Auerbach Center -- Al Horford spoke to reporters on Thursday after the Celtics third training camp practice.

Horford spoke on being more of a vocal leader this year: "Just saying what I see and speaking to the guys when I need to. Kind of stepping in, sometimes I would kind of lead by example. Now, I'm more comfortable and a lot of the guys, I know them well."

Al agreed with Jaylen Brown's comments yesterday regarding respect as the foundation between Brown/Tatum's relationship: "You don’t have to be best of friends. They do acknowledge each other. They do respect each other and you can see that sets the tone.”

Horford on Stevens: "It's weird. He's been good ... he's been around. For me, it's just different. I've always called him coach, now I see him and I'm like hey, I don't know what to call him."

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