Damon Jones
Damon Jones
Damon Darron Jonesis an American retired professional basketball player, and current member of the coaching staff for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Associationas a shooting consultant...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth25 August 1976
CityGalveston, TX
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We're very confident. We feel like if we do the necessary things for as close to 48 minutes as possible, we can beat anybody.
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The whole time I said that I was innocent. I knew there was an investigation that had to happen and I respect that process. I was fully cooperative and I'm just glad it's over.
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It does wonders for us because he's not only making plays for others, but he's also in attack mode from one end to the other.
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We were able to get out in transition and share the ball extremely well.
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When I first came to Cleveland, everyone said I would add shooting to the mix. I missed my first five shots (Thursday), so I had to get the crowd into it the best way I can. So I had to pull out my Harlem Globetrotters tricks and hopefully I can swing the fans back in my favor knowing that I can make shots.
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I am fully aware of the false accusations that have been made against me. When the investigation is over, I feel like I will be vindicated of all charges.
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I am fully aware of the false accusations that have been made against me. I've been very cooperative with the Westlake police and their investigation of this whole matter.
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But we had to play well to get those leads. That's what we have to keep building on. That's the way we're going to have to play in the playoffs.
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If we execute and share the basketball and move bodies, then we are a tough team to defend because we have a lot of guys that can do a lot of different things on the offensive end. Defensively, we turned it up and held them to one shot, and because of it, we got momentum.
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I don't have a 7-foot, 300-pound guy on my (butt) telling me if I don't hit a shot he's going to send me to Siberia.
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My focus is always going to be on basketball. That's No. 1 goal, my No. 1 job. That's how I feed my family. And anything else, I'm going to take it in stride and I deal with it when it comes about.
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You have to give credit to Dallas, they came up with a great game plan in the second half to speed the game up and get the momentum down in there place. They came in here and tried to do the same thing, but because we learned from our prior mistakes. We were able to move the basketball and get some good looks.
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This was a great game to watch and definitely a great game to play in. I like my teammate first, but I love to watch D-Wade perform. Both guys are going to be the face of this league for a long time.
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When the game is on the line we have a lot of guys who can make plays and get us over the hump. (Charlotte) was a great test for us. I'm not glad it happened the way it did, but for us to be able to overcome a game like that is going to help us down the road. It let us know we can't take anything for granted.