Jalen Rose
Jalen Rose
Jalen Anthony Roseis an American retired professional basketball player and current sports analyst with ESPN. In college, he was a member of the University of Michigan Wolverines' "Fab Five"that reached the 1992 and 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship games as both freshmen and sophomores. Rose played in the NBA for six teams, most notably alongside Reggie Miller on the Indiana Pacers teams that made three consecutive Eastern Conference finals, including the 2000 NBA Finals. Rose was primarily a...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth30 January 1973
CityDetroit, MI
Ron got hot for a stretch in the third and fourth quarter, but it wasn't enough.
Right now, they just have our number. There was a 16-game span when Toronto beat them as well. That's what happens in pro sports. You hate to be on the back end of that.
That number won't haunt this club. They did a nice job of running. They had 36 points on the break. Having played in Denver, I understand how they feed off the altitude. When they get a long rebound, Anthony is taking off. They throw the touchdown pass to him and he's athletic and is a very good finisher.
You're a win streak away from striking distance.
I would have been totally surprised had it not been a team that had been speculated practically since the Vince Carter trade. Everybody understands Toronto's actively in a rebuilding mode.
Obviously you want to come back and play well. Guys that say they don't like playing against their former teams are definitely lying. So many guys on that bench did so much for my career.
Obviously, with my age and my salary I didn't fit long term.
I'd be lying to say it doesn't add to it to be going to New York. Every player, when they step into the Garden, there's a different bounce to that arena, a different atmosphere, a different feeling being in New York ... I'm definitely going to be a little bit nervous and excited about playing my first game there.
I give all the credit to the coaching staff and my teammates, because they always encourage me to do well, whether it's in practice or in a game. They believe I can get out there and make plays, and when I get going, everybody is pumping me up, trying to have me continue to attack and play well.
I feel like the team needs me to produce. I just felt like if I had been on the floor, I hopefully would have made a play, at least grabbed a rebound, an assist, something. I guess you can't do nothing with all zeros.
We gave them way too many fast-break points and that was the difference in the game. The bottom line is we just didn't get it done.
Ask any athlete - One of his dreams is to play in New York wearing a Knick uniform. It's also always been a dream of mine.
It's ... a situation that's more geared to wanting to win and be a playoff team. The sooner the better.
It's frustrating to lose the ballgame, especially when we're giving a valiant effort, ... It's doubly frustrating because of the way I've been playing. The guys are doing what they can to help us win ballgames, and they need me to step up and play the way I'm capable of playing.