Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones
Three-time All-Star shooting guard who scored 14,155 points during his 15-year career.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth20 October 1971
CityPompano Beach, FL
CountryUnited States of America
ball best hands move unselfish
We're an unselfish team. When you move the ball, you get the best shot. The ball is getting into the right people's hands at the right time.
ball pass pop saw
It was a pass out into the flat. I saw the ball pop out and scooped it up on the first try. I got lucky.
ball bit fast ground happens might move unless
I wouldn't think so unless the ground happens to be very fast and dry, then they might move the ball around a bit more.
ball boards fighting hard hat hit kept lose overtime team turn
To come out and lose it in overtime was tough. It's hard to swallow. They hit the boards hard, didn't turn the ball over as much as we did, and they just kept fighting. That team just kept fighting and you have to take your hat off to them.
ball great incredibly moved open played shot
I don't think they packed it in. I just thought we played great defense. I thought we moved the ball incredibly well and got open shot after open shot.
ball games help looks open playing team win worry
I don't worry about my offense. If I get good, open looks the ball will go in. I just worry about how I'm going to help this team win games by playing on the other end.
agency asked ball club defending free good great guard league point running shooting showing team
He's showing the league what he's about. He's a really good point guard who does what's asked of him. You already know you're going to get good shooting out of him. But the way he's defending and running the ball club -- those are things every team wants. Free agency is going to be great for him this summer.
hate head injury needs open rhythm takes taking tendency time turn whenever
Whenever you come back from an injury like that, it takes time to get your rhythm back. The only thing I tell Caron is, 'Keep taking open shots. Don't turn down shots.' Sometimes he has a tendency to do that, to put his head down. I hate when he does that. He needs to keep shooting.
changes court expected home
Home court changes everything. If you have home court, you're expected to win.
We got guys who can score. Everybody knows guys can score.
certainly competition few final left might name next players squad three trying yes
What we need is competition for places. We are certainly trying to engender that. When we name the final squad you could find that yes there might be a few established players left out of the squad. We'll find that out over the next two or three weeks.
defensive games teams win
We're a defensive team. We have to be a defensive teams. The other teams that win games are teams that are in the top, defensively.
caps eight further less level players selected ten test
We've selected eight players who are uncapped at test level and a further eight with less than ten caps to their name,
against improving relish
Our scrum was better against Ireland. We need to keep improving and relish the contest.