George: Rondo is a leader. We’re going to listen to him. I look at him as a leader of this group

Rajon Rondo made his debut with the Clippers on Sunday with 2 points, 3 rebounds and 4 turnovers.
But Paul George sees him already as a leader of the Clippers.

Per ESPN, “I think we can reserve more energy,” George said of how he and Leonard can benefit from Rondo. “I relate it to the relationship I have with Russ. Russ created a lot of closeout situations for me. And so it’ll be the same thing with Rondo. Rondo can get to the middle of the paint, he can make plays. And a lot of times, he’s going to create closeout situations for us.”

“Rondo’s a leader, you know the point guard, he’s a leader,” George said. “We’re going to listen to him. I look at him as a leader, a leader of this group. He’ll hold a lot of weight. He holds a lot of weight in the locker room. As he gets more comfortable within our system, getting games under his feet, he’ll hold us accountable. That’s what you need in the locker room, somebody that’s going to say what needs to be said and get us going.”