both ends. Start prioritizing things.
Around 11 that night, Donovan's phone rang. Al Horford and Corey Brewer, two of Noah's roommates and fellow members of what would become one of the greatest classes in college basketball history, needed Donovan's help: Noah was running sprints on the track, in the pouring rain, and he would not stop -- Noah's way of showing Donovan he was ready to be a leader.