Fred Jones
Fred Jones
Shooting guard who won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest in 2004 as a member of the Indiana Pacers.
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth11 March 1979
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You lose a person of this magnitude, it's a hard pill to swallow. He is someone I've admired for years.
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We are not making excuses. We have guys on this team that can play basketball. All of us have to step up when people are out and win games. There is no excuse. We would love to have had them, but they couldn't go and we all had to step up.
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We were able to put the losses behind us and get off to a good start. We knew they were a good first-quarter team, but we were able to jump out to the early lead.
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They tried to corner me before I left and make me tell them. Jonathan Bender tried to give me some ideas. But he's 7 feet tall. A lot of the stuff he can do, I can't.
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There was no fatigue factor. At that point of the game, with one stop to win the game, you're not worried about being tired. You're trying to do your best to get a stop. We just didn't get it.
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Some days that people didn't get to see, some days in practice, he looked like the best player on this team. He's that athletic. He's that skilled. It's really unfortunate he's not able to showcase everything he's been blessed with.
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Jermaine blocks a lot of shots, but he might have felt he just couldn't get to it. That's his decision.
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He was a real surprise. He was not afraid to take the big shots and he hit some big shots for us. He was a pleasant surprise but I think he's just getting started. I really think he's going to play his best basketball at the next level.
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Greg carried us the whole game. He just took it upon himself. This is his senior year, his last home game at Battle Creek Central and he was determined not to let us lose.
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Hamas is a terrorist organisation, should disarm, and renounce violence. We will not talk to any elected officials who are members of a terrorist group.
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We've been trying to improve as the season has gone on. We know we'll have to be playing our best basketball when the tournament comes around.
I just don't have it like I used to have it.
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The key to our ski business is getting more skiers here during the week.