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 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.
basis confident continued defensive drive forcing great plays push successful sucked team
When things aren't going great for us we sucked it up and continued to push forward. That's what it's all about in this league. If things aren't going great for you on the floor, continue to be confident in yourself and keep forcing the issue. If we want to be a successful team on a night-to-night basis we have to drive to the basket, make plays for each other and make defensive stops.
best minute team
They were outstanding. They are the best team in the world by one minute
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.
affect coast cost figure fuel gallon gets increased miles per run team trips west
As a team the increased fuel costs, naturally, affect your budget. Figure this: the transporter that we run gets about 6 1/2 to 7 miles per gallon at best, 4 1/2 at worst. Obviously, the increased fuel cost makes a considerable difference, especially with all of these trips we're making to the West Coast now.
brought finish games guys proud reminded teams third together
This is one of those games you want when you're going out on the road. That's why in the third quarter, I was proud of the guys. ... I brought the guys together and reminded them of how we've let teams get back in games in the third quarter. I just said let's finish this one.
credit desire follow specific style talented team
I take no credit at all. This is a talented team with a real desire to follow a specific style of play.
australian captain current lead next performance period player reason reviewed season selected spring team winter
At this stage, there is no reason why he would not be selected on the spring tour. Like every player in the squad, his performance during the winter season will be reviewed and evaluated but he is the current Australian captain and the right man to lead the team through this next period of time.
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.
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.
certainly struggle
We are certainly going to struggle to keep Drew.
felt games home hopefully last needed played tough wednesday win
We felt we needed to come back home and get this win. It was a much-needed win after last night. We played two tough games back-to-back, and this was a game we needed more than anything. Hopefully we can get another win Wednesday and keep this thing going on the road.
game good ourselves position win
We got ourselves into a position to win the game and we let ourselves down again. It's not good enough.
certainly form looked season tour
We certainly looked at George's form as you do with every player's form at the end of the season but he'll go on tour as captain.