Kiwi & KJ Weigh in on Montgomery

The world of Cal men's basketball is sitting up and taking notice of the change of leadership for the program. Through friend-of-a-friend means we heard from two Cal veterans yesterday.

Phoenix-based broadcaster Jon Bloom who has done spot duty on Cal radio broadcasts spoke with the man he calls "the future mayor of SacTown," Kevin Johnson.

According to Bloom, Johnson said that he's extremely excited about the hire of Monty and that he's especially happy that Cal hoops will once again have a balance of strong performance on the court & the classroom. "He's already speaking like a politician," said Bloom.

Separately, Craig Grialou with KTAR 620am in Phoenix had a conversation with Suns forward Sean "Kiwi" Marks. An audio file is attached.

In the photo above, San Antonio Spurs' Sean Marks helps Lizmarie Adames, 9, with a math lesson during the opening of a reading and learning center at a primary school in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in July 2006, as part of the NBA program "Basketball without Borders" which also includes a camp for young players of 12 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean.

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