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
chemistry clicked coming everybody floor knew nobody playing team together trying wish work
I wish we really knew (what's going on). With everybody on this team coming back at different times, our chemistry hasn't been completely there all year. Nobody has been on the floor at the same time. Everybody is trying to work back into playing together with everybody's style. It hasn't clicked for us.
behind early good jump knew losses
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.
advantage confident game gotten knew trying
I knew I had to put a lot more on my shoulders. I've gotten a lot more confident in my game and I've been trying to take advantage of it.
charlotte compete earlier everybody expected gets handed knew paid regardless win
Each win is always important. Regardless of who is in the lineup or who we are facing, we are expected to come out and compete and play hard. Charlotte handed it to us earlier this year, so we knew they were going to come to play. Everybody gets paid in this league.
looked
The gradations of seriousness is not something I've looked into,
needed shots
We didn't make the shots we needed to make. That's a young team. Those things are going to happen.
smaller trying
We're trying to keep it in smaller modules.
change pinpoint throughout
If we could pinpoint it, we would change it in a heartbeat. You go through stretches like this throughout a long season.
coming sure surprised
I am a little surprised by the start. I just wasn't sure what we had coming in.
intent plan within
My sense is that this plan is well within that. Our intent is to do most in the condominium format.
I'm all right; I don't need to do it this year.
blaming grown stay
We're not blaming nothing on nobody. We're grown men. We've just got to find a way to stay on the floor.
ball behind eight explain figure game ourselves putting start turn
Like I said earlier, I don't know how to explain it. It's something we have to turn around. We're putting ourselves behind the eight ball at the start of the game and it's not working for us. We have to figure out something.
blocks felt might
Jermaine blocks a lot of shots, but he might have felt he just couldn't get to it. That's his decision.